Mayor Hill- Lewis said, with the rising fuel prices, rising interest rates, and dysfunctional rail systems, the City understands that some Capetonians are spending 30% or more of their monthly income on public transport just getting to work. That every person in Cape Town, and those who move here from elsewhere, must know and feel that this is a place where they have a decent chance of building a better life for themselves.
“Ultimately, we aim to be the kind of South Africa everyone should be living in,” added Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.with a focus on four work streams, which have made progress in:Identifying large mixed-use sites for private sector developmentDeveloping an enabling planning environment to accelerate affordable housing delivery
The City of Cape Town is also pushing forward with calls for national government to release the huge pieces of unused state land in the city, which is at least 77 times the size of the land the City owns.