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Inquiry blames Joburg authorities for neglect leading to deadly building fireTim Cocks

Major shift in housing policy is an opportunity for civil society

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

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

12 Apr 2022

Property sector starting to show encouraging signs of improvement

Property sector starting to show encouraging signs of improvement

14 Mar 2022

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Bizcommunity.com 10 Mar 2022

Andrew Chimphondah parts ways with Shelter Afrique

Andrew Chimphondah parts ways with Shelter Afrique

22 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied. Conradie Park

#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

Kubayi-Ngubane announces 6 new mega social housing projects

15 Feb 2022

Kenya Mortgage Refinance starts selling first bond to boost home ownership

Kenya Mortgage Refinance starts selling first bond to boost home ownership

George Obulutsa 4 Feb 2022

#BizTrends2022: Sustainable transformation key to promoting cities as engines of growth

#BizTrends2022: Sustainable transformation key to promoting cities as engines of growth

Cacisa Mgudlwa 18 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: SA property sector challenges set to continue, but some positive trends emerging

#BizTrends2022: SA property sector challenges set to continue, but some positive trends emerging

Preggie Pillay 5 Jan 2022

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

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

11 Nov 2021

Gqeberha families have been housed on land polluted by methane gas, but municipality won't explain what's going on

Gqeberha families have been housed on land polluted by methane gas, but municipality won't explain what's going on

Mkhuseli Sizani 17 Sep 2021

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

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

Johannes Masiteng 17 Sep 2021

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Tania Broughton 8 Sep 2021

Mayor promises probe into shoddily built Johannesburg flats

Mayor promises probe into shoddily built Johannesburg flats

Masego Mafata 6 Sep 2021

Why Accra's property boom hasn't produced affordable housing

Why Accra's property boom hasn't produced affordable housing

Tom Gillespie 5 Aug 2021

Housing for informal settlement near Cape Town airport on hold

Housing for informal settlement near Cape Town airport on hold

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 9 Jul 2021

TUHF launches Sustainable Bond Framework, first social bonds

TUHF launches Sustainable Bond Framework, first social bonds

11 Jun 2021

Contractors warned against building of houses of poor quality

Contractors warned against building of houses of poor quality

4 Jun 2021

Affordable housing: The catalyst for post-Covid economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Affordable housing: The catalyst for post-Covid economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Somaya Joshua 1 Jun 2021

Nipping the housing problem in the bud

Nipping the housing problem in the bud

Professor Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu 24 May 2021

Western Cape's housing policy open for public comment

Western Cape's housing policy open for public comment

James Stent 20 May 2021

Eskom hopes to raise R2bn by selling non-core properties

Eskom hopes to raise R2bn by selling non-core properties

13 Apr 2021

A return to the kraal - unlocking successful housing post Covid-19

A return to the kraal - unlocking successful housing post Covid-19

5 Mar 2021

Protest erupts in Durban after housing project halts

Protest erupts in Durban after housing project halts

Nokulunga Majola 4 Feb 2021

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

18 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Revitalising property markets through inner-city investment and refurbishment

#BizTrends2021: Revitalising property markets through inner-city investment and refurbishment

Paul Jackson 6 Jan 2021

#BestofBiz 2020: Property

#BestofBiz 2020: Property

14 Dec 2020

The evictions case brought by the South African Human Rights Commission in Cape Town is to be heard by a full bench of the High Court. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Judges in shack demolition case fail to reach agreement

James Stent 4 Dec 2020

Land tenure rights bill moves to NCOP

Land tenure rights bill moves to NCOP

2 Dec 2020

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Major shift in housing policy is an opportunity for civil society

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

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

12 Apr 2022

Property sector starting to show encouraging signs of improvement

Property sector starting to show encouraging signs of improvement

14 Mar 2022

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Plan your new financial year resolutions

Bizcommunity.com 10 Mar 2022

Andrew Chimphondah parts ways with Shelter Afrique

Andrew Chimphondah parts ways with Shelter Afrique

22 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied. Conradie Park

#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

Kubayi-Ngubane announces 6 new mega social housing projects

15 Feb 2022

Kenya Mortgage Refinance starts selling first bond to boost home ownership

Kenya Mortgage Refinance starts selling first bond to boost home ownership

George Obulutsa 4 Feb 2022

#BizTrends2022: Sustainable transformation key to promoting cities as engines of growth

