Municipal Watch
Who the Overstrand Is Built For
The municipality runs on a wage economy. Its property market, and the rates bills tied to it, are set by a different economy that most residents never enter.
Analysis · 25 Jul 2026 · 7 min read
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The Access Economy
South Africa Doesn't Have a Skills Crisis. It Has an Access Crisis.
The national conversation treats unemployment as a skills shortage. The evidence points more toward a system that gates work through networks, geography, and credentials that have little to do with whether a person can do the job.
14 Jan 2026 · 8 min read
Priced Out
Who Can Actually Afford to Rent in Cape Town?
A look at the gap between what people earn and what it costs to rent in Cape Town, and what that gap does to the workers a city depends on.
09 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Data Behind the Headlines
What the Unemployment Number Actually Measures
The gap between the official and expanded unemployment rates is not a contradiction. It is a choice about how to count people who have given up looking. Both numbers are true.
06 Jan 2026 · 3 min read