Teed off: As COVID fuels S. Africa’s housing crisis, golf courses feel the heat
KIM HARRISBERG IT sounds like a developer's dream: A greenfield site in the heart of Cape Town, close to the best schools, hospitals and transport links and big enough to build more than 1,400 affordable new homes. The only hitch - it's a golf course. The 46-hectare (114-acre) Rondebosch Golf Club is one of hundreds of golf courses in South Africa facing scrutiny by land rights campaigners as a surge in evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic exposes an acute shortage of low-cost housing. Rondebosch had its lease renewed by the city government late last year despite the presentation of some…