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Property over partner: The new South African trend among millennials

14 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

Source: . Acacia Park in July 2020.

Former MPs refuse to leave their subsidised housing in parliamentary villages

7 Apr 2025

Photos: Joseph Bracken / GroundUp

Legal battle to remove occupiers from land in Ballito

Joseph Bracken 3 Apr 2025

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Land registration goes digital with new deeds system

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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Seeff: New transfer duty threshold a game changer for young homebuyers

28 Mar 2025

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New court ruling intensifies debate over binding bond approvals

25 Mar 2025

An architect’s impression of the proposed retirement complex at Sedgefield. Graphic: Eco Route Environmental Consultancy (Draft Amendment Report).

Developer sues Sedgefield environmentalist for R5m

John Yeld 19 Mar 2025

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"Wandile Sihlobo is too bullish on the Expropriation Act"

Martin van Staden 14 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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High Court ruling allows body corporate to disconnect power of resident in arrears

Charlise Finch and Pierre Le Roux 4 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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Digital nomads row — Cape Town mayor suggests tax on short-term rentals to protect locals

Suné Payne 14 Feb 2025

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