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Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has launched a project to reclaim 153 hectares of land degraded by illegal mining across Obuasi East, Adansi Akrofuom and Adansi Asokwa, with AngloGold Ashanti and the Lands Ministry as partners.
Tanzania's urban population is projected to reach 59 percent by 2050, and in Dar es Salaam's Sinza ward only 16 of 40 planned open spaces remain unencroached, according to official planning documents.
Cape Town says it has received no national subsidy payments for its affordable-housing projects since 2021, while the national Department of Human Settlements accuses the city of misrepresenting the facts and failing to prioritise well-located housing.
Kenya's Treasury has drafted proposals to exempt land transactions valued at Sh1 million or less from stamp duty, with progressive rates above that threshold, President William Ruto said at Mashujaa Day celebrations in Eldoret.
The Rent Control Department has begun a quarterly public accountability series, with Acting Rent Commissioner Frederick Opoku saying the department must explain its decisions and report progress to landlords, tenants and the wider public.
Kenya is recruiting 6,000 interns across 28 professional areas for a 12-month, non-renewable programme tied to the Affordable Housing Programme, with applications closing on 9 November 2026.
Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson and KwaZulu-Natal MEC Martin Meyer say they will urgently challenge a court interdict obtained by Ray Nkonyeni Municipality that stopped the handover of leases for six coastal properties.
Jordan Wike, son of the FCT minister, has been petitioned to the EFCC over a failed $2.1m transaction for land in Katampe and Guzape, while a civil suit over the same deal returns to court on 1 December.
Residents of Fere and Oniporogun in Obafemi Owode Local Council say ancestral land was cleared for a Chinese-backed industrial project without consulting village heads, and are asking Governor Dapo Abiodun to intervene.