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A 32-year-old woman has appeared in the Klerksdorp magistrate's court over a property auction scam in which a buyer was allegedly defrauded of more than R200,000, prompting a police warning to verify auctioneers and payment details.
About 200 residents and activists marched along the Sea Point promenade on Heritage Day against the City of Cape Town's R115-million N2 Edge wall safety project, which they say will separate communities rather than cut crime.
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Sihle Zikalala has challenged Black businesses to move from discussion to concrete participation in South Africa's R9.4 trillion property economy.
Backyarders in Gugulethu, Cape Town are still waiting for 571 government houses that were meant to be completed in the 2023/24 financial year, with funding secured and a contractor appointed but no timeline for construction.
The City of Johannesburg utility cut electricity to five hijacked buildings in Doornfontein as it targets about 108 bad buildings in the inner city that owe roughly R115 million.
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says 8,465 government-owned buildings are in poor or critical condition, with a maintenance backlog of about R28 billion and no confirmed timeline for clearing it.
Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson says Middle East wealth funds have advised South Africa to set up a fundraising vehicle for the new state company that will manage its R155 billion property portfolio.
South African police have arrested four people in Gauteng in connection with a fraud and corruption investigation involving properties allegedly acquired across the province using fraudulent documents.
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane says 600 hectares across 120 Cape Town land parcels could yield about 21,000 housing opportunities, while 162,583 beneficiaries have waited at least five years on the city's Housing Needs Register.