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Important questions ordinary South Africans should really be asking.

Why are we falling down the global economic ladder?
South Africa’s economy used to be ranked 21st, now we are between 38th and 40th.

Why are countries that used to be extremely poor finding themselves above South Africa in economic rankings?
Overtaken by Poland, Turkey, Ireland, South Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam.

If these countries can overtake South Africa, then what have we done wrong?
- An over reliance on mining. Yet some politicians like Gayton Mckenzie and others point to minerals stuck in the ground as an advantage. When mining and farming countries are typically poorer countries.
- Not resolving the power crisis.
- Poor education levels
- Corruption and state capture

The fact of the matter is these are the questions we should be asking if we want to figure out how to turn the situation around.

1055 apartments built in 1 year, from 2023 - 2024. These apartments are only available to low income earners, earning between R1850 and R22 000 (See city of Cape Town's website for updates on this fact).

Located next to Goodwood train station for transport options to the city.

There is one more in development in Pinelands and another in Woodstock starting development.

I often see vents about unaffordable accommodation, and I just wanted to show that this is what the city doing to help lower income workers in the city.

Dunoon township has expanded rapidly over the last 20 years. These images show just how compact the township is as people move in.

What captures my attention most is how no room is preserved for parks and green spaces, and how difficult it must be to accommodate so many new arrivals. The spaces between homes from 2004 has completely vanished.

Google earth timelapse of city growth in Tableview area from 1985 until 2026.