Airbnb in firing line as Cape Town’s housing crisis catches up with middle class

South Africans at all income levels, foreign and local retirees and digital nomads have all moved to Cape Town. Photograph: Hongqi Zhang/Alamy

Earlier this month, graffiti appeared on the promenade in Sea Point, on Cape Town’s wealthy Atlantic Seaboard: “Digital nomads go home! Now!”

Social media is full of complaints about the abundance of American and German accents, foreign property buyers, and properties being listed on Airbnb, all of which are being blamed for soaring housing costs.