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Housing Minister Paul Mavima says demolishing illegal structures is a last resort against unplanned settlements, and warns that land barons who illegally subdivide and sell land will be prosecuted.
More than 2,000 beneficiaries of the West Bank Land Restitution Project in kuGompo have waited almost 30 years without a single house being built, and some original claimants have died in the interim.
Property groups have welcomed Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement as a stable fiscal plan, but say lower interest rates are needed to revive the housing market.
President William Ruto's economic adviser David Ndii has defended the Affordable Housing Programme as inclusive middle-class housing rather than a scheme for the poorest, as Boma Yangu prices for government units rose by a fifth.
Lands minister Judith Nabakooba told Parliament that access to the National Land Information System has been restored for about 90 per cent of officers affected by recent transfers, after services at 22 zonal offices were disrupted.
An association in Bauchi has issued a legal notice demanding that Governor Bala Mohammed withdraw the allocation of 61 housing units to security personnel and redistribute them to civil servants.
Uganda's local government minister has ordered the reopening of part of the government land hosting Rushebeya Market in Rukiga District, which was fenced off in April 2026, and directed that compensation be worked out with the Chief Government Valuer.
Egypt's foreign minister has received a letter from Archbishop Symeon approving a contract covering St Catherine's Monastery and the surrounding land, with the agreement to be signed once a ceremony date is set.
A R48.9 million Johannesburg Social Housing Company contract to convert a Booysens building into 40 social housing flats is still a construction site more than three years after it was awarded, with Joshco's own reports showing 45 per cent completion.