Housing
Court halts further work on luxury Stellenbosch mountain estate
Botsmaskop development stopped, pending a full court review
By John Yeld
News | 17 April 2025
Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance
Knoflokskraal has a restaurant, nursery, livestock farming and vegetable gardens, but little water
By Liezl Human
News | 16 April 2025
Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street
People helping do so out of goodwill and with the best intentions
Opinion | 15 April 2025
Pensioner who was allocated an RDP house 15 years ago still lives in a mud hut
Free State Department of Human Settlements has promised to help the 75-year-old from Naledi village in Qwaqwa get a house
By Tladi Moloi
News | 11 April 2025
Developer of R300m Stellenbosch housing estate fights back
Botmaskop Fynbos Estate says a court interdict stopping construction will be “catastrophic”
By John Yeld
News | 11 April 2025
Department of Public Works bungles Darling Street eviction application
State Attorney did not communicate with residents and failed to enrol the case properly
News | 10 April 2025
Landmark judgment on evictions in Johannesburg
City ordered to pay compensation to owner of “hijacked” building because of delay in providing alternative accommodation to residents
Law | 10 April 2025
Western Cape promises progress on inner-city housing projects
Several social housing projects in Cape Town will go to tender this year
By Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn
News | 9 April 2025
Cape Town families say City has ‘abandoned’ them
Municipality has no immediate plans to move families living at the Masonwabe temporary relocation area in Gugulethu
News | 9 April 2025