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Affordable & Social Housing

Artscape social housing development moves ahead

Matthew Hirsch 29 Jul 2025

Source: Own Haven Housing Association. Conradie Park in Pinelands is being built on land previously owned by the Western Cape Government. It will create 3,500 homes, of which 1,715 will be state-subsidised affordable housing. More than 1,250 units have already been completed.

Property Development

Affordable housing, no state subsidies – City says it will work

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 9 Jul 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Explainer: affordable housing in Cape Town

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 8 Jul 2025

Source: Matthew Hirsch. More than 100 Cape Town residents attended a meeting to discuss the proposed redevelopment of the Mowbray Golf Course Site.

Mixed-Use Property

Mixed reactions to affordable housing development on Mowbray Golf Course

Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

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

Land & Property Law

Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

Local documentary Mother City picked up by international festivals

Film

Local documentary Mother City picked up by international festivals

6 Sep 2024

Outside the Western Cape High Court, Ndifuna Ukwazi attorney Jonty Cogger speaks to applicants urgently seeking an interdict preventing PRASA from evicting them from land they have occupied for years. Photo: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Court criticises Prasa for illegal evictions

Sandiso Phaliso and Tori Newby 30 Aug 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

Land & Property Law

Housing activists lose Tafelberg case

Tania Broughton 15 Apr 2024

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

Affordable & Social Housing

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

Matthew Hirsch 1 Aug 2023

Cape Town's notorious unfinished freeway finally gives way to Foreshore development

Property Development

Cape Town's notorious unfinished freeway finally gives way to Foreshore development

Steve Kretzmann 9 Mar 2023

Social housing in South Africa is in trouble - here's why

Affordable & Social Housing

Social housing in South Africa is in trouble - here's why

Maxwell Roeland 10 Feb 2023

What happened to Cape Town's promised affordable housing policy?

Affordable & Social Housing

What happened to Cape Town's promised affordable housing policy?

Marecia Damons 14 Nov 2022

City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists

Affordable & Social Housing

City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists

Liezl Human 26 May 2022

Preparations for construction of houses in District Six in July 2020 revealed old streets and foundations. Archive photo: Jeffrey Abrahams / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Court rules that District Six eviction was unlawful

Tania Broughton 11 Oct 2021

The City of Cape Town has defended its demolition of a tent camp on 23 August that had been set up by homeless people near the Green Point Tennis Club. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Human Rights Law

City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court

Marecia Damons 6 Sep 2021

Western Cape's housing policy open for public comment

Affordable & Social Housing

Western Cape's housing policy open for public comment

James Stent 20 May 2021

City planning is a critical lever to address urban food insecurity

Food Security

City planning is a critical lever to address urban food insecurity

Mologadi Makwela 11 Nov 2020

No housing on Rondebosch Golf Club for now

Affordable & Social Housing

No housing on Rondebosch Golf Club for now

Liezl Human 23 Oct 2020

Victory for housing activists in landmark Tafelberg case

Affordable & Social Housing

Victory for housing activists in landmark Tafelberg case

James Stent 1 Sep 2020

'Anti-social behaviour' could soon disqualify some from CoCT rental units

Affordable & Social Housing

'Anti-social behaviour' could soon disqualify some from CoCT rental units

Mary-Anne Gontsana and James Stent 10 Jul 2020

Covid-19: Housing activists call for halt to evictions

Affordable & Social Housing

Covid-19: Housing activists call for halt to evictions

Zoë Postman 23 Mar 2020

Rondebosch golf club: City of Cape Town accused of subsidising the wealthy elite

Affordable & Social Housing

Rondebosch golf club: City of Cape Town accused of subsidising the wealthy elite

Lucas Nowicki 24 Jan 2020

Decision on disputed Sea Point property expected in 2020

Affordable & Social Housing

Decision on disputed Sea Point property expected in 2020

Madison Yauger 2 Dec 2019

School promises some affordable housing on Tafelberg site

Affordable & Social Housing

School promises some affordable housing on Tafelberg site

Madison Yauger 29 Nov 2019

Court case on future of Sea Point property begins

Affordable & Social Housing

Court case on future of Sea Point property begins

Madison Yauger 27 Nov 2019

Land to be freed up in Cape Town city centre

Affordable & Social Housing

Land to be freed up in Cape Town city centre

Steve Kretzmann 31 Oct 2019

City of Cape Town approves R14bn Foreshore development despite objections

Affordable & Social Housing

City of Cape Town approves R14bn Foreshore development despite objections

Aisha Abdool Karim 25 Oct 2019

How inclusionary housing can make Cape Town a better place

Affordable & Social Housing

How inclusionary housing can make Cape Town a better place

Jonty Cogger 17 Oct 2019

Housing activists take City of Cape Town to court

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing activists take City of Cape Town to court

