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Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Judge slams Gauteng land grab

Tania Broughton 16 May 2025

For the past four years, Streetscapes has been running a self-sufficient laundry at its urban farm in the city centre. The organisation plans to replicate the solar- and rainwater-powered laundromat and showers at the new site to cut operational costs and reduce pressure on municipal infrastructure. Photos: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Plan to use properties owned by City of Cape Town for homeless project

Marecia Damons 12 May 2025

Entries for the PPRA and CSOS Member Awards extended for the Reside Awards 2025

Residential Property

Entries for the PPRA and CSOS Member Awards extended for the Reside Awards 2025

Issued by Catchwords 8 May 2025

Entries now open for the Reside Awards 2025

Residential Property

Entries now open for the Reside Awards 2025

Issued by Catchwords 23 Apr 2025

Source: Matthew Hirsch. More than 100 Cape Town residents attended a meeting to discuss the proposed redevelopment of the Mowbray Golf Course Site.

Mixed-Use Property

Mixed reactions to affordable housing development on Mowbray Golf Course

Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

The Tafelberg school site in 2016. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

Energy & Mining

Eskom tariffs to rise by 12.7%

Wendell Roelf and Nqobile Dludla 30 Jan 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Looming electricity price hike to hit vulnerable social-housing tenants hard

23 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Hayley Ivins-Downes, managing executive Real Estate at Lightstone.

Property

Women dominate SA property ownership

13 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Director of Marketing EMEA at MRI Software.

Property

#Women'sMonth: Maxine Dursham transforms property marketing with innovation

Katja Hamilton 7 Aug 2024

Source: Residential Investment & Development Summit (Reside) chair and Sahara chief executive officer, Debbie Tagg.

Affordable & Social Housing

Southern African Home and Residential Alliance kicks off

23 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Residential investment and development summit (Reside) chair, Debbie Tagg.

Property

Sustainability enhances residential property development's long-term viability

2 Jul 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: DA crosses line in political persuasion

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: DA crosses line in political persuasion

Brendan Seery 27 May 2024

Last 4 traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction

SMEs

Last 4 traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction

21 May 2024

Reclaim the City demonstrated outside the Western Cape High Court in 2020, calling for the Tafelberg site to be used as affordable housing. Archive photo: James Stent / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Housing activists lose Tafelberg case

Tania Broughton 15 Apr 2024

Image source: Leon Swart –

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

4,000 families to receive houses in the Northern Cape

19 Jan 2024

Prasa launches accommodation to house NSFAS students

Higher Education

Prasa launches accommodation to house NSFAS students

25 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Affordable & Social Housing

Pride Flisp housing project delivers affordable homes in Eerste River

23 Aug 2023

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

Affordable & Social Housing

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

Matthew Hirsch 1 Aug 2023

First glimpse of plans for Cape Town's Salt River and Woodstock

Affordable & Social Housing

First glimpse of plans for Cape Town's Salt River and Woodstock

Matthew Hirsch 16 May 2023

The two agencies signed a deal to target the AFrican market. Source: Supplied.

Marketing

Alfa Destiny announces partnership with Kenya's AM Communications

24 Apr 2023

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

Materials & Equipment

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

12 Apr 2023

Cape Town's notorious unfinished freeway finally gives way to Foreshore development

Property Development

Cape Town's notorious unfinished freeway finally gives way to Foreshore development

Steve Kretzmann 9 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied.

Budget Speech

Budget Justice Coalition is concerned about rising inequality in a time of disaster

21 Feb 2023

#Sona2023: NPPC disappointed by Ramaphosa's silence on housing delivery

Affordable & Social Housing

#Sona2023: NPPC disappointed by Ramaphosa's silence on housing delivery

13 Feb 2023

Social housing in South Africa is in trouble - here's why

Affordable & Social Housing

Social housing in South Africa is in trouble - here's why

Maxwell Roeland 10 Feb 2023

African creatives score spots in Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative

Art

African creatives score spots in Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative

13 Sep 2022

Turner & Townsend releases International Construction Market Survey for 2022

Construction & Engineering

Turner & Townsend releases International Construction Market Survey for 2022

13 Jul 2022

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

Affordable & Social Housing

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

Liezl Human 26 May 2022

Major shift in housing policy is an opportunity for civil society

Affordable & Social Housing

Major shift in housing policy is an opportunity for civil society

Noah Schermbrucker, Mirjam van Donk and Jens Horber 14 Apr 2022

#KaserneBlowDown: Planned implosion of Joburg's Kaserne building on track

Construction & Engineering

#KaserneBlowDown: Planned implosion of Joburg's Kaserne building on track

12 Apr 2022

Conversion of commercial property into residential units has accelerated in the Covid years

Markets & Investment

Conversion of commercial property into residential units has accelerated in the Covid years

Malusi Mthuli 28 Mar 2022

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted the world's biggest prize

Architecture & Design

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted the world's biggest prize

Paulo Moreira 23 Mar 2022

Property sector starting to show encouraging signs of improvement

Markets & Investment

Property sector starting to show encouraging signs of improvement

14 Mar 2022

R24bn allocated to Infrastructure Fund blended finance projects

Infrastructure & Utilities

R24bn allocated to Infrastructure Fund blended finance projects

23 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied. Conradie Park

Economy

#SOPA2022: "We're addressing the painful legacy of a divided past"

Katja Hamilton 15 Feb 2022

Kubayi-Ngubane announces 6 new mega social housing projects

Affordable & Social Housing

Kubayi-Ngubane announces 6 new mega social housing projects

15 Feb 2022

Office to residential conversions in the face of a growing WFH culture

Markets & Investment

Office to residential conversions in the face of a growing WFH culture

20 Dec 2021

Beyond 2021: Broll looks at the trends shaping the African property market

Markets & Investment

Beyond 2021: Broll looks at the trends shaping the African property market

11 Nov 2021

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

Sustainable Development

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

Johannes Novy 11 Nov 2021

Green energy key to infrastructure development, says president

Infrastructure & Utilities

Green energy key to infrastructure development, says president

8 Oct 2021

4 infrastructure projects worth R21bn get the green light

Infrastructure & Utilities

4 infrastructure projects worth R21bn get the green light

7 Oct 2021

#StartupStory: Live Easy, pioneering the local 'impact housing' trend

Affordable & Social Housing

#StartupStory: Live Easy, pioneering the local 'impact housing' trend

Johannes Masiteng 17 Sep 2021

Mayor promises probe into shoddily built Johannesburg flats

Affordable & Social Housing

Mayor promises probe into shoddily built Johannesburg flats

Masego Mafata 6 Sep 2021

Nissan SA hands over new houses to 24 families in Ga-Rankuwa

CSI & Philanthropy

Nissan SA hands over new houses to 24 families in Ga-Rankuwa

16 Aug 2021

Housing for informal settlement near Cape Town airport on hold

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing for informal settlement near Cape Town airport on hold

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 9 Jul 2021

Contractors warned against building of houses of poor quality

Affordable & Social Housing

Contractors warned against building of houses of poor quality

4 Jun 2021

Trends shaping philanthropy in the post-pandemic world

CSI & Philanthropy

Trends shaping philanthropy in the post-pandemic world

Lisa Forster and Timothy Townsend 26 May 2021

Western Cape's housing policy open for public comment

Affordable & Social Housing

Western Cape's housing policy open for public comment

James Stent 20 May 2021