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Public Works buildings to be turned into GBV shelters

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

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Judge slams Gauteng land grab

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It's time to recognise how harmful high-rise living can be for residents

It's time to recognise how harmful high-rise living can be for residents

Royce Turner and Andrea Wigfield 11 Dec 2017

Property owners receive title deeds for Breaking New Ground housing developments

Property owners receive title deeds for Breaking New Ground housing developments

1 Dec 2017

Steenvilla in Cape Town’s south peninsula is an example of a rent-based state-subsidised social housing project. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Rent instead of owning: Is it a better model for low-income housing?

Maxwell Roeland 23 Nov 2017

Sakhisizwe to break ground in December on Nelson Mandela Bay housing development

Sakhisizwe to break ground in December on Nelson Mandela Bay housing development

22 Nov 2017

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Future Cape Town unpacks affordable housing

10 Nov 2017

Belhar Gardens receives EDGE preliminary grading from GBCSA

Belhar Gardens receives EDGE preliminary grading from GBCSA

9 Nov 2017

Cape Town's city centre slum

Cape Town's city centre slum

Tariro Washinyira 9 Nov 2017

Blok to pilot 80:20 inclusionary housing model at Forty on L development

Blok to pilot 80:20 inclusionary housing model at Forty on L development

8 Nov 2017

Activists halt Woodstock eviction

Activists halt Woodstock eviction

Ashraf Hendricks 26 Oct 2017

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Confortis launches affordable housing hub Wellcity.O2

23 Oct 2017

How SA's urban sprawl trend is maintaining spatial divisions, resulting in poverty traps

How SA's urban sprawl trend is maintaining spatial divisions, resulting in poverty traps

19 Oct 2017

Top five South African consumer trends - Euromonitor

Top five South African consumer trends - Euromonitor

17 Oct 2017

CT releases prospectus for affordable housing developments in and around city centre

CT releases prospectus for affordable housing developments in and around city centre

4 Oct 2017

#InnovationMonth: Propertuity, LOT-EK collaborate on SA's first large-scale residential container development

#InnovationMonth: Propertuity, LOT-EK collaborate on SA's first large-scale residential container development

Sindy Peters 28 Sep 2017

The City of Cape Town has decided not to proceed with the expansion of Wolwerivier settlement. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

City of Cape Town shelves Wolwerivier housing project

Peter Luhanga 27 Sep 2017

Typical mass housing units in South Africa. Filckr/IGN11

South Africa's housing challenge seen through the lens of its third largest city

Glen Robbins 22 Sep 2017

4000 families to benefit from CT housing project

4000 families to benefit from CT housing project

14 Sep 2017

L-R: Ben Cousins from PLAAS, Aditya Kumar from DAG, Sarita Pillay from Ndifuna Ukwazi and Lauren Royston from SERI discuss land reform at the Open Book Festival.

Title deeds: how do we fix the system?

Ashleigh Furlong 11 Sep 2017

Over R650m redirected to metros infrastructure development

Over R650m redirected to metros infrastructure development

1 Sep 2017

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Housing unit the weak link in SA Corporate results

Alistair Anderson 31 Aug 2017

'We should be able to stay in cities where we work'

'We should be able to stay in cities where we work'

Thembela Ntongana 30 Aug 2017

R188m for Joburg inner city housing

R188m for Joburg inner city housing

28 Aug 2017

Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments

Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments

Ashleigh Furlong 25 Aug 2017

CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial planning

CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial planning

3 Aug 2017

Western Cape proposes affordable houses near Waterfront

Western Cape proposes affordable houses near Waterfront

Natalie Pertsovsky 27 Jul 2017

City announces u-turn on social housing

City announces u-turn on social housing

Barbara Maregele 19 Jul 2017

Rejuvenating inner cities cannot be at the expense of communities

Rejuvenating inner cities cannot be at the expense of communities

13 Jul 2017

Artist’s impression of Bridge City affordable housing

Construction of Bridge City affordable housing project to start soon

5 Jul 2017

Community participation not simply a check-box task

Community participation not simply a check-box task

4 Jul 2017

Greater private sector support needed for transformation in property sector

Greater private sector support needed for transformation in property sector

28 Jun 2017

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