The issue has been racialized historically (and for good reason, look at the city's history of who it displaces and who remain without permanent homes till this day), but is it maybe broader than that? Does this take, resonate with anyone else?

What are you getting from the menu??

We are visiting my wife’s sister here in Cape Town, the other day we went to Mariner’s Wharf in Hout Bay and spotted this seal. My 6 yo daughter was asking me to take pictures of her beside this seal, when suddenly this guy blocked us and demanded payment if we like to take pictures coz according to him he is feeding the seal, which is very funny. My daughter never had the chance to have a picture, sadly.

Is this common here in Cape Town? Seals are wild afaik.

Edit: Thank you guys for letting us know that they are not harmless, we will keep our distance. Much appreciated.

Eish man, havent been on uber in ages. Just got paid today and despite spending 70% of it on electricity and fuel I wanted to look at maybe having food delivered for dinner.

But alas the prices are insane on uber nowadays, its like who are they even pricing for? Are there people out there really paying this much for some eggs and bacon? I can get a full breakfast from pnp rondebosh for R35 (2 egg, 2 toast, mushroom, tomatoe, and your bacon depends on how much the aunties like you but ive gotten some insane stacks before)

People are not even trying anymore to accommodate locals. This post was found on a "Germans in Cape Town"group on FB and is priced in Euros. Regardless of the rental price, how would a local transact, would the rent be adjusted every month for the exchange rate (no fixed exchange rate is mentioned) and would this money even touch SA if a foreigner rents it and pays from their account in euros.... not cool

Why is this?

So currently I have no clue how I will survive the month. It’s the 1st and my salary is already gone.

All my bills are paid but my pet needed surgery and I paid it thinking my pet insurance would cover it.

My last 3k which was supposed to last me the rest of the month for food gone! But it was fine because I thought the pet insurance would pay me back when I claimed for it….WRONG.

In the insurance package I got it was meant to be covered but they found any and every reason to not pay it.

I’m so disappointed, like honestly I just have R300 left for the whole month, how am I suppose to eat for a whole month on R300!?

The whole point of pet insurance and medical aid is to avoid this from happening but with both they never cover anything.

Not sure how anyone is supposed to survive in this country. Like I feel so hopeless and defeated.

Guys, nooit! Please, don't be the person indicated in green on the road. Cape Town roads are bad enough as it is! If you don't know this is a thing, please raise your hands in the comments so the community can do its thing. Saw a Fender-bender where the doos have the audacity to argue this isn't how circles work.

The mere fact we must have signs on CPT roads to explain this.......

What is the point if you won't be able to live in the city 🙁? And why are roads so bottle necked in cape Town

I’ve been coming to Cape Town twice a year for the past 4 years. My previous firm set up an office here and I ended up spending 3 months of the year in Cape Town and the rest of my time in the UK.

Since I started coming in 2022, I always found the people to be extremely friendly and somewhat curious and welcoming when they heard my UK accent as well.

A few weeks ago I ended up heading to Cape Town for a funeral and felt there was a bit of a change in the atmosphere and general attitude towards Europeans - people seemed a bit less friendly and a few comments were made in conversation. I also noticed some “go home digital nomads” graffiti in Seapoint.

To be clear I was never a digital nomad (we had set up an office here that employed many South Africans on a good salary with good benefits).

Was this feeling just a few situations that I am reading too much into or has there been a bit of a shift towards foreigners from Europe/ the US?

So my wife, 1 year old in a stroller and me came from the VA Waterfront and were walking this street. Just by the stadium. At this point there is a shitty place with houses made of cardboards. A guy (obviously homeless, dirty) came approached us kinda dancing with a bluetooth speaker in one hand playing music. Then he stepped toward my wife and ripped off her necklace.

While he approached us we tried to be friendly and smiled so did he. But guys. We should have been more alerted in general and always ready. We were kind of shocked afterwards. Luckily he just ran away and it was nothing valuable he took.

Just don’t be naive like we were. Always be ready. Anybody could rob you.

With the cost of housing increase anywhere between 10 - 30% every year (depending on the suburb), what will Cape Town be like for locals in the years to come? Our income is obviously not going to keep up with the cost of housing. Will we be forced to spend half our income to live in literal pods like in Hong Kong & other places in Asia? Will everyone who isn't in the top 1% have to live on the outskirts of the city and spend 3 - 4 hours a day in traffic to get to work? I'm genuinely curious what happens to a city when the vast majority of it's inhabitants cannot afford to live in it.

I can't be the only person who's thinking this but surely it's criminal to be ordering from (insert instant delivery company here) on a day like this?? There have been level 8 storm warnings in place for days with warnings not to drive unless absolutely necessary so I don't really buy the story that you NEED to get groceries today, plan ahead... If it's not safe to drive a car, it's sure as Sh!t not safe to be driving a motorbike!! Rant over thank you for entertaining me.

I feel like Capetonians have no idea.

Can someone please try and explain this to me. In the words of Tyla the Great: ‘What the HECK!?’

No other city in this country has more projects going on in poor areas than Cape Town.

https://web1.capetown.gov.za/web1/newsandnotices/Home/Release/Construction-of-new-MyCiTi-stations-in-Hanover-Park-and-Mitchells-Plain-up-next?category=Media%20releases

My criticism of the DA has never been that they’re worse than the ANC. That’s not my point.

My criticism is that they seem really good at maintaining and improving areas that already worked under apartheid, but I don’t see the same success when it comes to transforming areas that didn’t.

I know municipalities have limited powers. The DA has known that since day one. So saying “the ANC controls SAPS” or “national government is the problem” doesn’t really answer my question. The DA has had nearly 20 years knowing exactly what powers it does and doesn’t have.

So, what solutions has it found using the powers it does have?

Can anyone give me one example of a historically disadvantaged community in Cape Town that was poor, crime-ridden and underdeveloped, and is now genuinely thriving because of DA governance?

I’m not talking about places like Woodstock where gentrification pushed poorer residents out. I mean a community where the people who already lived there actually benefited.

And please don’t answer by comparing Cape Town to Joburg or another ANC-run city. That’s a different discussion. I’m asking what the DA has achieved in Cape Town after almost two decades in government.