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Submitted | first-name | support | concern | top-concern | message |
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2026-04-12 23:44:59 +02:00 | Jennifer | Not fully | Economic Impact | Making these properties commercial will increase the already very high municipal costs, which will be passed onto the holidaymaker. I do agree with ensuring guests consider the culture and norms of the residents and behave in an ethical manner. Following the rules of the body corporates and not creating noise, parking anywhere and endangering the security. | |
2026-04-12 20:05:31 +02:00 | Paul | No I do not | Regulatory Overreach | ||
2026-04-12 20:05:28 +02:00 | Paul | No I do not | Regulatory Overreach | ||
2026-04-12 19:51:33 +02:00 | Z | No I do not | Data Privacy | ||
2026-04-12 17:21:15 +02:00 | Kim | No I do not | Regulatory Overreach | 1.Slippery slope to mandatory regulations 2.Reclassification of genuine home sharing of primary properties is excessively punitive 3.Rental caps are an arbitrary attack on home based businesses 4.Sharing of guest data breaches privacy and POPIA | |
2026-04-12 15:37:08 +02:00 | Mike | No I do not | All of the above | Regulatory Overreach | Regulating occupancy will decimate this industry. Job losses will follow Economic downturn for trsvel and tourism industries |
2026-04-12 15:18:42 +02:00 | Dale | No I do not | All of the above | Regulatory Overreach | |
2026-04-12 14:34:14 +02:00 | Adele | No I do not | All of the above | Economic Impact | Home stays is a survival mechanism in South Africa. It is not done because it is a sought after career. There are no career prospects for most of us and if retired, retrenched etc there is no way to meet the municipal bills and to survive. The risk of reclassification for commercial rates/levies, which will increase costs for both hosts and guests is simply a killer for the small scale survivor buiseness. It was never intended as a hotel to compete with comercial hotels, motels etc. It ids the only way to survive and its mostly just survival and replacing what is destroyed by guests to keep the place up to standard. There are heavy losses involved absorbed by the host as the rates has to be very reasonable to attract clients un a market where everyone tries to survive. .The mandate for platforms to share guest identity and host data with government authorities is a totally invasive move into the privacy of all and there can be no justification for it. It is just a move to state control over matters they have no buiseness in.. Putting down a limit on the time for allowing a rental will bring hardship to the citizens trying to suvive and restrictions on travellers which cannot be justified. guidelines” will lead to 90-day annual limits on rentals,. Mandatory commercial-grade safety equipment in a normal house for small-scale stays is just unnessecary and fascitous and brings no value to the space it is forced on. This whole exercise will simply drive your normal suviving on this as bread and butter into poverty forcing them to sell and so also the opportunity is lost for normal families to go on a holiday or tourists to experience south african home hospitality. This whole Act is a terrible idea. Most of the concerns are taken care of on the platform and the standards and extras and safety measures are obligatory. The review system controls the standards and hosts simply loose accessability to the platform if they perform poortly or not at all. There is no reason for government interference and to bring oppressing laws and regulations in to destroy their own citizens livelihooods. |
2026-04-12 13:33:36 +02:00 | Hendrik | No I do not | Regulatory Overreach | Limits tourism and entrepreneurs. Negative economic impact. Too much municipal taxation | |
2026-04-12 12:29:36 +02:00 | Yolande | Yes I do | Other | Short-term rentals have pushed people who live and work in the city out. It has become impossible to live in CT - also because foreigners, with a stronger currency, plus big corporations are buying multiple properties and making it very hard for average folks to buy or even rent. I have been through it and had to move to a different region, despite earning a very good salary. Tourists should stay in purpose-built and run properties like micro-apartments, hotels, guest houses etc. Give locals back our city! | |
2026-04-12 11:51:08 +02:00 | Anna | No I do not | Regulatory Overreach | Limits entrepeneurship. Harms tourism. Inappropriately high municipal taxation. | |
2026-04-12 09:48:04 +02:00 | Susan | No I do not | All of the above | Regulatory Overreach | |
2026-04-12 09:26:42 +02:00 | Vivianne | Not fully | All of the above | Regulatory Overreach | Limits tourism and entrepreneurs. Negative economic impact. Too much municipal taxation |
2026-04-12 08:02:51 +02:00 | Roxanne | Not fully | Regulatory Overreach | ||
2026-04-12 07:33:26 +02:00 | L | No I do not | All of the above | Economic Impact | |
2026-04-11 22:49:04 +02:00 | Nakisai | No I do not | Economic Impact | We have bigger problems as a country maybe lets deal with that | |
2026-04-11 21:10:12 +02:00 | Christina | No I do not | Data Privacy | ||
