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Testing the teeth of CTâs planning tribunal: Penalties, objections and refusals in 1,328 rulings (opens the original)
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For more than three years, in the Blaauwberg district of Cape Town, ratepayers have been sounding the alarm on the proliferation of illegal and structurally unsafe buildings. In this second part of Daily Maverickâs analysis of all Municipal Planning Tribunal rulings from 1 July 2025 to 31 July 2026, we look at what the data say about the efficacy of administrative penalties. We also look at the numbers on objections, conflicts of interest and refusals. The first part of this series, titled â
Zero deviations â the record of Cape Townâs planning tribunal in 1,328 rulings (opens the original)
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From 1 July 2025 to 31 July 2026, Cape Townâs Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT) presided over 1,328 recorded cases. Daily Maverickâs analysis of these cases reveals that the MPT, which is supposed to be an independent body, did not issue a single ruling that went against the recommendations of the Cityâs planning department. âIt should not be lost on the [Municipal Planning Tribunal] that these are predominantly vulnerable and low-income communities who can barely afford to pay the munic
Foreign visitors versus locals â is Hill-Lewis finally addressing CTâs inner city housing squeeze? (opens the original)
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Cape Townâs draft ShortâTerm Letting ByâLaw reclassifies many Airbnb-style rentals as commercial, raising rates and requiring registration â but will it free innerâcity housing for local renters? âOn the short-term rental question, there is one thing that I do agree with,â said Geordin Hill-Lewis, Cape Townâs executive mayor, in a wide-ranging interview with Daily Maverick in October 2025. âThe fact is, if you are buying five apartments and letting them out full time, whether t
âUnique in our jurisprudenceâ: The price of the stateâs refusal to pay Fred Daniel (opens the original)
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Following the historic ruling of Judge Neil Tuchten in September 2025, which found that conservationist Fred Daniel had been the victim of a violent campaign â led by former deputy president David Mabuza â to bury his revelations of State Capture in Mpumalanga, the South African government doubled down on its strategy of deferment and denial. But now, with its refusal to pay cost orders and its non-compliance with the rules of appeal, the government may be running out of road. It was the beg
Liberty, irony, hypocrisy â former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg on Israelâs âSouth Africa momentâ (opens the original)
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On 18 July 2026, Mandela Day, the former interim president of Israel and Speaker of the Knesset, Avraham Burg, headlined an event in South Africa for left-leaning members of the local Jewish community. As one of his countryâs most powerful dissident voices, a man shunned and reviled by the Israeli mainstream, Burgâs message was in equal parts uncompromising, nuanced and fresh. After the event, Daily Maverick caught up with him for an intimate face-to-face interview. âListen, Tucker, I cann
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