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From rent to ownership: How Gideon Gitonga is widening access to African real estate

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A street in Phoenix, Durban. The Special Tribunal has set aside eThekwini’s “irregular” Phoenix housing deals. Archive photo: Benita Enoch / GroundUp

EThekwini housing contracts ruled unlawful

Tania Broughton 18 Aug 2026

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South Africa’s housing backlog hits 3 million as court ruling bites

22 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. Khanyisa Mabala, Technical Director: MEPF Lead, Cost Management, EC, South Africa, AECOM.

Building affordable cities, not cheaper homes

14 Jul 2026

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Good news for agents: One AI system brings compliance and sales together

7 Jul 2026

Source: NdifunaUkwazi/@NdifunaUkwazi

Housing activists win landmark battle over contested Sea Point site

Katja Hamilton 3 Jul 2026

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South Africa’s social housing under strain as occupation disputes escalate, Nasho warns

25 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Joseph Bracken.

Hundreds protest new land occupation law in Durban and Joburg

Joseph Bracken, Ihsaan Haffejee and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Kimberly Mutandiro. Johan Swanepoel and his partner, Wilma De Villiers, outside their home at Sondela Village.

Hundreds of families face eviction from “hijacked” social housing estate

Kimberly Mutandiro 11 Jun 2026

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eThekwini clarifies role in flood-relief housing fraud allegations

5 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Housing project for KZN flood victims creeps forward

3 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp.

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.

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

Source: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp. Five District Six families, who withstood apartheid’s forced removals, have been ordered to vacate these Victorian cottages.

District Six families ordered to vacate Searle Street cottages

Tania Broughton 15 Jan 2026

Source: Matthew Hirsch/GroundUp.The Salt River Market site, where social housing is planned.

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

Matthew Hirsch 13 Jan 2026

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