Chas Everitt News Today

South African expats returning from abroad are choosing to settle in Johannesburg, not Cape Town, as might be expected.

Malaria is still a major problem in Africa. There are over 200 million clinical cases each year and approximately half a million deaths...

Pan-African real estate firm Lango appoints RMB as sole sustainability advisor, co-ordinating a $325m sustainability-linked loan package with Standard Bank, aligning financial strategy with sustainability goals for long-term asset viability.

While this decision can be very unique to different people, there are many positives and negatives you need to consider.

Property company Landworth bought land parcels for R86.25 million but pre-sold them to the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements for R244.95 million.


Was it just property mogul Ralebala ‘Rali’ Mampeule’s nose for a deal that saw him buy a property for R86.25-million and offload it to the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements for R244.95-million? He says the department actually got a discount, but things don’t quite add up.

Africa Melane speaks to Barry Fourie, national operations manager at Chas Everitt.

Real estate agents report rising demand for homes with eye-watering price tags

The Gauteng government bought a Midvaal farm for more than 10 times the price it was sold for only a few years before. The R70m transaction was a windfall for the middleman, property tycoon Rali Mampeule, whose company was paid out R44m in ‘commission’ on the deal. Now the police are investigat...

The Gauteng government paid R70 million for a Midvaal farm that had been bought for less than a tenth of that price a few years prior, with a massive commission paid out.