#BizTrends2022: Sustainable transformation key to promoting cities as engines of growth

Cacisa Mgudlwa 18 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: SA property sector challenges set to continue, but some positive trends emerging

#BizTrends2022: SA property sector challenges set to continue, but some positive trends emerging

Preggie Pillay 5 Jan 2022

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

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

11 Nov 2021

Gqeberha families have been housed on land polluted by methane gas, but municipality won't explain what's going on

Gqeberha families have been housed on land polluted by methane gas, but municipality won't explain what's going on

Mkhuseli Sizani 17 Sep 2021

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

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

Johannes Masiteng 17 Sep 2021

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Tania Broughton 8 Sep 2021

Mayor promises probe into shoddily built Johannesburg flats

Mayor promises probe into shoddily built Johannesburg flats

Masego Mafata 6 Sep 2021

Why Accra's property boom hasn't produced affordable housing

Why Accra's property boom hasn't produced affordable housing

Tom Gillespie 5 Aug 2021

Housing for informal settlement near Cape Town airport on hold

Housing for informal settlement near Cape Town airport on hold

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 9 Jul 2021

TUHF launches Sustainable Bond Framework, first social bonds

TUHF launches Sustainable Bond Framework, first social bonds

11 Jun 2021

Contractors warned against building of houses of poor quality

Contractors warned against building of houses of poor quality

4 Jun 2021

Affordable housing: The catalyst for post-Covid economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Affordable housing: The catalyst for post-Covid economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Somaya Joshua 1 Jun 2021

Nipping the housing problem in the bud

Nipping the housing problem in the bud

Professor Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha-Chipungu 24 May 2021

Western Cape's housing policy open for public comment

Western Cape's housing policy open for public comment

James Stent 20 May 2021

Eskom hopes to raise R2bn by selling non-core properties

Eskom hopes to raise R2bn by selling non-core properties

13 Apr 2021

A return to the kraal - unlocking successful housing post Covid-19

A return to the kraal - unlocking successful housing post Covid-19

5 Mar 2021

Protest erupts in Durban after housing project halts

Protest erupts in Durban after housing project halts

Nokulunga Majola 4 Feb 2021

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

Private sector investment key in bridging Africa's housing gap

18 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Revitalising property markets through inner-city investment and refurbishment

#BizTrends2021: Revitalising property markets through inner-city investment and refurbishment

Paul Jackson 6 Jan 2021

#BestofBiz 2020: Property

#BestofBiz 2020: Property

14 Dec 2020

The evictions case brought by the South African Human Rights Commission in Cape Town is to be heard by a full bench of the High Court. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Judges in shack demolition case fail to reach agreement

James Stent 4 Dec 2020

Land tenure rights bill moves to NCOP

Land tenure rights bill moves to NCOP

2 Dec 2020

Judge in Woodstock eviction case concerned about 'spatial apartheid'

Judge in Woodstock eviction case concerned about 'spatial apartheid'

James Stent 19 Nov 2020

Court grants eviction order against housing hijackers

Court grants eviction order against housing hijackers

Marecia Damons 13 Nov 2020

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

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

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

Noah Ibrahim 2 Nov 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

No housing on Rondebosch Golf Club for now

No housing on Rondebosch Golf Club for now

Liezl Human 23 Oct 2020

#SUSASummit: Anand Murthy speaks on radical affordable housing

#SUSASummit: Anand Murthy speaks on radical affordable housing

16 Oct 2020

Victory for housing activists in landmark Tafelberg case

Victory for housing activists in landmark Tafelberg case

James Stent 1 Sep 2020

NHBRC fines eThekwini R1.2m for not enrolling subsidy houses under construction

NHBRC fines eThekwini R1.2m for not enrolling subsidy houses under construction

20 Aug 2020

Call for freeze on land sales in Khayelitsha

Call for freeze on land sales in Khayelitsha

Vincent Lali 7 Aug 2020

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