Digital Technology and the City: New Forms of Urban Segregation in Cape Town?

Published in Metropolitics.

2023-06-30

Abstract

In the age of platform capitalism, how is digital technology reconfiguring real-estate markets and access to housing? In Cape Town, South Africa, credit scoring—a form of selection based on financial behavior—has become the norm in this regard, contributing to the reappearance of apartheid-era segregation.