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Public Works buildings to be turned into GBV shelters

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A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: A cottage for sale

A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: A cottage for sale

Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster 21 Sep 2018

SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development

SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development

20 Sep 2018

Affordable housing: City of Cape Town and developers at crossroads

Affordable housing: City of Cape Town and developers at crossroads

Jonty Cogger and Jared Rossouw 13 Sep 2018

KwaMashu hostel residents fed up with city's neglect

KwaMashu hostel residents fed up with city's neglect

Nomfundo Xolo 10 Sep 2018

Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Thembela Ntongana 6 Sep 2018

CT earmarks derelict sites in Parow for social housing

CT earmarks derelict sites in Parow for social housing

23 Aug 2018

Tenants in city-owned houses on Maynard Street had until 16 August to respond to the city with a purchase offer. The city has valued the properties at between R2.6m and R4m; estate agents have said they’re worth between R1.5m and R1.7m. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

City of Cape Town wants millions from Maynard Street tenants

Tara Osborne 22 Aug 2018

The NU29 project was commissioned in 2014 to benefit poor families in the metro. Construction was abandoned halfway, leaving many unfinished flats. Photo: Joseph Chirume

National government to "go after" housing officials, blacklist contractors for rotten buildings

Joseph Chirume 17 Aug 2018

SA needs youth home-building plan

SA needs youth home-building plan

Berry Everitt 16 Aug 2018

Residents facing eviction from these houses in Bromwell Street want the City of Cape Town to give them alternative accommodation near the City CBD. Photo: Rejul Bejoy

Woodstock residents win right to challenge City of Cape Town on housing

Barbara Maregele and Tara Osborne 16 Aug 2018

Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress

Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress

Phathiswa Shushwana 13 Aug 2018

These RDP houses in Joe Slovo flood regularly. Photo: Joseph Chirume

RDP houses built in a floodplain

Joseph Chirume 7 Aug 2018

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Intergovernmental pact seeks to speed up housing in North West

7 Aug 2018

Parkwood housing project gets underway

Parkwood housing project gets underway

Barbara Maregele 3 Aug 2018

Cape Town's neglected council flats

Cape Town's neglected council flats

Mary-Anne Gontsana and Thembela Ntongana 25 Jul 2018

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CT housing crisis solution shortlisted in global competition

9 Jul 2018

Hundreds of backyarders, informal settlement dwellers and social housing tenants (or former tenants) marched to the provincial Department of Human Settlement on Wednesday. Photo: Thembela Ntongana

Social housing residents demand option to buy homes

Thembela Ntongana 5 Jul 2018

Land occupations across the country have skyrocketed this year. New approaches are needed to solve the housing shortage. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

GroundUp editors 28 Jun 2018

Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing

Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing

Aidan Jones 27 Jun 2018

City and provincial officials met with Parkwood community leaders on Tuesday to discuss potential sites for social and affordable housing. Photo: Barbara Maregele

Western Cape government identifies seven possible housing sites

Barbara Maregele 21 Jun 2018

Western Cape MEC for Human Settlements Bonginkosi Madikizela addressed the spate of land occupations in a press conference on Thursday, 14 June. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

We can't house everyone, says Bonginkosi Madikizela

Mary-Anne Gontsana 18 Jun 2018

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Rina Chandran 7 Jun 2018

Drakenstein could be testing ground for land expropriation, says minister

Drakenstein could be testing ground for land expropriation, says minister

Barbara Maregele 6 Jun 2018

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Why megaprojects to deliver houses in South Africa might not work

Richard Ballard and Margot Rubin 24 May 2018

Patricia de Lille proposes affordable housing in Cape Town's tallest skyscraper

Patricia de Lille proposes affordable housing in Cape Town's tallest skyscraper

21 May 2018

Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019

Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019

Annie Cebulski 14 May 2018

The Red Location museum in New Brighton has been closed since 2013. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality intends to spend R21m re-opening it. Photo: Mwanda Mesatywa

R22m Red Location Museum slowly being stripped nail by nail

Mwanda Mesatywa 11 May 2018

CoJ Draft Inclusionary Housing Policy could deter developers, says SAPOA

CoJ Draft Inclusionary Housing Policy could deter developers, says SAPOA

24 Apr 2018

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

13 Apr 2018

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RIP Pam Golding

4 Apr 2018

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