Simon’s Town unites across race, religion and history to contest ‘boutique’ development

Simon’s Town unites across race, religion and history to contest ‘boutique’ development

Just off St George’s Street, the main road that runs through Simon’s Town, lies an idyllic enclave that has thwarted the ambitions of developers for more than a decade. But now, despite a unified front between homeowners and the displaced Malay community – not to mention the archaeological value of the site as a former supply farm for the Dutch East India Company – a well-known developer has been given the green light to build a ‘boutique’ estat…