19 September 2025One of South Africa’s biggest fuel companies, Astron Energy, is going to court to challenge a R2.7 billion tax assessment…- 19 September 2025Blairgowrie residents have raised half a million rand to build a fence around a local park. Read more.
18 September 2025Hayley Ivins Downes, managing executive for real estate at Lightstone, shares insights from a recent report on buy-to-let investor activity…
18 September 2025FNB client had to fight off repeated attempts to evict her despite catching up on her arrears and reinstating her…
18 September 2025The City of Cape Town is calling for comment on its draft local spatial development framework (LSDF) for Cape Town’s…
18 September 2025Solar users could soon face higher electricity bills as Eskom proposes new tariffs to offset reduced revenue from grid defection.…
18 September 2025After a multi-billion-rand road project collapsed, MEC Sipho Duma has criticised underperforming contractors and promised stronger oversight. Read more.
28 August 2025With her vibrant energy, unwavering enthusiasm and years of industry experience, Sophia Vorster is a force to be reckoned with…
28 August 2025An exploration of how the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) enhances the downtown area, creating a secure and…
26 June 2025Bree Street, famous for its vibrant restaurants, boutiques and urban energy, now reflects the City’s commitment to modern mobility after…
19 June 2025The City of Cape Town considers the lease of municipal-owned property to facilitate telecommunication infrastructure, drawing significant objection from residents.…
18 June 2025The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has stated where it intends spending a capital injection of R2.8bn over the next three…
17 June 2025Delta Property Fund will sell its property at 101 De Korte Street, Braamfontein, for R25m cash as it disposes of…
17 June 2025Mafia-style corruption syndicates have infiltrated various levels of government to create ‘ghost workers’ who receive monthly salaries funded by South…
17 June 2025The Fed might leave interest rates unchanged. President Trump won’t like the central bank’s judgement. Read more.
17 June 2025If all current upgrades go as planned, the parking area on the beach side, in front of the Muizenberg Civic…
17 June 2025The problem isn’t just a gap between training and employment. The problem is that the system seems to have institutionalised…
16 June 2025South Africa is facing a new electricity crisis, stemming from municipal mismanagement of the country’s distribution network, which threatens the…
15 June 2025
11 June 2025John Loos, senior economist at FNB Commercial Property Finance, shares insights on what’s behind the better expectations for the office…
18 May 2025The KZN Public Works MEC is taking a hard line on contractors who deliver poor work or abandon projects –…
7 May 2025The City of Johannesburg has forfeited a major Rea Vaya expansion grant due to delays and failure to spend allocated…
7 May 2025The KZN government says contractors stalling roadwork will be removed and replaced to prevent further public disruption. Read more.
7 May 2025South African investors can breathe a little easier as positive policy shifts and stability bring renewed confidence. Read more.
7 May 2025The government has increased the housing allowance for public servants – a move aimed at supporting affordability. Read more.
7 May 2025South Africans are saving more through stokvels than ever before, with deposits reaching a record R13.3 billion. Read more.
7 May 2025Neglected maintenance has led to costly flooding at the Joburg Deeds Office, disrupting services and sparking criticism. Read more.
7 May 2025City officials in Durban report that water supply teams are being blocked by criminal networks controlling water tanker access. Read…- 6 May 2025After a tragic building collapse, the George Municipality says it’s struggling to recover funds from the developer involved. Read more.
- 1 May 2025The City of Johannesburg is taking action against abandoned and dangerous buildings, with enforcement now in full swing.
