Bo-Kaap Hotel Gets Green Light Near Auwal Masjid

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has confirmed the Municipal Planning Tribunal’s (MPT) decision to approve a controversial six-storey hotel development on Buitengracht Street in the historic Bo-Kaap, just metres away from South Africa’s oldest mosque, the Auwal Masjid. The approval follows years of tension between developers, residents, and heritage activists. While the original proposal featured a nine-storey structure, it was revised and scaled down after mediated consultations chaired by the […]