Housing
Blaauwberg residents locked in battle over dune development
Ecologically sensitive land is at risk, and some of those who oppose the project say their input has not been taken into account
News | 23 April 2025
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