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How engineered wood can help the South African built environment decarbonise
Agriculture
How engineered wood can help the South African built environment decarbonise

Roy Southey 22 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.
Property
Radical housing model teaches powerful lessons for solving South Africa's housing crisis

18 Sep 2023

Johannesburg fire: Ramaphosa calls for action against illegal occupations
Construction & Engineering
Johannesburg fire: Ramaphosa calls for action against illegal occupations

Carien du Plessis 4 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.
Property
Johannesburg fire: 73 killed in apartment block reported occupied by homeless

Carien du Plessis and Alexander Winning 31 Aug 2023

Invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic waste offer solution for low-cost housing
Construction & Engineering
Invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic waste offer solution for low-cost housing

12 Apr 2023

What happened to Cape Town's promised affordable housing policy?
Property
What happened to Cape Town's promised affordable housing policy?

Marecia Damons 14 Nov 2022

City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists
Property
City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists

Liezl Human 26 May 2022

How 3D printing in construction will benefit the local industry
Construction & Engineering
How 3D printing in construction will benefit the local industry

29 Apr 2022

Zutari engineer conducts study on viability of multi-storey mass timber building in SA
Construction & Engineering
Zutari engineer conducts study on viability of multi-storey mass timber building in SA

3 Jan 2022

Preparations for construction of houses in District Six in July 2020 revealed old streets and foundations. Archive photo: Jeffrey Abrahams / GroundUp
Legal
Court rules that District Six eviction was unlawful

Tania Broughton 11 Oct 2021

Nipping the housing problem in the bud
Property
Nipping the housing problem in the bud

Professor Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu 24 May 2021

Ghana's new rental scheme won't fix the real problem: a housing shortage
Property
Ghana's new rental scheme won't fix the real problem: a housing shortage

Nicky Morrison, Emmanuel Kofi Gavu, Lewis Abedi Asante, and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi 5 May 2021

People walking next to traffic in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images
Construction & Engineering
People living in African urban settings do a lot of walking: but their cities aren't walkable

Seth Asare Okyere, Daniel Oviedo, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Mariajose Nieto & Michihiro Kita 29 Mar 2021

New Lanseria Smart City just 'papering over the cracks'
Construction & Engineering
New Lanseria Smart City just 'papering over the cracks'

16 Mar 2021

Ghana's unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation
Construction & Engineering
Ghana's unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation

Festival Godwin Boateng 25 Jan 2021

Why 2020 does not compare to the 2008 housing market crash
Property
Why 2020 does not compare to the 2008 housing market crash

Adrian Goslett 4 Nov 2020

Ghana has a housing crisis: what we found in Kumasi, and what needs to change
Property
Ghana has a housing crisis: what we found in Kumasi, and what needs to change

Lewis Abedi Asante and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi 3 Nov 2020

Housing deficit, pandemic, recession, inflation - the way forward for Nigeria's real estate industry
Property
Housing deficit, pandemic, recession, inflation - the way forward for Nigeria's real estate industry

Noah Ibrahim 2 Nov 2020

How to respond to Cape Town's surge in land occupations
Property
How to respond to Cape Town's surge in land occupations

Adi Kumar 28 Jul 2020

Housing crisis more complex than it seems
Property
Housing crisis more complex than it seems

Jens Horber 7 Jul 2020

Designing student housing to manage spread of Covid-19, future pandemics
Property
Designing student housing to manage spread of Covid-19, future pandemics

1 Jun 2020

#LockdownLessons: Lockdown driving innovation, says STAG African's John Schooling
Construction & Engineering
#LockdownLessons: Lockdown driving innovation, says STAG African's John Schooling

Sindy Peters 4 May 2020

SAHIF pledges 50 temporary housing structures to help flatten the curve
ESG & Sustainability
SAHIF pledges 50 temporary housing structures to help flatten the curve

29 Apr 2020

What to watch at the 6th European Film Fest
Lifestyle
What to watch at the 6th European Film Fest

