South Africa: City of Cape Town Rental Flats in Poor Condition
[GroundUp] Mayco member says the City has to manage 45,000 units and prioritises repairing them based on safety
Entries by GroundUp
South Africa: The Informal Brick Makers of Dordrecht
[GroundUp] "We are only working to put food on the table, nothing else" says Tinashe Mandobe who has made bricks in the small Eastern Cape town since 2004
South Africa: Housing in South Africa – How Have We Done Since 1994?
[GroundUp] We've made progress but the quality of the data is poor, especially the latest census
South Africa: Joburg City to Blame for ‘Dark Buildings’ Crisis Say Property Owners
[GroundUp] Albert Street fire tragedy sparks renewed attempt to evict hundreds of people living in derelict downtown buildings
South Africa: Free State Municipality’s R15-Million Unused Sport Stadium
[GroundUp] The stadium in Lindley has stood for over a year and has been vandalised
South Africa: Khayelitsha Residents Fed Up With Years of Delays in Housing Project
[GroundUp] Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 "housing opportunities" will only begin next year
South Africa: R83 Million and Three and a Half Years Later Only One RDP House to Show for It
[GroundUp] Namibia Stop 8 Housing Project in Inanda started in 2019 and was meant to deliver hundreds of houses
South Africa: R26-Million Lehae Library Opens Seven Years After Construction Started
[GroundUp] Concerns over safety remain after armed robbery weeks before opening
South Africa: Bulldozers Clear Way for Mine in Lower Zambezi National Park
[GroundUp] Tourism body warned that this would threaten species and actually lose money for the Zambian economy
South Africa: Children Are Dying From Izinyoka Electricity While Tongaat Families Wait to Be Housed
[GroundUp] Four years after construction started, not a single house has been completed in R120-million Umbhayi project
