Checked 27 October 2026
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Why it is Verified
Cape Town met fewer than four in ten of its housing targets. The Auditor-General's 2024-25 report gives these figures. It also says housing projects were delayed. So beneficiaries waited longer. These are the people due to get homes. It links these delays to weak management of contractors. Contractors are firms paid to do the work.
Auditor-General of South Africa. Published 24 June 2026.
Where to look: PDF page 172 (printed page 168), table 'Low achievement of targets by metros': City of Cape Town, Housing, 38%, 'Formal housing serviced sites provided (number)', planned target 2 400, reported achievement 873. PDF page 218 (printed page 214), paragraph 4: 'The metro achieved 81% of its reported basic service delivery targets; however, delivery on housing-related targets remained a challenge, with an achievement of 38%'; delays 'linked to weaknesses in contractor performance management'. PDF page 174 (printed page 170): Gugulethu and Macassar housing projects (City of Cape Town) each 15 months delayed; illegal land occupation found at Cape Town among six metros.
What did the council do, and when?
Who ran the council
Mayor: Geordin Hill-Lewis (DA). Council run by DA. From Nov 2021 to present.
SABC News. Published 18 November 2021.
Where to look: Paragraph 1 (the City elected Hill-Lewis as mayor); paragraph 4 (141 votes out of 224 councillors present in the 231-seat council); paragraph 5 (embedded City post: 'today, 18 November 2021, during a full Inaugural Meeting of the Council')
Daily Maverick. Published 19 November 2021.
Where to look: Paragraph 1: Hill-Lewis 'was on Thursday elected Cape Town's executive mayor by 141 votes out of 224 ballots returned'
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 23 May 2022.
Where to look: Page 4 of 6, 'Total Party Seats' table: DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE 135 (83 ward, 52 PR); page 6 of 6: total 231 seats (no printed date; date is the PDF creation date, 23 May 2022)
Auditor-General of South Africa. Published 24 June 2026.
Where to look: PDF page 182 (printed page 178), table 'Instability in key leadership positions': City of Cape Town, mayor incumbents over the past four years: 1
EWN. Published 20 August 2026.
Where to look: Headline ('... in final council address') and paragraph 3 ('In his final address to council for the term on Thursday, Hill-Lewis ...')
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