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Msunduzi Municipality says a project to electrify Pietermaritzburg's informal settlements will begin soon.

The Special Investigations Unit has started the process of recouping R86m from the Housing Development Agency (HDA) in the Eastern Cape after it was found to have flouted tender regulations in the Duncan Village’s de-densification project.

The hotel's accommodation boasts 17 uniquely designed rooms, allowing guests to select the perfect suite to suit their preferences.

TROPICAL STORM Bret made landfall on the evening of Thursday, June 22 and has left in its trail damaged houses, dislocated residents and power outages.

The goal of a ‘slum-free India’ would benefit residents of informal settlements more if the housing being built drew on the features of their old neighbourhoods that made their lives better.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said the crime prevention wardens would ensure there wouldn’t be more unauthorised informal settlements.

Human Settlements Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, is leading a South African delegation to the Second United Nations Habitat (UN-Habitat) Assembly, which is currently underway in Nairobi, Kenya.

WE look on Haiti and see a country on the edge of becoming a rogue State — a State without law enforcement having control at any level or on any matrix that is in keeping with a functioning count...

Ward 62 councillor Emile Langenhoven has challenged the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure over the question of neglected problem buildings and properties owned by the department in the Wynberg/Constantia area.

The MEC for Economic Development in Gauteng, Ms. Tasneem Motara has noted the recent Gauteng high court decision to reinstate the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA) board after she resolved to have it dissolved. Following a court challenge by the aggrieved board members, the Gauteng High Court ruled against the MEC and ordered that it be reinstated with immediate effect.  While the decisions of the High Court are respected, there are certain elements of the judgment that, if left ...