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The arrangement currently supplies five Growthpoint buildings, including its newly refurbished 36 Hans Strijdom foreshore building, which underwent an environmentally innovative retrofit and now runs entirely on renewable energy. Image supplied.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Growthpoint and Etana Energy are wheeling clean energy to Cape Town

2 days

Why shopping centres are becoming lifestyle destinations

Retailers

Why shopping centres are becoming lifestyle destinations

Nisha Kemraj 2 days

Source: Supplied. Roelof Botha, former Department of Finance policy advisor, Finmedia Economist of the Year, and for 28 years the resident economist at PwC, has been appointed economic advisor to BetterBond.

Financial Services

BetterBond taps veteran economist for property insights

16 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. Graaff-Reinet, Drostdy Hotel.

Residential Property

From Karoo to coast: Eastern Cape towns attract property buyers

15 Sep 2026

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Markets & Investment

The ballot box could determine where property values rise or fall - Seeff

14 Sep 2026

Hospitality

Totalstay to operate Tricolt’s aparthotel rental pools at The Madison and Olympus Sandton

14 Sep 2026

Africa’s next real estate opportunity isn’t a country. It’s a corridor.

Markets & Investment

Africa’s next real estate opportunity isn’t a country. It’s a corridor.

Issued by API Events 11 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. Olympus Sandton brings hospitality management into focus as Totalstay takes rental pool operations.

Retail & Hospitality Property

Tricolt’s rental-pool play: A new property investment model?

11 Sep 2026

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Residential Property

The housing boom that could backfire

John Loos 10 Sep 2026

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Special Tribunal declares eThekwini low cost housing contracts unlawful

9 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. Marie Rath, who represents Pam Golding Properties in Munich, Germany and in South Africa.

Residential Property

Pam Golding’s bold move into Germany

9 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. Sandton 3-bedroom home for sale R3.495m: Located in one of Bryanston's most sought-after, 24-hour guarded estates and priced at R3.495 million through Pam Golding Properties, this three-bedroom cluster home offers the ideal balance of effortless indoor-outdoor living and secure family comfort.

Markets & Investment

Looking for Johannesburg’s next property hotspot? Start here

4 Sep 2026

Arnot Power Station in Mpumalanga is one of Eskom’s coal-fired power plants. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Energy

Eskom in a coal mind: SA open to AI data centres, but at what electricity price?

3 Sep 2026

AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

Data & Analytics

AI data centres could make electricity more expensive

Brutus Mogotlo 2 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied | Kampala Marriott Hotel exterior

Tourism & Travel

Marriott opens two hotels in Uganda, marking brand debut

3 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied.

Construction & Engineering

Is this the future of retirement living? Inside the V&A Waterfront’s Bower

2 Sep 2026

Building trust in motion: How transit advertising built reach and trust for Capitec Bank funeral plans

Media

Building trust in motion: How transit advertising built reach and trust for Capitec Bank funeral plans

Issued by Blu Label Media 1 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. PSG Insure’s head of distribution, Ryno de Kock.

Insurance & Actuarial

Insurers warn South Africans on fuel-storage limit as shortages loom

31 Aug 2026

Hilton to enter Zimbabwe with first hotel in Harare

Tourism & Travel

Hilton to enter Zimbabwe with first hotel in Harare

28 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied.

Retail & Hospitality Property

Exclusive Hout Bay estate with four villas lists for R114m

25 Aug 2026

Dipula secures accretive retail portfolio acquisition alongside successful equity raise

Retail & Hospitality Property

Dipula secures accretive retail portfolio acquisition alongside successful equity raise

Issued by Catchwords 24 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied. Careen Mckinon, head of sales at ooba Home Loans.

