A housing conference, currently taking place, is looking at slum upgrading and prevention, taking lessons from various projects and programmes, including the UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme. Speaking at the two-day Habitat III...
Calgro M3 on Tuesday announced a multi-billion rand housing project in Gauteng that is set to bring estate living, long the preserve of wealthier South Africans, within the reach of lower income earners. A statement from the Johannesburg-based...
The City of Cape Town has assessed the damage caused by the recent petrol bombing and vandalism of its Sir Lowry’s Pass Village Incremental Development Area (IDA). An assessment was made of the 20 housing units razed by the petrol bombing incidents...
The City of Johannesburg is spending more than R500-million on the ongoing redevelopment and upgrading of single-sex hostels spread across the city and turning them into decent and livable spaces catering for whole families. In the main, the City’s...
