South Africa: Construction of Homes for Bishopscourt Land Claimants Set to Begin

Displaced community received 12-hectares of prime property in affluent Cape Town suburb Read more »

South Africa: People Living in Abandoned Cape Town Building Face Eviction

About 30 people have been living in 104 Darling Street for more than two decades Read more »

South Africa: Clanwilliam Dam Project Has Limped Along and Is Now Ten Years Behind Schedule

Originally it was supposed to be completed in 2018. The cost has also more than doubled. Read more »

South Africa: Brightly Coloured Double-Storey Homes Replace Shacks in Khayelitsha

The Urban Think Tank Empower project has been in the works for about ten years Read more »

South Africa: Once-Abandoned Vleifontein Library Nearing Completion At Last

Construction on the R16-million facility began in September 2022 Read more »

South Africa: 'Construction Mafia' Accused of Delaying Building of Joburg School

Parents want the reconstruction of Nancefield Primary School investigated Read more »

South Africa: Community Blocks R3-Million Park Project, Demands Public Participation

Tsomo residents and businesses say they were never consulted about the site Read more »

South Africa: R70-Million Spent On Four Projects Left Unfinished in the Eastern Cape

Kumkani Mhlontlo municipality refuses to give adequate explanations as residents and councillors raise questions Read more »

South Africa: Spectre of New Hotel Looms Over SA's Oldest Mosque

Bo-Kaap residents appeal City's decision to approve a new six-storey development in the historic suburb Read more »

South Africa: Government Contractor Misses Yet Another Deadline On R123-Million Gauteng School

Construction of the project started in 2022 to accommodate the school's 1,200 learners Read more »

South Africa: Unpaid Contractors Block Central Gqeberha With Garbage Trucks and Water Tankers

The municipality agreed to pay service providers by next week Read more »

South Africa: Race to Find 48 Trapped Construction Workers

21 people have been rescued from the site of the collapsed building in George Read more »

South Africa: Building Collapses in George - 3 Dead and 51 Missing

An apartment block still under construction collapsed in George on Monday afternoon, trapping dozens of people under the rubble. Read more »

South Africa: How to Spend 12 Years Building a Police Station

Minister Sihle Zikalala has promised the Vuwani police station will be completed in 2025. Work on it started in 2012. Read more »

South Africa: Bheki Cele Accuses Randfontein Protesters of Being a Construction Mafia

Eleven people to apply for bail after being arrested on 13 February Read more »

South Africa: Housing Project for 500 Dunoon Families Put On Hold

Western Cape government revising its plan and budget Read more »

South Africa: City of Cape Town Rental Flats in Poor Condition

Mayco member says the City has to manage 45,000 units and prioritises repairing them based on safety Read more »

South Africa: The Informal Brick Makers of Dordrecht

"We are only working to put food on the table, nothing else" says Tinashe Mandobe who has made bricks in the small Eastern Cape town since 2004 Read more »

South Africa: Housing in South Africa - How Have We Done Since 1994?

We've made progress but the quality of the data is poor, especially the latest census Read more »

South Africa: Joburg City to Blame for 'Dark Buildings' Crisis Say Property Owners

Albert Street fire tragedy sparks renewed attempt to evict hundreds of people living in derelict downtown buildings Read more »

South Africa: Free State Municipality's R15-Million Unused Sport Stadium

The stadium in Lindley has stood for over a year and has been vandalised Read more »

South Africa: Khayelitsha Residents Fed Up With Years of Delays in Housing Project

Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 "housing opportunities" will only begin next year Read more »

South Africa: R83 Million and Three and a Half Years Later Only One RDP House to Show for It

Namibia Stop 8 Housing Project in Inanda started in 2019 and was meant to deliver hundreds of houses Read more »

South Africa: R26-Million Lehae Library Opens Seven Years After Construction Started

Concerns over safety remain after armed robbery weeks before opening Read more »

South Africa: Bulldozers Clear Way for Mine in Lower Zambezi National Park

Tourism body warned that this would threaten species and actually lose money for the Zambian economy Read more »