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Cape Town, Inequality and the Architecture of Denial
Cape Town, Inequality and the Architecture of Denial
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In this episode, Pieter Kriel sits down with Roger Solomons, BOSA's mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town, for a discussion on the city's future, race... 29.09.2026, Sputnik Africa
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Cape Town, Inequality and the Architecture of Denial
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In this episode, Pieter Kriel sits down with Roger Solomons, BOSA's mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town, for a discussion on the city's future, race, crime, and what it means to build an inclusive South Africa.
Build One South Africa's (BOSA) Cape Town mayoral candidate, Roger Solomons opens by explaining his campaign's central premise — that Cape Town isn't broken, it's unfinished. "The question is not whether the city works. It's who it works for," he says, arguing that after 20 years of DA governance, the city needs a new chapter focused on affordability and equity for ordinary Capetonians.The conversation covers BOSA's vision of non-racialism and the party's centrist stance. Solomons pushes back on the idea that South Africa must choose between East and West, or between capitalism and socialism:He also makes the case against the City of Cape Town's R120 million+ wall initiative, arguing the money should instead fund "boots on the ground" and preventative programmes. "Let's build communities, not walls," he says. "A wall is not what Cape Town needs right now."A real and uncomfortable conversation about race, class, and who Cape Town is really built for.► Check out all the episodes of Eye of the Storm.► Listen to this podcast on all your favorite platforms: Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Podcast Addict | Castbox | Afripods
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Cape Town, Inequality and the Architecture of Denial
17:33 29.09.2026 (Updated: 18:48 12.10.2026) In this episode, Pieter Kriel sits down with Roger Solomons, BOSA's mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town, for a discussion on the city's future, race, crime, and what it means to build an inclusive South Africa.
Build One South Africa's (BOSA) Cape Town mayoral candidate, Roger Solomons opens by explaining his campaign's central premise — that Cape Town isn't broken, it's unfinished. "The question is not whether the city works. It's who it works for," he says, arguing that after 20 years of DA governance, the city needs a new chapter focused on affordability and equity for ordinary Capetonians.
The conversation covers BOSA's vision of non-racialism and the party's centrist stance. Solomons pushes back on the idea that South Africa must choose between East and West, or between capitalism and socialism:
"Why do I need to choose either or? ... We refuse to be drawn into an argument of either or. We are South African," Roger Solomons says.
He also makes the case against the City of Cape Town's R120 million+ wall initiative, arguing the money should instead fund "boots on the ground" and preventative programmes. "Let's build communities, not walls," he says. "A wall is not what Cape Town needs right now."
A real and uncomfortable conversation about race, class, and who Cape Town is really built for.
► Check out all the episodes of Eye of the Storm.► Listen to this podcast on all your favorite platforms: Apple Podcasts | Deezer | Spotify | Pocket Casts | Podcast Addict | Castbox | Afripods 
