Mother City

Known as the Mother City, Cape Town lies resplendent between the iconic Table Mountain and the icy Atlantic ocean. Mother City charts a defiant war against government and property developers in one of the world’s most unequal cities. Our story starts in 2016 when the government sells prime land, earmarked for affordable housing, to a private developer. This careless disregard of the desperate housing needs of Capetonians gave birth to a social justice movement, “Reclaim the City”. Through the deeply personal story of activist, Nkosikhona Swartbooi, Mother City follows, over 6 years, the David and Goliath battle in a city still disfigured by spatial apartheid.