Adams claims DA is selling off Coloured land in coming Feb 26th auction

by | Jan 30, 2026

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Fadiel Adams criticizes Cape Town municipal land auction, claiming the sale of around 50 City-owned properties will favour outsiders over the coloured people of Cape Town.

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Earlier this month, the Cape Argus published a piece that is worth paying attention to. The article explains how, ahead of the City of Cape Town’s February 26 public auction of municipal land, National Coloured Congress (NCC) leader Fadiel Adams accused the Democratic Alliance (DA) of attempting to sell historically significant land. Adams said the planned release of City-owned properties represented a loss of “birthright” and risked making things worse.

In a statement, Adams alleged that prime land would be sold at below-market value and that foreign buyers would benefit while ordinary Capetonians would not. The City’s auction is expected to include about 50 properties across areas such as Mitchells Plain, Atlantis Industrial, Parow, Goodwood and the Good Hope Centre precinct, with sites zoned for residential, commercial, industrial and mixed-use development.

The City has rejected the allegations, saying the land release programme is aimed at unlocking economic growth and funding service delivery. Mayco Member for Economic Growth James Vos said the properties identified were not required for municipal purposes and that a public auction ensured transparency and competitive bidding. DA Western Cape communications manager Matthew Sims added that the DA, as a political party, does not run City processes, which are carried out by the municipal administration with political oversight.

While it would be useful to see evidence supporting Adams’s claims, James Vos appears misleading in suggesting that the DA does not influence City processes. The City Council is inherently political, particularly at senior levels where decisions are made by elected officials. One could argue that lower-level staff operate with more neutrality, but at the top, politics inevitably shapes outcomes. Regardless, the upcoming auction is part of a broader reshaping of Cape Town. I doubt that selling City-owned properties will unlock economic growth, however the cash injection will temporarily fund service delivery.

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