Stellenbosch is in South Africa, yet South Africans are being pushed aside like second-class citizens in their own country. It’s not even subtle.
This whole “student town” excuse is just a cover for greed. Let’s be real – landlords and property developers don’t care about education or the next generation. They care about who pays the most. And foreign students, backed by international funds, and parents of the “rich” are a gold mine for them.
Meanwhile, the locals? The people who actually keep Stellenbosch running – the workers, the employees, the everyday South Africans – are struggling to find a place to stay.
And what’s worse, no-one is even questioning it. Everyone just shrugs and says, “That’s just how it is.” But why should that be? Why should we, or any South African, have to commute further, spend more money and deal with unnecessary hardship because Stellenbosch has turned into a playground for greed?
It’s infuriating! What makes it worse is that it’s all avoidable! There’s no real reason South Africans should fight for scraps while money-hungry landlords roll the red carpet out for foreign tenants.
It’s a system built on exclusion. And honestly, it’s disgusting.
