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Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane says her department is pursuing a coordinated intergovernmental approach to informal settlements encroaching on military bases and other strategic state land.
Almost a quarter of Western Cape rental listings have had their asking rents cut, new suburb-level data shows, with more than a third of reductions at 10 per cent or more.
A R1 billion investment by Southern Sun is set to fund upgrades to Durban’s Golden Mile beachfront, including the Elangeni and Maharani hotels, with property experts saying it could lift confidence in the surrounding residential market.
Private property investor Ipic Properties has acquired the Country Hotels group, adding 16 hotels and lodges with 638 rooms across South Africa’s Western and Northern Cape to its portfolio.
A new urban node west of Durban has already attracted R1.3bn through Westown Square, with nearly R15bn in investment projected and about 20,000 homes planned in the wider Shongweni development.
The Western Cape High Court has dismissed a bid for leave to appeal an eviction order against occupiers of Transnet-owned land in Salt River and Woodstock, Cape Town.
The City of Johannesburg failed to approve a R25.3bn three-year capital funding plan after opposition parties blocked the vote, deepening a standoff over the metro's borrowing and infrastructure spending.
The City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Government faced a High Court deadline to report on affordable-housing plans after the Constitutional Court declared the 2015 sale of the Tafelberg site in Sea Point unlawful.
Cape Town's plan to unlock 15 hectares of prime Foreshore land for a new inner-city neighbourhood includes affordable housing but gives no figure for the number of units, drawing scrutiny from GOOD mayoral candidate Brett Herron.