@marcel__za Do people actually read their notifications on X? Ek lees dit GLAD NIE.
My opinie is finaal en klaar. Stel nie belang in wat jy te se het nie π€£π€£
Four separate applications to the High Court were made to interdict this land auction this week. All 4 were dismissed, with costs.
Today the auction went ahead. Hundreds of millions were raised, all of which will be spent on essential infrastructure in Cape Town, much of it in lower income communities. Many new homes will be built on that land, providing much needed new housing supply and easing prices.
The attempts to stop this are all political of course (including, sadly, the SAHRC) - we do these land auctions often, theyβve never tried to stop them before. But weβre in silly season now, so we expect much silliness.
But there is a more important point at play here. Their opposition is rooted in a refusal to accept that we have a different understanding to them of the proper job of government.
In their view, everything must be owned by the state. Every failing state company, every derelict building, every fallow asset - it must stay just that way forever, and none of it can be sold, no matter how derelict, loss-making or under-utilised it is.
In our view, the proper role of the government is not to own everything. It is to stop standing in the way of investment and growth, and to help unlock it. By freeing up under-utilised land, we allow these dead assets to be brought to life - with new housing supply, new investment, and new jobs. That in turn helps spur other investment, and so the economy grows, and delivers more people out of poverty.
Cape Town is not run by the ANC. We have a mandate to do things differently here. We do not subscribe to the ANCβs view of the state as the solver of every problem. How has that worked in reality?
The DA sees the state as a facilitator of a growing economy that lifts more people out of poverty and into work. That is the only way we will build a successful, working South Africa.
Beware of those claiming to speak for the poor, but wanting to keep people poor and keep everything in the hands of the state.