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Rights commission moves to block transfer of 49 Cape Town municipal properties sold at auction

The South African Human Rights Commission has asked the Western Cape High Court to interdict the transfer of 49 City of Cape Town properties sold at a public auction in February, pending a review of whether the disposals breached housing and public participation duties.

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Makueni opens public review of plan to release 13,860 hectares of Ngai Ndethya reserve for settlement

Makueni County will hold public participation within a month on a land use and management plan for the 21,000-hectare Ngai Ndethya Game Reserve, which proposes allocating 13,860 hectares for human settlement and leaving 7,279 hectares as a jointly managed reserve.

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Ghana's Lands Commission says Land Act regulations near parliamentary approval

Ghana's Lands Commission says regulations to operationalise the Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036) have reached an advanced stage and are before Parliament, alongside a push to open 36 district offices.

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Court jails FCDA planning officer 25 years for defrauding Abuja land buyer

An FCT High Court in Abuja has sentenced Kinsley Eselebor, a Federal Capital Development Authority staff member, to 25 years in prison for obtaining money under false pretences and using forged documents to sell two Kubwa plots he had no title to.

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Limpopo communities challenge Chinese-owned coal and smelter cluster in Vhembe biosphere

Conservationists, farmers and rural communities in northern Limpopo are fighting a string of Chinese-owned coal mines and factories planned inside the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, arguing that the projects are being approved piecemeal without proof of a sustainable water supply.

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Morocco's 2027 Budget Bill Sets Up National Affordable Rental Housing Programme

Morocco's draft 2027 budget introduces a national affordable rental programme for students, young professionals and new households, alongside 11,000 new student beds and 100,000 rural homes.

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Kenyan Court Halts 2,180-Unit Affordable Housing Project on Githunguri Mau Mau Heritage Land

The Environment and Land Court has barred construction on a 2,180-unit affordable housing scheme at Githunguri in Kiambu, pending a petition over protected Mau Mau heritage sites on the land.

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Bulldozers before compensation: Masanda families count the cost of Uganda's railway clearance

Uganda Railways Corporation has demolished homes, shops and gardens on a 60-metre reserve at Masanda in Kyengera, leaving families who say they were promised compensation four years ago without shelter or income.

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Maphephetheni rural housing project to deliver 2,286 homes in KwaZulu-Natal by 2028

KwaZulu-Natal's Maphephetheni Phase 3 project has been allocated close to R7 million for 2026/27 as national and provincial ministers hand over units north of Durban.