Illustrative image | Sea Point Main Road in front of an apartment complex construction site, 9 September 2025. (Photo: David Harrison) | Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin-Hill Lewis. (Photo: Gallo Images / Die Burger / Theo Jeptha)
By Kevin Bloom Follow 13 Oct 2025
In a cordial but combative interview in early October, Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis took Daily Maverick to task for our reporting on the forces shaping the rapidly changing city. For Hill-Lewis, nothing is as important as tourism growth and job creation — and the skyrocketing prices, disappearing communities and constant construction are, by his measure, simply the costs of success.
The first article in this series, “Sea Point’s broken promises — no place for old locals”, can be accessed here…