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Public Works buildings to be turned into GBV shelters

Source: Supplied. Robert Erasmus, managing director at Sanitech.

How in-home sanitation is revolutionising life in South Africa's informal settlements

By Robert Erasmus 19 May 2025

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Judge slams Gauteng land grab

By Tania Broughton 16 May 2025

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Families in Cape Town’s squalid backyards are still waiting for promised housing project

Mary-Anne Gontsana 13 May 2025

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PCG help local developers to build affordable homes

12 May 2025

For the past four years, Streetscapes has been running a self-sufficient laundry at its urban farm in the city centre. The organisation plans to replicate the solar- and rainwater-powered laundromat and showers at the new site to cut operational costs and reduce pressure on municipal infrastructure. Photos: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Plan to use properties owned by City of Cape Town for homeless project

Marecia Damons 12 May 2025

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Minister Simmers celebrates Bellville's latest housing milestone as demand soars

21 Apr 2025

The Gauteng High Court has ordered the City of Johannesburg to pay out a property company because of a delay in providing alternative accommodation for families living in the company’s “hijacked” building. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Landmark judgment on evictions in Johannesburg

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 11 Apr 2025

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R750m budget change hits housing developments in three provinces

Daniel Steyn and Sandiso Phaliso 4 Apr 2025

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Legal battle to remove occupiers from land in Ballito

Joseph Bracken 3 Apr 2025

The Western Cape High Court has set aside an eviction order for occupiers of a City of Cape Town property in Observatory. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Court sets aside eviction of circus occupiers

Tania Broughton 2 Apr 2025

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History made as Cape Town reveals R39.7bn infrastructure investment plan

31 Mar 2025

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Gauteng and Western Cape lead South Africa's affordable housing boom

27 Mar 2025

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South Africa's housing crisis: Why 2.2 million homes are needed immediately

12 Mar 2025

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Why South Africa's housing policy could redefine economic inclusivity

11 Mar 2025

The Tafelberg school site in 2016. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

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Looming electricity price hike to hit vulnerable social-housing tenants hard

23 Aug 2024

Source: Residential Investment & Development Summit (Reside) chair and Sahara chief executive officer, Debbie Tagg.

Southern African Home and Residential Alliance kicks off

23 Jul 2024

Source: x.com. Minister Senzo Mchunu.

Mchunu, TCTA donate 40 homes to Kgubetswana families

24 May 2024

Mourners as seen at the Central Methodist Mission, at the memorial service in honour of the Marshalltown fire victims, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 8 September 2023. Reuters/Shiraaz Mohamed/File Photo

Inquiry blames Joburg authorities for neglect leading to deadly building fire

Tim Cocks 6 May 2024

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Affordable housing in Western Cape townships poised for a promising future

30 Apr 2024

Reclaim the City demonstrated outside the Western Cape High Court in 2020, calling for the Tafelberg site to be used as affordable housing. Archive photo: James Stent / GroundUp

Housing activists lose Tafelberg case

Tania Broughton 15 Apr 2024

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Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay

25 Mar 2024

The first trial is being done at military buildings in Limpopo

South African military bases get cool makeover with innovative paint

5 Mar 2024

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SAPS housing project draws political scrutiny in Western Cape

Katja Hamilton 27 Feb 2024

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Housing project for 500 Dunoon families put on hold

Peter Luhanga 2 Feb 2024

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4,000 families to receive houses in the Northern Cape

19 Jan 2024

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Cape Town’s railway occupiers are being moved but there are snags with water and sanitation supply

Sandiso Phaliso 27 Dec 2023

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Challenges await returning District Six claimants at Hanover Street housing complex

25 Oct 2023

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FMF's Khaya Lam initiative grants 10,000 title deeds

18 Oct 2023