Foreign visitors vs locals — is Hill-Lewis finally addressing Cape Town’s inner-city housing squeeze?
Daily Maverick | 07.08.2026 05:47
“On the short-term rental question, there is one thing that I do agree with,” said Geordin Hill-Lewis, Cape Town’s executive mayor, in a wide-ranging interview with Daily Maverick in October 2025. “The fact is, if you are buying five apartments and letting them out full time, whether through Airbnb or whoever, you are running a hotel. And there I fully agree with those who have said that there must be an equal playing field between those businesses and hotel businesses.”
