Residents of Jamestown, the old community hemmed in by Stellenbosch's billionaire estates, march against a mayor who didn't show up to collect their petition

Billionaires Africa | 02.05.2026 10:30
The Jamestown Action Group staged a peaceful march through one of South Africa's wealthiest municipalities on Friday, handing over a memorandum of grievances to a mayor who did not bother to show up, in a protest that laid bare the widening distance between Stellenbosch's billionaire-studded wine estate economy and the older communities watching it consume them.