
As East and West start to eye strategic maritime passages, there is a distinct absence of attention to the Cape. But that cannot last forever.
After pressure from bricks-and-mortar competitors, the municipality shut down the market, and introduced new regulations that even prohibited it from private venues
While many commentators tie this new measure to diplomatic tensions, it forms part of a broader protectionist stance. But Western Cape agriculture may be hardest hit.
Circumstantially, ASA has been increasingly aligned with the preoccupations of the alleged child rapist and racially antagonistic Turkish immigrant politician.