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Social housing at Salt River Market moves one step forward

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Social housing at Salt River Market moves one step forward

Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn 24 Jun 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Judge slams Gauteng land grab

Tania Broughton 16 May 2025

A waste picker in Johannesburg. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Evicted waste pickers must be allowed to earn a living, court rules

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 5 May 2025

The Gauteng High Court has ordered the City of Johannesburg to pay out a property company because of a delay in providing alternative accommodation for families living in the company’s “hijacked” building. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Landmark judgment on evictions in Johannesburg

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 11 Apr 2025

Source: . Acacia Park in July 2020.

Residential Property

Former MPs refuse to leave their subsidised housing in parliamentary villages

7 Apr 2025

Photos: Joseph Bracken / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Legal battle to remove occupiers from land in Ballito

Joseph Bracken 3 Apr 2025

The Western Cape High Court has set aside an eviction order for occupiers of a City of Cape Town property in Observatory. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Court sets aside eviction of circus occupiers

Tania Broughton 2 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied.

Property

South Africa's housing crisis: Why 2.2 million homes are needed immediately

12 Mar 2025

Image source: Clayton from

Land & Property Law

Eviction of Khoi-San at Union Buildings an order of the High Court

10 Feb 2025

Movie lovers are in for a treat this February

Film

Movie lovers are in for a treat this February

Daniel Dercksen 4 Feb 2025

#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

Legal

#BestofBiz 2024: Legal

17 Dec 2024

The Supreme Court of Appeal has slammed former judge president John Hlophe for meddling in a straightforward eviction case. Photo: Ben Bezuidenhout via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Land & Property Law

John Hlophe’s meddling in eviction matter slammed by appeal court

Tania Broughton 13 Nov 2024

Business leaders, small and big, can help end homelesssness by offering work experience, says the writer. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

How business can help end homelessness

Leanne Porter and Jesse Laitinen 14 Oct 2024

Land & Property Law

Illegal business occupants given 14 days to comply with the law

27 Sep 2024

Outside the Western Cape High Court, Ndifuna Ukwazi attorney Jonty Cogger speaks to applicants urgently seeking an interdict preventing PRASA from evicting them from land they have occupied for years. Photo: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Court criticises Prasa for illegal evictions

Sandiso Phaliso and Tori Newby 30 Aug 2024

City of Cape Town official Megan Pangeni and Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis toured the City’s new 300-bed Safe Space in Green Point on Monday. Photos: Matthew Hirsch / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

New shelter for hundreds of homeless people opens in Green Point

Matthew Hirsch 30 Jul 2024

Farmers fear loss of land to Motsepe Foundation citrus project

Agriculture

Farmers fear loss of land to Motsepe Foundation citrus project

Bernard Chiguvare 29 Jul 2024

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Land rights: New legal amendment places Minister squarely in the way of substantive land reform

Brian Benfield and Gary Moore 29 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Grant Smee, managing director of Only Realty Holdings.

Property

Navigating the buy-to-let boom: Property investment 101

16 Jul 2024

Image source: Denniz Futalan from

Human Rights Law

Cape Town's homeless eviction ruling: Struggle between rights and safety

Bukhobethu Matyeni 10 Jul 2024

Image source: Vlada Karpovich from

Land & Property Law

Remote workers: Can landlords legally limit the amount of days tenants work from home?

Tafadzwa Zhanda and Vinolia Mashego 27 Jun 2024

Image source: Susan Richey-Schmitz –

Land & Property Law

Legal considerations when buying and selling property at auction

Lauren Theron 31 May 2024

Last 4 traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction

SMEs

Last 4 traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction

21 May 2024

Church blocks plan to build school in Philippi

Primary & Secondary Education

Church blocks plan to build school in Philippi

2 Nov 2023

Source: Grant Smee, managing director of Only Realty Property Group.

Property

Tenant eviction in South Africa - What are your rights as landlord?