19 April 2025An employee from the COT’s Finance Department was suspended on Tuesday following internal investigations that implicated him and two colleagues…
19 April 2025Statistics South Africa has released the latest Quarterly Employment Statistics, indicating a modest rise in total employment across the country…
8 April 2025The City of Johannesburg says it has initiated a comprehensive inner-city revitalisation plan to transform derelict and unsafe buildings into…
8 April 2025The department responsible for Cape Town’s parliamentary villages has asked the State Attorney to institute legal action to evict former…
8 April 2025Utility bills for the affluent will jump by 20%-plus with proposed fixed charges. Read more.
7 April 2025As from Saturday, 5 April 2025, property buyers are required to provide personal information such as gender, race and nationality…
4 April 2025KwaDukuza Municipality says the land is earmarked for a school and clinic, but occupiers say they can’t move away from…
27 March 2025Although the Western Cape has dominated SA’s property market for several years with masses of ‘semigrants’ leaving Gauteng behind, this…
27 March 2025Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero’s wish for his office to be housed in a refurbished Usindiso building – the former shelter…
26 March 2025Activity in SA’s construction industry continued to improve for a third consecutive quarter. Read more.
26 March 2025‘All the talk about privatisation, all the talk about closer cooperation with the private sector … seems to be only…
25 March 2025The government of Gauteng says that the expansion of the Gautrain “remains a strategic priority” as its passengers numbers have…
22 March 2025Catch the latest full weekday episodes of the award-winning program hosted by Stephen Grootes. Read more.
21 March 2025ActionSA has sounded the alarm over the shocking abandonment of the R97 million Tembisa Mega Housing Project, which has stood…
20 March 2025A property owner in Pretoria got the shock of his life when he recently received a notice that the house…
19 March 2025The City of CT has taken a crucial step forward by relaunching its ACSA Symphony Way housing project, a development…
19 March 2025The take-home pay of only 15.8% of South Africans would be sufficient to be able to afford a property of…- 19 March 2025The rental market in CT’s northern suburbs is experiencing strong growth, experts advised, amid the slight VAT increase announced by…
19 March 2025The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and Transnet have signed multiple settlement agreements totalling over R31.4 million following a Special Tribunal…
18 March 2025Minister of Human Settlements, Thembi Simelane said that if the final report reveals breaches of the Housing Consumers Protection Measures…
18 March 2025A Pretoria West property developer is in hot water after the City of Tshwane secured a court order to demolish…
12 March 2025Housing project grinds to a halt over payment dispute. Read more.
12 March 2025Non-compliance issues have led to staff protests. Read more.
12 March 2025Attacq Limited has published its interim results for the year ended 31 December 2024 reporting an increase of 49.1% in…
12 March 2025The debate around land expropriation without compensation continues and is intensifying. But one expert is arguing that government should start…
12 March 2025Increased uncertainty over rate cuts in the US and the probability of a VAT hike in the revised budget this…
12 March 2025100% black-owned Shenge Property Group, in partnership with Luwie Properties, recently held a sod-turning ceremony for Gcuwa Mall in Butterworth,…
12 March 2025A tough stance on inflation is needed, essentially to protect consumers. The Reserve Bank has been taking a hawkish view…
7 March 2025With ongoing policy reforms, industry partnerships and strategic investments, South Africa is set to drive Africa’s transition toward a secure…
6 March 2025The National Treasury’s plan to implement a two-percentage-point value-added tax (VAT) hike in South Africa could result in homebuyers paying…
6 March 2025The poor are excluded from housing because they do not qualify for mortgages since credit approvals are based on historical…
6 March 2025The City of Cape Town is opening its electricity grid to private electricity sales and trading following the conclusion of…
5 March 2025Stephen du Preez, founder of LocalAbode, an alliance partner of the Jozi My Jozi initiative, says the cleanup of Joburg’s…
5 March 2025In response to the World Bank’s recent recommendation that SA relax its BBBEE laws to attract greater private-sector investment in…
5 March 2025Harmony Gold has declared a record interim dividend on the back of a soaring gold price, which saw its revenue…
27 February 2025Standard Bank Group CEO Sim Tshabalala has criticised international credit rating agencies, claiming that SA’s rating is arguably four notches…
26 February 2025South Africans are increasingly returning to the office, as seen in SA’s office market recovery. Rode’s Report for the 4th…
