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Human Settlements Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has urged the private sector to

Minister of Housing and Informal Settlements, Dr. Orando Brewster; has appealed to the new home owners in Orange Hill to take care of them Minister Brewster was speaking at the ceremony on Tuesday, to mark the handover of houses to persons who were impacted by the April 2021 explosive eruption of La Soufriere Volcano. He…

Twenty-one houses were distributed to persons who were displaced during 2021 eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano yesterday.   Delivering the featured address at the event, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said that a community housing association will be established to ensure that the recently constructed communities are properly maintained.     This is the…

Heavy rainfall and gale-force winds since Sunday in South Africa's Western Cape led to the flooding of informal settlements that killed eight in two electrocution incidents.

About 70% of people in Addis Ababa live in informal settlements that are vulnerable to climate change. Amanuel Sileshi/AFP/ Getty ImagesAddis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city, will likely face increased heatwaves, droughts and severe flooding over the next 67 years. These changes will pose risks to public health and infrastructure. They’ll also be felt most acutely by the city’s most vulnerable residents: those living in informal settlements. Addis Ababa is one of the fastest-...

Climate change is putting pressure on Ethiopia’s largest city, Addis Ababa, and exposing people to disease and natural disasters.

At least 73 people have died and dozens more were injured after a fire tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg which housed “hundreds” of informal settlements.

Gauteng Human Settlements MEC, Lebogang Maile, said there was a rise in informal settlements in Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni since 2016, with over 700 of them across Gauteng.

Millions have been spent on a housing project that has abandoned in UThongathi. 11 houses have been built in six years.