Collapse of Good Hope Centre sale sparks renewed push for affordable housing

The sale of the Good Hope Centre to Nigerian pastor John Anosike for R135 million has fallen through, renewing calls for the City of Cape Town to scrap the sale and redevelop the site into a mixed-use precinct with affordable housing. Opponents cite a recent Constitutional Court judgment that found the City and Western Cape Government failed to address apartheid's spatial legacy. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said the City is now engaging the second-highest bidder. Reclaim the City leader Bevil Lucas said the failed sale presents an opportunity to reconsider public land disposal.