Residential Property

A new buyer trend is reshaping South Africa’s coastal property market

24 Aug 2026

Whirlpool launches the W5 Built-in Oven Set in SA, bringing premium smart cooking within reach

Fashion & Homeware

Whirlpool launches the W5 Built-in Oven Set in SA, bringing premium smart cooking within reach

Issued by KIC South Africa 24 Aug 2026

API Summit: Breaking ground on accelerating African hotel builds

Markets & Investment

API Summit: Breaking ground on accelerating African hotel builds

Issued by API Events 20 Aug 2026

South African AI surveillance platform targets global business intelligence market

Security

South African AI surveillance platform targets global business intelligence market

18 Aug 2026

CETA Administrator Oupa Nkoane says the scale of South Africa’s infrastructure ambitions requires a fundamental rethink of how the skills development system works with industry

Skills Development

CETA: South Africa’s infrastructure boom must become an engine for skills and jobs

Issued by K and K Media 17 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied.

Residential Property

Rental Housing Act puts South African landlords on notice

17 Aug 2026

First Multifamily Forum in API Summit's 17-year history signals the sector's arrival

Markets & Investment

First Multifamily Forum in API Summit's 17-year history signals the sector's arrival

Issued by API Events 14 Aug 2026

Source: Tricolt Group. The Madison, 391 luxury apartments in the heart of Cape Town’s CBD.

Property

‘Airbnb’ by-law | Its proposed impact on Cape Town property rates — and how to have your say

Katja Hamilton 13 Aug 2026

WINK Aparthotels expands to Johannesburg with Rosebank property

Tourism & Travel

WINK Aparthotels expands to Johannesburg with Rosebank property

6 Aug 2026

Retail expansion in SA shifts from instinct to analytics

Retail

Retail expansion in SA shifts from instinct to analytics

6 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied.

Residential Property

In2Assets breaks national property auction record with R285.5m sale

31 Jul 2026

Outdoor Network expands digital billboard network with 4 fully approved sites

OOH

Outdoor Network expands digital billboard network with 4 fully approved sites

Issued by Provantage 31 Jul 2026

Source: Pexels.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Infrastructure boost: Nelson Mandela Bay invests R60m in power reliability

31 Jul 2026

Supplied image: 2019 Owlag graduation

Primary & Secondary Education

Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls to close, scholarship remains

30 Jul 2026

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa announces August payment delay for beneficiaries under review

29 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. Headmaster of Seaton House, Tony Shuttleworth (second from left), together with the Collins developments team, Trenley Tilbrook, Geoff Perkins and Brad Winstanley.

Construction & Engineering

Seaton House road completion signals campus progress

28 Jul 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Reserve Bank surprises with rate hold at 7%

Katja Hamilton 23 Jul 2026

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Affordable & Social Housing

South Africa’s housing backlog hits 3 million as court ruling bites

22 Jul 2026

Source: Hyundai.

Dealers

Hyundai expands Western Cape footprint with new Table View dealership

21 Jul 2026

Source: Human Settlements.

Property

Macpherson orders probe into 6,238 State-owned homes

21 Jul 2026

$2.1bn and counting: African real estate is executing

Markets & Investment

$2.1bn and counting: African real estate is executing

Issued by API Events 20 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied.

Retail & Hospitality Property

Cape Town Foreshore investment boom lifts Rockefeller to near sell-out

17 Jul 2026

Unrest readiness is built between crises, not during them

Facilities & Property Management

Unrest readiness is built between crises, not during them

Adriaan Otto, Issued by Excellerate Services 15 Jul 2026

Image supplied.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Former PwC energy manager to spark up EXSA’s regulatory division

15 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. Grant Smee, chief executive officer of Only Realty Property Group.

Property

Will municipal rebates sway South African voters?

15 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied. Khanyisa Mabala, Technical Director: MEPF Lead, Cost Management, EC, South Africa, AECOM.

Affordable & Social Housing

Building affordable cities, not cheaper homes

14 Jul 2026

Image supplied.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Plentify and Deye lay foundation for Africa’s largest residential virtual power plant

14 Jul 2026

Source: Supplied.

Residential Property

Ballito development pioneers new ApartHotel investment model

13 Jul 2026

Image supplied.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

How loadshedding led to South Africa finding its perfect sunspot

13 Jul 2026