Spanning 26 hectares, the Boystown social housing development in South Africa’s Western Cape provides safe, affordable accommodation in a community setting. The project team at SMEC worked with delivery partner Martin & East to form the turnkey...
While South Africa has a robust and well-regarded system for registering property ownership, it is expensive, complex, and inaccessible for lower income households. As a result, parties to property transactions commonly make use of alternative...
The recent flooding in KwaZulu-Natal have had a huge impact on businesses operating in South Africa in general and especially those operating in the province. Apart from lost productivity, there has also been significant damage to infrastructure....
It is predicted that by 2050, nearly 70% of people worldwide will reside in urban areas, up from 55% of the global population who currently live in cities. As a result, 78% of the world’s energy is being consumed in cities which produce more than...