Daniel Dercksen 28 Nov 2019

Phase 2 of R400m student housing project at Fort Hare set for 2020 completion
Property
Phase 2 of R400m student housing project at Fort Hare set for 2020 completion

31 Oct 2019

Philippi land to be sold is not useful for farming, court told
Legal
Philippi land to be sold is not useful for farming, court told

Madison Yauger 17 Oct 2019

World Architecture Festival announces shortlisted projects for 2019
Construction & Engineering
World Architecture Festival announces shortlisted projects for 2019

8 Jul 2019

Housing activists occupy Green Point Bowling Club
Property
Housing activists occupy Green Point Bowling Club

Peter Luhanga 2 May 2019

Lesotho Rise in the City design competition winner announced
Construction & Engineering
Lesotho Rise in the City design competition winner announced

20 Mar 2019

Polystyrene Association presents solutions tackling employment, housing and waste
ESG & Sustainability
Polystyrene Association presents solutions tackling employment, housing and waste

25 Feb 2019

Generation rent is a myth - housing prospects for millennials are determined by class
Property
Generation rent is a myth - housing prospects for millennials are determined by class

Kim McKee 3 Jan 2019

Bamboo modular housing project wins RICS Cities for our Future competition
Construction & Engineering
Bamboo modular housing project wins RICS Cities for our Future competition

14 Dec 2018

Salt River market along Voortrekker Road is located on two MyCiTi bus routes and alongside Salt River Rail Station, a site that councillor Brett Herron has said “is the perfect location for a higher density mixed use, mixed-income development in the inner city”. Photo: 2018 Google map / 2018 AfriGis (Pty) Ltd
Property
Cape Town City Council delays decision on social housing project

Aidan Jones 26 Oct 2018

Habitat for Humanity addresses Africa's unique housing challenges at local leadership conference
Property
Habitat for Humanity addresses Africa's unique housing challenges at local leadership conference

25 Oct 2018

Slum neighbourhood in Accra, Ghana. Image source:
Property
Accra's informal settlements are easing the city's urban housing crisis

Seth Asare Okyere, Jerry Chati Tasantab, and Matth 8 Oct 2018

Photo: Amplats
Energy & Mining
Study: Amplats workers and communities still losing out

6 Sep 2018

Cuba: private home ownership recognised for first time since the revolution
Property
Cuba: private home ownership recognised for first time since the revolution

Isobel Anderson and Regina Serpa 3 Aug 2018

New Blood Festival. Image supplied.
Marketing & Media
D&AD New Blood Award winners announced for 2018

12 Jul 2018

Image source:
Property
CT housing crisis solution shortlisted in global competition

9 Jul 2018

Land occupations across the country have skyrocketed this year. New approaches are needed to solve the housing shortage. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana
Property
Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

GroundUp editors 28 Jun 2018

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers
Property
Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Rina Chandran 7 Jun 2018

Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019
Property
Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019

Annie Cebulski 14 May 2018

Filmmaker Michael Uwemedimo, one of the keynote speakers at the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference, spoke about the violent ‘clearing’ of almost two million people and their waterfront houses in Port Harcourt, Nigeria to make way for development. Photo: Andy Mkosi
Property
Housing crisis: data collection is critical

Sean O'Toole 5 Feb 2018

How SA's urban sprawl trend is maintaining spatial divisions, resulting in poverty traps
ESG & Sustainability
How SA's urban sprawl trend is maintaining spatial divisions, resulting in poverty traps

19 Oct 2017

Is carpooling the future of urban mobility?
Logistics & Transport
Is carpooling the future of urban mobility?

Chris Megan 24 Aug 2017

Community participation not simply a check-box task
ESG & Sustainability
Community participation not simply a check-box task

4 Jul 2017

Self-financing modular homes for the rural poor
Construction & Engineering
Self-financing modular homes for the rural poor

Bongani Shweni 15 Jun 2017

Solving SA's housing crisis through public-private cooperation
Construction & Engineering
Solving SA's housing crisis through public-private cooperation

30 Mar 2017

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