2026-04-11 21:06:04 +02:00 | Andrew | No I do not | All of the above | Liability | |
2026-04-11 21:06:03 +02:00 | Andrew | No I do not | All of the above | Liability | |
2026-04-11 20:37:20 +02:00 | Marina | No I do not | All of the above | Data Privacy | Do you have nothing better to do than interfere in everything? |
2026-04-11 19:37:41 +02:00 | wh | No I do not | All of the above | Economic Impact | |
2026-04-11 15:50:30 +02:00 | G | No I do not | Regulatory Overreach | ||
2026-04-11 10:19:54 +02:00 | Petra | Yes I do | No concern, I Support the Gazette | It's about time something is being done about this. Investors are buying up apartments in cities, financing them with Airbnb income, developers are building apartment blocks targeting exclusively Airbnb investors, and the locals are being driven out of the cities because they can not find and afford long term rental units. If you are truly hosting a guest in the home where you reside yourself - different story. But if you have multiple units, some hosts offer dozens of units, then you are running a business, and should be taxed accordingly. It is a simple as that. A 90 days annual cap would be welcome as this might result in more units being made available for long term rentals. | |
2026-04-11 10:07:42 +02:00 | Miguel | No I do not | Regulatory Overreach | Privacy: Forcing guests to submit to government-tracked data sharing is a violation of privacy that will drive tourists to other destinations. Livelihood Threat: Many South Africans rely on STR income to pay their mortgages and survive the cost-of-living crisis; over-regulation kills this “side-hustle”. Property Rights: A homeowner should have the right to use their private property as they see fit without government-mandated caps on occupancy. Administrative Overkill: The requirements are too “corporate” for a simple room-sharing arrangement and will discourage new entrants. Privacy Risk: Forcing platforms to share personal data with the state is an overreach that risks the security of both hosts and guests. | |
2026-04-11 09:30:14 +02:00 | Angus | No I do not | Economic Impact | ||
2026-04-11 08:14:21 +02:00 | Barbara | No I do not | All of the above | Economic Impact | I should have the right to choose where I stay without additional impact to the cost factor. My privacy is paramount as we are increasingly seeing data breaches of personal information, leading to more fraud attempts and exposure to crime syndicates |
2026-04-11 05:43:10 +02:00 | Susanna Magdalena | No I do not | All of the above | Economic Impact | I am a host and a pensioner. With the proposed restrictive laws I will not be able to survive on my small pension |
2026-04-10 22:20:37 +02:00 | Marise | No I do not | All of the above | Regulatory Overreach | Government just want to regulate and control everything. Clet people be free to interact and protent themselves. Let government rather focus their energy on regulating the taxi ondustry. They only want to over regulate soft targets not the Mafias they created. Let people manage themselves government controls come at a high coat of enforcing in tax payer funds and loss of economic growth. Governmeng must stop the over reach and control. |
2026-04-10 17:00:21 +02:00 | Marius | No I do not | Economic Impact | It is a crazy proposal trying to enslave us by a Communist Govt. Start with the corrupt Govt stealing all the Trillions of Rands if they need money, hospitals, almost no ANC local govt ever passing Auditor General Audit and and and. We hear it daily how the Govt misuse and steal Public funds... | |
2026-04-10 16:51:01 +02:00 | Sandra | No I do not | Economic Impact |
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- Fair Competition: It levels the playing field between Airbnbs and traditional hotels/B&Bs that pay commercial rates and tourism levies
- Housing Availability: Regulating STRs prevents long-term rental stock from being depleted, making housing more affordable for locals.
- Safety & Quality: It ensures a minimum standard of safety (smoke detectors, insurance) for international and local tourists. Guests deserve the same safety and insurance protections in an Airbnb as they get in a 5-star hotel.
- Community Harmony: It gives residents and Body Corporates a framework to manage noise, parking, and security issues caused by transient guests.
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- Privacy: Forcing guests to submit to government-tracked data sharing is a violation of privacy that will drive tourists to other destinations.
- Livelihood Threat: Many South Africans rely on STR income to pay their mortgages and survive the cost-of-living crisis; over-regulation kills this “side-hustle”.
- Property Rights: A homeowner should have the right to use their private property as they see fit without government-mandated caps on occupancy.
- Administrative Overkill: The requirements are too “corporate” for a simple room-sharing arrangement and will discourage new entrants.
- Privacy Risk: Forcing platforms to share personal data with the state is an overreach that risks the security of both hosts and guests.
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