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Housing project for KZN flood victims creeps forward

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Reside Summit 2026 proves housing is no longer a siloed conversation

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Excellerate Services honoured across multiple categories at 2026 PMR Awards

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Fire risk is becoming a defining factor in property performance in South Africa

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Facilities management is reshaping property performance in South Africa

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Housing project for KZN flood victims creeps forward

3 Jun 2026

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Government may finally be heeding calls for Cape Town military land to be developed for housing

Matthew Hirsch 19 May 2026

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Eviction law reform sparks debate over housing rights and market access

Renier Kriek 14 May 2026

South Africa’s municipal crisis is moving to the urban edge

South Africa’s municipal crisis is moving to the urban edge

Prof Joseph Sekhampu, North-West University (NWU) 24 Apr 2026

Source: GCIS. President Cyril Ramaphosa.

TRC Housing Assistance Reparations initiative launched in KZN

8 Apr 2026

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Green Point public land release sparks debate over housing and development

7 Apr 2026

Source: GroundUp/Jacques Malherbe. Local fashion label Masa Mara has a boutique in the village.

Oude Molen Eco Village’s fight for survival

Jacques Malherbe 2 Apr 2026

Source: Peter Luhanga/GroundUp. An aerial view of Khayalam informal settlement in Khayelitsha beside the N2.

What Cape Town is spending on homes, roads and the N2 wall

GroundUp Staff and Peter Luhanga 25 Mar 2026

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Housing demand in spotlight: 3.4 million register for South African subsidies

19 Mar 2026

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Cape Town affordable housing projects inch forward

Matthew Hirsch 19 Mar 2026

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From policy to reality: Human settlements shaping South Africa's future

18 Mar 2026

Source: GroundUp/Masixole Feni.

Government sent back to the drawing board for Tafelberg site

Matthew Hirsch 16 Mar 2026

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Why South Africa’s construction delays could signal systemic failures

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Can 2026 budget reforms finally solve South Africa’s affordable housing problem?

6 Mar 2026

Assassinated Abahlali leader praised for fighting land grab “mafia"

Ihsaan Haffejee 23 Feb 2026

District Six families vow to fight eviction

Matthew Hirsch 18 Feb 2026

AfriSam and Promise use billboards to build homes

13 Feb 2026

District Six families ordered to vacate Searle Street cottages

Tania Broughton 15 Jan 2026

Social housing set to be built at Salt River Market this year

Matthew Hirsch 13 Jan 2026

City of Cape Town must rebuild homes, demand protesters

Vincent Lali 9 Jan 2026

AfDB and Nedbank secure multi-billion funding to reshape housing in Africa

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Matthew Hirsch 18 Dec 2025

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Cape Town city council approves plan to sell Woodstock Hospital

Matthew Hirsch 8 Dec 2025

Parliament takes social housing regulator to task over stalled projects

Matthew Hirsch 25 Nov 2025

Bid to evict District Six pensioner dismissed

Marecia Damons 19 Nov 2025

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