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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

Source: GroundUp/Matthew Hirsch.

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

Source: Supplied. Chris Smith, senior vice president for MEA and APAC at RIB Software.

Why South Africa’s construction delays could signal systemic failures

11 Mar 2026

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

6 Mar 2026

Source: Ihsaan Haffejee/GroundUp.

Assassinated Abahlali leader praised for fighting land grab “mafia"

Ihsaan Haffejee 23 Feb 2026

Source: GroundUp/Ashraf Hendricks

District Six families vow to fight eviction

Matthew Hirsch 18 Feb 2026

The billboards are replenished every time someone takes one down. Source: AfriSam.

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

22 Dec 2025

Groundbreaking housing project in Bethlehem set to transform the area

18 Dec 2025

After the shelter: Cape Town’s urgent need to house homeless people

Matthew Hirsch 18 Dec 2025

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17 Dec 2025

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

Bo-Kaap residents call for Airbnb to be regulated

Riyadh Karodia 19 Nov 2025

Social housing in Cape Town questioned

Katja Hamilton 22 Oct 2025

Land spat highlights tension between traditional and formal law

Maanda Bele 16 Oct 2025

We’re being pushed out, say Kalk Bay fishing families

Liezl Human 9 Oct 2025

Eastern Cape families affected by 2023 floods to wait until next year for houses

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