British podcaster Steven Bartlett has put his Cape Town mansion on the market for R189 million. He bought the home in Bishopscourt about two years ago for around R93 million.
That means the asking price is more than double what he paid, according to News24. The UK newspaper The Times reported on the sale, and the Mail & Guardian also reported on it earlier in the month.
The Times reported that Bartlett spent only about a month at the house over the past two years. It said a padel court seems to be the only big change he made to the property.
Estate agency Pam Golding has the only mandate to sell the home. The house has seven bedrooms and 9.5 bathrooms. It stands on a plot of 7 447 square metres.
The mansion is built over three levels. It has a poker room, a cinema, a gym, a sauna and steam room, and a cellar.
Only four houses in Bishopscourt were listed for sale on Property24, News24 reported. After Bartlett’s home, the next most expensive one was priced at R75 million.
The Times spoke to one of Bartlett’s neighbours. The neighbour was unhappy that a sale price this high could push up property rates in the area.
The listing comes as many local families say they are being pushed out of the Cape Town property market. Prices in the city have climbed fast in recent years. News24 linked this to more foreign buyers and demand from Airbnb.
Property data group Lightstone found that foreign buyers bought two out of every five homes worth more than R20 million. In Llandudno, two out of every three homes sold over the past ten years went to foreign buyers.
Independent economist John Loos collected data on house prices across the country. It shows Western Cape prices rose by almost 35% since 2010, after taking inflation into account.
Over the same period, prices in Gauteng fell by 16%, the data shows. In KwaZulu-Natal, prices dropped by 18%.
Bartlett is 34 years old and hosts The Diary of a CEO. The podcast is often in the top 10 most downloaded shows in the US and the UK. It has been the most popular business podcast in Europe and often tops the charts in South Africa.
He was born in Botswana to an English father and a Nigerian mother, and grew up in the UK. He left university to start an online message board. Later he started a social media marketing company.
He recorded the first episode of his podcast in his bedroom in Manchester. The show started in 2017 and first focused on his own life running a business.
He later began interviewing company bosses. Guests over the years have included US politicians JD Vance and Kamala Harris, as well as Kevin Hart and Trevor Noah. Bartlett also runs a media company, with hundreds of content creators signed up on his platform.
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Kgomotso Maake covers news and politics for Tzaneen Voice. Kgomotso reports on government, Parliament, municipalities, courts, crime and service delivery across South Africa, with a close eye on how national decisions reach towns like Tzaneen and the wider Limpopo province. Stories are written in plain English and focus on the facts: who made the decision, what it means, and what happens next.