Sandisiwe Shoba 16 Sep 2019

Growthpoint loses court case against Reclaim the City

Property

Growthpoint loses court case against Reclaim the City

Mary-Anne Gontsana 1 Jul 2019

Housing activists occupy Green Point Bowling Club

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing activists occupy Green Point Bowling Club

Peter Luhanga 2 May 2019

Communicare leadership cleared of corruption allegations

Affordable & Social Housing

Communicare leadership cleared of corruption allegations

Kristine Liao 12 Apr 2019

Radical new housing deal proposed to break apartheid barriers

Affordable & Social Housing

Radical new housing deal proposed to break apartheid barriers

Steve Kretzmann 22 Mar 2019

New Sea Point skyscraper to include affordable housing

Affordable & Social Housing

New Sea Point skyscraper to include affordable housing

Ashraf Hendricks 14 Mar 2019

Government bureaucracy hampering investment in Western Cape, says property forum

Markets & Investment

Government bureaucracy hampering investment in Western Cape, says property forum

27 Feb 2019

Rental Tribunal sends clear message to landlords: Don't treat tenants unfairly

Affordable & Social Housing

Rental Tribunal sends clear message to landlords: Don't treat tenants unfairly

Wilmien Wicomb 17 Jan 2019

Housing activists build shacks on prime inner-city land

Affordable & Social Housing

Housing activists build shacks on prime inner-city land

Aidan Jones 6 Dec 2018

Artist’s impression of the future Old Conradie Hospital Development in Pinelands. Source: Western Cape Government

Affordable & Social Housing

Residents oppose Conradie Hospital housing plan

26 Nov 2018

Why did the City of Cape Town delay social housing in Salt River?

Affordable & Social Housing

Why did the City of Cape Town delay social housing in Salt River?

Kelly Vinett 8 Nov 2018

Salt River market along Voortrekker Road is located on two MyCiTi bus routes and alongside Salt River Rail Station, a site that councillor Brett Herron has said “is the perfect location for a higher density mixed use, mixed-income development in the inner city”. Photo: 2018 Google map / 2018 AfriGis (Pty) Ltd

Affordable & Social Housing

Cape Town City Council delays decision on social housing project

Aidan Jones 26 Oct 2018

Ndifuna Ukwazi’s Nkosikhona Swartbooi addresses protesters outside the offices of Growthpoint Properties in Claremont. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Affordable & Social Housing

City lost R140m it could have spent on poor people, say protesters

Sophia Wilhelm 5 Oct 2018

Site B is currently a parking lot on the Foreshore, as shown in the above image captured from .

Retail & Hospitality Property

De Lille requests investigation into Foreshore property sale

GroundUp staff 1 Oct 2018

City of Cape Town fails to explain R140m property sale bungle

Property

City of Cape Town fails to explain R140m property sale bungle

Daneel Knoetze 21 Sep 2018

Affordable housing: City of Cape Town and developers at crossroads

Affordable & Social Housing

Affordable housing: City of Cape Town and developers at crossroads

Jonty Cogger and Jared Rossouw 13 Sep 2018

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

Affordable & Social Housing

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

Thembela Ntongana 6 Sep 2018

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

Affordable & Social Housing

Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

GroundUp editors 28 Jun 2018

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

Affordable & Social Housing

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

21 May 2018

We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing

Affordable & Social Housing

We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing

Nick Budlender 13 Mar 2018

Affordable & Social Housing

Future Cape Town unpacks affordable housing

10 Nov 2017

Cape Town's city centre slum

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Cape Town's city centre slum

Tariro Washinyira 9 Nov 2017