the townhouse
‘Everything I owned used to fit into two suitcases,’ laughs John Edwards, a self-confessed professional nomad who now calls this colourful, two-storey cottage in the Bo-Kaap home.
His unlikely decision to settle after years abroad was the result of a job offer to work within the public sector and the opportunity to focus on his passion for ‘spatial justice’ and the fair redistribution of resources and opportunities for people displaced by political volatility.
Although formally trained as an architect, John quit his job in 2013 and moved to England to study a Masters of Philosophy in Development
