13+ hour, 4+ min ago   (858+ words) Almost one in three major government-funded housing projects in Gauteng has been invaded by squatters, leaving hundreds of poor families, who are legitimately on housing waiting lists, living in squalor. The Gauteng department of human settlements has confirmed that 14 of…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (263+ words) PARLIAMENT — South African authorities are developing statutory measures to regulate non-citizen property holdings while depending on state records compiled almost ten years ago. The response came almost a month after the South African Reserve Bank updated its balance of payments…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (195+ words) Napolike.it Storm of Love 11/9: Furstenhof Sale Annuled by Court There's a dramatic turn of events in the episode of Storm of Love airing tomorrow, Friday, September 11, during daytime on Rete 4. The German soap opera set at the Fürstenhof has…...

4+ day, 16+ min ago   (283+ words) By Odwa Bafana Mkentane Responding to Hanover Park Civic Organisation claims that the City of Cape Town barricades the home of a Hanover Park resident in an illegal eviction after Brian Collins lived there for more than 50 years, the City…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (141+ words) Cape Town residents are facing growing pressure on household budgets as annual increases in municipal rates and service charges add to the rising cost of living. Ratepayers say the increases are becoming increasingly difficult to absorb, with some questioning why…...

4+ day, 15+ min ago   (957+ words) A body that decides who builds what across Cape Town – worth billions of rand a year – has quietly written itself free of term limits, withheld a legal opinion ratepayers paid for, and left a forged official document unexplained. Over three…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (407+ words) R7.6-million Seawinds park was stripped and vandalised The R7.6-million Seawinds park in Overcome Heights, Cape Town, which has been stripped and used by gangsters as a "killing field", is to be turned into housing. "A year ago, we had a…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (101+ words) The city’s proposed Airbnb bylaw aims to level the playing field, while campaigners want tougher action to protect long-term housing The issue of short-term rentals is a hot topic in Cape Town. Rental and accommodation Facebook groups are inundated with…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (498+ words) The R7.6-million Seawinds park in Overcome Heights, Cape Town, which has been stripped and used by gangsters as a “killing field”, is to be turned into housing. “A year ago, we had a gang war here in Overcome Heights. People…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (315+ words) While the Waterfront has been successful economically, that success has pushed up surrounding property values in Green Point, De Waterkant and the Foreshore. Disagreement has simmered about whether this represents healthy urban regeneration or displacement of lower-income residents and businesses…...