South Africans repatriated from Myanmar just before devastating earthquakes struck
In an unbelievable rescue mission in which timing was everything, ...
South African recounts terrifying moments during Bangkok earthquake
Residents in Bangkok felt the tremors of a powerful 7. 7 magnitude earthquake originating from Myanmar, leading to chaos and evacuations. A South African living ...
Affordable housing close to you in Cape Town? Why Nimbyism is still rife
The idea that affordable housing could be built close to economic hubs leaves the Nimbys (Not In My Backyarders) up in arms as they fear property prices will drop ...
Climbing Cape Town’s property ladder almost impossible for the poor
Lack of title deeds, amongst other issues, keep many South Africans out of the formal property market. If the country gets it right, however, it could be the biggest ...
Cape Town’s poor spend almost half their salaries getting to work, with nothing left for housing
The city’s spatial mismatch, a legacy of apartheid planning, continues to keeps the poor out of the property market. What can be done to create a more functional ...
It’s good, but not great: South Africa's first interest rate cut in four years
The SA Reserve Bank cut the repo rate by 0. 25 basis points today, opening the way for more cuts to come.
Could South Africa follow the lead of US’s jumbo rate cut?
All expectations are for a rate cut later today by the SA Reserve Bank. . . but will it be as high as the US delivered yesterday?
A push for a cleaner, sustainable energy future for Africa
Matteo Brambilla: ceo of renewable energy company Red Rocket, has a dream to live in a world moved by the energy nature creates.
Why Cape Town’s affordable housing crisis matters
Getting the lower to middle end of the property market to work could be a game changer and go toward turning the affordable housing crisis around.
Mr President, here are the real construction sites that will build the nation
How small-scale township property developers are changing the face of the property market
Mr President, here are the real construction sites that will build the nation
How small-scale township property developers are changing the face of the property market
Blow for homeowners as interest rate remains unchanged
In a move that has left the property market and wider economy strained, the South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) has once again decided to ...
Cape Town’s next property millionaires could come from here
Small-scale developers are helping solve the impending housing crisis one brick at a time
What is a micro development?
Estimated to be a multi-billion rand sector, the developments are providing much-needed accommodation for the Gap market.
How your property is hit by elections, repo rate
As South Africans go to the poll today, the property market waits with bated breath for the outcome. However, it’s the SARB’s rate announcement tomorrow that will ...
Foreshore buzzing with new developments
The Foreshore has emerged as a dominant development node in Cape Town, according to Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID).
Demand for residential, business properties to change Cape Town skyline
Property developers are pumping billions of rand into Cape Town CBD and surrounds to meet the growing demand for residential and commercial space as semi-grants, ...
Should you invest in property or not in an election year?
The outcome of elections could swing the property market either way, and while a predicted cut in interest rates may be a little too late for some, it could give ...
Locals out-priced in Cape’s hotspot property market
Foreign currency rules in Cape’s elite property market, with locals - who got little relief from this week’ Budget speech - being pushed out
Would you rent half a bed just to get into the rental market?
Short-term lets boom a disaster for long-term rentals
Boomtown for SA’s townships
The size of the approximate R1 billion informal back room rental market across South Africa’s townships stands at about five to eight million rooms and is growing ...
Battered homeowners can’t take another interest rate hike
While another interest rate hike would add only a few extra rands to a bond, the cumulative effect of excessive hikes have hit homeowners hard, and they just can’t ...
Call for residential, commercial relocations to be permitted under Level 4
The National Property Practitioners Council has requested that relocations be permitted where rental contracts have expired or deeds transfer of ownership has been ...
PICTURES: Family, friends pay tribute to Pam Golding
Dr Andrew Golding made his tribute with a profound sadness but also with honour, saying she had influenced many lives and “her spirit lives on”.
Girls ‘detained like animals’
Prison authorities have been given 24 hours to come up with an alternative for unsentenced girls in Thohoyandou, Limpopo.