26 February 2025Anglo American is unbundling Anglo American Platinum amidst a troubled Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) environment—a process it hopes to complete…
26 February 2025Cape Town businesses and households have broken through the R55-million earnings mark since the start of the city’s Cash for…
26 February 2025Over the past 10 years, renters across South Africa have had to dig deeper into their pockets to pay their…
26 February 2025Driven by long-anticipated growth, Gauteng—the country’s largest housing market—has been making headlines in recent months, and there’s good reason for…
25 February 2025Freight industry leaders agree that a recent Carte Blanche segment, in which Transnet was criticised for operational issues hampering throughput…
25 February 2025Nedbank has issued a warning to its customers to be on the lookout for the latest scams, with fraudsters preying…
20 February 2025A punitive cost order has been issued against the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) and City Power in a Johannesburg High…
19 February 2025REBOSA is hoping that a fair portion of the transformation fund that President Ramaphosa mentioned in his State of the…
19 February 2025The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Human Settlements has received an additional R100 million from their national counterparts, owing to the department’s…
19 February 2025The latest Stats SA figures show that the official unemployment rate was 31,9% in the fourth quarter of 2024. Read…
19 February 2025Financial service provider Nedbank says it expects the labour market outlook to improve modestly going forward as structural constraints ease…- 19 February 2025Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has told Parliament that the 2024 George building collapse, in which 34 people died, was…
19 February 2025In a significant step towards empowering communities around the world, Airbnb has announced the latest recipients of its Community Fund…
18 February 2025Nersa has approved rules for so-called “net billing”, which will see South Africa compensate renewable energy users, including households with…
13 February 2025Construction has begun on the 13.5MW Lower Maguduza Hydro Power Project in Eswatini, which is set to reduce the country’s…
12 February 2025A new study by Nebeus ranks SA as the fourth most popular global digital nomad destination, with remote workers able…
12 February 2025The KwaZulu-Natal Investment Conference has reaffirmed SA’s position as a prime investment destination, securing R70.8 billion in investment pledges from…
12 February 2025It is estimated that South African businesses launder between R16 billion and R64 billion annually and it is critical for…
12 February 2025Ponte Tower – Johannesburg’s landmark cylindrical residential skyscraper near Hillbrow, owned by Kempston Properties – is up for sale by…
12 February 2025SU’s Professor Jan Havenga says adjusting the rules for these partnerships is a step in the right direction for economic…
23 December 2024Last month, the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast once again received the title of highest number of Blue Flag beaches in the…
19 December 2024Coastal towns in the Western Cape, along with smaller towns along the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal coastline, have bucked the…
19 December 2024Despite years of democracy, spatial inequalities and systemic barriers remain largely unaddressed in the country. Yet, there is hope. Learn…
11 December 2024South Africa’s business confidence soared to the highest level in nine years last month, suggesting a significant improvement in the…
10 December 2024The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront has begun detailing its ambitious plan to reclaim additional land to develop the Granger Bay…
10 December 2024South Africa’s commercial real estate sector is under immense pressure, but Cape Town is bouncing back more strongly than its…
6 December 2024President Cyril Ramaphosa has assented to the Deeds Registries Amendment Bill, which seeks to enhance deeds registration processes and procedures…
5 December 2024Anthony Turton writes that the insolvency of the water boards poses a threat to the viability of the economy, making…
4 December 2024eThekwini Municipality has granted a 45-year lease to a developer for the major refurbishment of its ‘Joe Kools’ property (Erf…
4 December 2024Cape Town is set to have a new film studio. The city announced this week that it had signed a…
4 December 2024It’s the ‘Bay of Opportunity’ says Denise van Huyssteen, CEO of Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber. Read more.
3 December 2024Although considered a hit-and-miss effort, telemarketing by estate agents has long been used as an effective method to find properties…
3 December 2024Landsdowne Property Group, a managing agency is optimistic about the prospects for the residential market in 2025. Read more.