13 Oct 2023

Affordable & Social Housing

City initiates legal action against unauthorised home occupiers

13 Oct 2023

Source: Source:

Office Property

Lawyer in River Club development controversy caught in qualification lie

30 Aug 2023

Image source: Eunika Sopotnicka –

Law Practice

What are your rights when dealing with the sheriff?

Naledi Motsiri 24 Aug 2023

Students fear being evicted again if NSFAS payment issues not resolved

Higher Education

Students fear being evicted again if NSFAS payment issues not resolved

21 Aug 2023

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

Affordable & Social Housing

Heritage approval granted for social housing development at old Woodstock hospital

Matthew Hirsch 1 Aug 2023

First glimpse of plans for Cape Town's Salt River and Woodstock

Affordable & Social Housing

First glimpse of plans for Cape Town's Salt River and Woodstock

Matthew Hirsch 16 May 2023

Judge "unscrambles an egg": 20 years of property sales reversed

Residential Property

Judge "unscrambles an egg": 20 years of property sales reversed

Tania Broughton 24 Oct 2022

Property developer forced to rebuild homes it demolished

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Property developer forced to rebuild homes it demolished

Kimberly Mutandiro 3 Oct 2022

Court's message in Llandudno case: Don't take matters into your own hands

Residential Property

Court's message in Llandudno case: Don't take matters into your own hands

Tania Broughton 26 Aug 2022

6 obvious and not-so-obvious red flags to avoid when renting your property

Residential Property

6 obvious and not-so-obvious red flags to avoid when renting your property

30 Mar 2022

Waste reclaimers in trouble with Tshwane metro over recycling site

ESG & Sustainability

Waste reclaimers in trouble with Tshwane metro over recycling site

Kimberly Mutandiro 2 Feb 2022

Congo lawmakers tell Barrick to secure mine perimeter after deadly protest

Mining

Congo lawmakers tell Barrick to secure mine perimeter after deadly protest

Hereward Holland 11 Nov 2021

Thinking of buying a repossessed home? Here are the pros and cons

Residential Property

Thinking of buying a repossessed home? Here are the pros and cons

27 Oct 2021

Preparations for construction of houses in District Six in July 2020 revealed old streets and foundations. Archive photo: Jeffrey Abrahams / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Court rules that District Six eviction was unlawful

Tania Broughton 11 Oct 2021

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Affordable & Social Housing

Cape Town's emergency housing programme is unconstitutional, says court

Tania Broughton 8 Sep 2021

The City of Cape Town has defended its demolition of a tent camp on 23 August that had been set up by homeless people near the Green Point Tennis Club. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Human Rights Law

City of Cape Town defends its demolition of Green Point tent camp in court

Marecia Damons 6 Sep 2021

Are one-year lease agreements a thing of the past?

Residential Property

Are one-year lease agreements a thing of the past?

Shanaaz Trethewey 3 Sep 2021

Kenya plan to help Covid-hit poor plagued by irregularities - rights group

Health & Social Welfare

Kenya plan to help Covid-hit poor plagued by irregularities - rights group

George Obulutsa 22 Jul 2021

Expropriation Bill aims to bring SA in line with global land ownership policies

Land & Property Law

Expropriation Bill aims to bring SA in line with global land ownership policies

Virusha Subban and Cameron Jeffrey 2 Jun 2021

People hold Hamas flags as Palestinians gather after performing the last Friday of Ramadan to protest over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 7, 2021. Reuters/Ammar Awad

Media

Instagram, Twitter blame glitches for deleting Palestinian posts

Maya Gebeily 11 May 2021

Minister engages farmers on evictions

Agriculture

Minister engages farmers on evictions

12 Apr 2021

Primedia beats Prasa in decade-long court case

Corporate & Commercial Law

Primedia beats Prasa in decade-long court case

James Stent 1 Apr 2021

Tenant payment performance recovering but requires tough administration

Facilities & Property Management

Tenant payment performance recovering but requires tough administration

30 Mar 2021