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Cape Town ratepayers and civic groups are challenging the city's rising property valuations and municipal tariffs, arguing they are worsening affordability despite the municipality's claims of maintaining the lowest cost basket among South Africa's major metros.
Cape Town civic groups say rising property valuations, tariffs and housing costs are straining households, while the city defends its relief measures and lowest-cost claims.
The City of Johannesburg says pensioner homeowners already approved for property rates rebates will not need to re-apply for the 2026/27 financial year.
Homes in the catchment areas of top Western Cape and Gauteng schools generally cost well over R1 million, with Durbanville averaging about R3 million, new analysis of school districts shows.
South Africa has launched a real estate learnership programme in Mpumalanga, the second province to roll it out, to equip young people from historically disadvantaged communities with skills for careers in the property sector.
Official data from Statistics South Africa shows home values in Limpopo rose 9.5% year on year, making the province the country's second-fastest growing residential property market behind the Western Cape.
British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett has listed his seven-bedroom Bishopscourt estate in Cape Town at R189 million through Pam Golding Properties, nearly double the R93.3 million he paid for it in 2024, sharpening debate over foreign capital in the city's luxury market.
Fortress, the logistics and retail property group with operations in South Africa and Europe, grew distributable earnings 14.2% in FY2026 and raised its FY2027 guidance on stronger-than-expected property fundamentals.
South Africa's Public Investment Corporation has issued a tender to appoint professional valuers for its expansive property portfolio, months after a R430m valuation scandal at Lanseria International Airport.