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Empowering women through geospatial intelligence

Women's Month

Empowering women through geospatial intelligence

Issued by AfriGIS 12 Aug 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Social housing and the future of Cape Town’s inner-city

Tertuis Simmers 28 Jul 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Judge slams Gauteng land grab

Tania Broughton 16 May 2025

Circular economy takes centre stage with new eco-friendly housing initiative in South Africa

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Circular economy takes centre stage with new eco-friendly housing initiative in South Africa

23 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied.

Property

South Africa's housing crisis: Why 2.2 million homes are needed immediately

12 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Paul Jackson is the chief executive officer of TUHF.

Property

Addressing the urgent need to combat SA's urban sprawl

Paul Jackson 15 Nov 2024

Image source: Leon Swart –

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

4,000 families to receive houses in the Northern Cape

19 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. Hayley Ivins-Downes, head of digital at Lightstone.

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Investment opportunities abound amidst changing buyer behaviour

Hayley Ivins-Downes 17 Jan 2024

Affordable & Social Housing

City initiates legal action against unauthorised home occupiers

13 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Affordable & Social Housing

Radical housing model teaches powerful lessons for solving South Africa's housing crisis

18 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Manqulo Nyakombi.

Affordable & Social Housing

Stalled for years, Durban housing project faces further delays

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 5 Sep 2023

#PropertyRevamped: TUHF driving economic transformation in SA's urban rental market

Affordable & Social Housing

#PropertyRevamped: TUHF driving economic transformation in SA's urban rental market

Sindy Peters 21 Jul 2023

Invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic waste offer solution for low-cost housing

Materials & Equipment

Invasive Port Jackson trees, plastic waste offer solution for low-cost housing

12 Apr 2023

#Sona2023: NPPC disappointed by Ramaphosa's silence on housing delivery

Affordable & Social Housing

#Sona2023: NPPC disappointed by Ramaphosa's silence on housing delivery

13 Feb 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

Empowering young people to work within their communities for the greater good

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Empowering young people to work within their communities for the greater good

Tebogo Suping 1 Jul 2022

Gqeberha families have been housed on land polluted by methane gas, but municipality won't explain what's going on

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Gqeberha families have been housed on land polluted by methane gas, but municipality won't explain what's going on

Mkhuseli Sizani 17 Sep 2021

Thandeka Nombanjinji-Nzama digging deep to change the construction landscape

Construction & Engineering

Thandeka Nombanjinji-Nzama digging deep to change the construction landscape

28 May 2021

#BizTrends2021: Revitalising property markets through inner-city investment and refurbishment

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Revitalising property markets through inner-city investment and refurbishment

Paul Jackson 6 Jan 2021

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Agriculture

Raising a red flag on the privatisation of communal land

16 Jul 2020

Judges question province's argument in Tafelberg case

Affordable & Social Housing

Judges question province's argument in Tafelberg case

Madison Yauger 28 Nov 2019

Shipping containers - an interesting alternative to traditional construction techniques

Residential Property

Shipping containers - an interesting alternative to traditional construction techniques

Tony Clarke 13 Aug 2019

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

Motshegwa at a hospital in Roodepoort. He explains: "This is the reason I was able to finish this feature. I had to get sick in order to find time to do the things I love."

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie with... Bogosi Motshegwa

Leigh Andrews 9 May 2018

Success Marota, CFO: Joshco

Biz Fin Focus

#BizFinFocus: Neighbourhood watch of a different kind

8 Feb 2018

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

Affordable & Social Housing

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

Property Development

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

22 Nov 2017

Why title deeds aren't the solution to South Africa's land tenure problem

Property

Why title deeds aren't the solution to South Africa's land tenure problem

Ben Cousins 15 Aug 2017

Banks cannot attach RDP houses to settle debt

Land & Property Law

Banks cannot attach RDP houses to settle debt

14 Jun 2017

Are banks red-lining certain areas due to safety concerns?

Residential Property

Are banks red-lining certain areas due to safety concerns?

1 Jun 2017

Construction company Esor returns to profit

Construction & Engineering

Construction company Esor returns to profit

27 May 2016

Farmer calls for all farmers to get involved in land reform

Agriculture

Farmer calls for all farmers to get involved in land reform

20 Jul 2015

Corobrik award bridges formal and informal sectors

Architecture & Design

Corobrik award bridges formal and informal sectors

5 Jan 2015

Browns to donate 500 trees this Arbor Month

Environment & Natural Resources

Browns to donate 500 trees this Arbor Month

29 Aug 2014

Trending: the evolution and rise of townships

Facilities & Property Management

Trending: the evolution and rise of townships

4 Aug 2014

Corobrik to supply bricks for Kimberly housing project

Sustainable Development

Corobrik to supply bricks for Kimberly housing project

26 Jun 2014

Zuma tells South Africans to be proud

Administration

Zuma tells South Africans to be proud

Chris Bathembu 29 Apr 2013

Building confidence up by five points

Construction & Engineering

Building confidence up by five points

Mark Allix 17 Apr 2013

Residential Property

Walmer Link GAP housing project can unite people

4 Dec 2012

NHBRC is failing to carry out its mandate - Rawson Developers

Property

NHBRC is failing to carry out its mandate - Rawson Developers

4 Oct 2012

Paddy Hartdegen

Mining Services

Gross unfairness for South Africa's mining companies

Paddy Hartdegen 31 Aug 2012

Residential Property

Stellendale offers affordable housing for first-time buyers

23 Apr 2012

Residential Property

Innovative solutions needed for SA's housing crisis

20 Mar 2012

Housing construction sector, top job creator - UCT study

Talent Acquisition

Housing construction sector, top job creator - UCT study

2 Mar 2012

So long and thanks for all the awards

Media

So long and thanks for all the awards

Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA 3 Nov 2010

Design

Thoughts from Design Indaba 6 - Day 2

Terry Levin 27 Feb 2003