2 days 6 hours ago
[GroundUp] Taps ran dry in Ndwedwe, KZN, six years ago.
2 days 9 hours ago
[GroundUp] Bitou Municipality officials told to assemble and return temporary housing building material worth R4 million to the intended community.
2 days 11 hours ago
[The Point] The literature on disaster risk and its reduction in Africa's urban centres remains limited, despite evidence of disaster risks increasing with urban growth.
2 days 12 hours ago
[Nairobi News] Traders in Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD) are counting losses after their structures were pulled down by officers from Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS).
3 days 7 hours ago
[Nairobi News] The High Court has extended orders stopping Nairobi City County government from increasing parking fees for private cars and public service vehicles (PSVs).
3 days 9 hours ago
[Nation] Nairobi residents are a worried lot.
3 days 10 hours ago
[This Day] Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has vowed to expose the cabal behind the Apapa gridlock if they don't desist from sabotaging government's effort at ensuring free flow of traffic in the axis.
3 days 11 hours ago
[Daily Maverick] The news that the former settler cities of East London and Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape were getting new names sparked an outcry from the DA and a few local residents, but it was celebrated and welcomed by others. In the public debate, much more attention focused on the pronunciation of the new names than on their complex meanings and histories.
3 days 11 hours ago
[GroundUp] At least 45 KwaDwesi Extension residents staged a sit-in at the Housing Development Agency (HDA) offices in Newton Park on Wednesday morning.
3 days 12 hours ago
[This Day] Government should be courageous enough to deregulate the downstream sector
3 days 13 hours ago
[Namibian] THE municipality of Walvis Bay on Tuesday directed those who were allocated houses under the Massive Urban Land Servicing Project (MULSP) to move into their houses.
3 days 14 hours ago
[Nation] A Sh6 billion affordable housing project by the county government of Mombasa, in partnership with a private developer, will go on after a petition by some residents of Buxton estate challenging its implementation was dismissed by court.
3 days 14 hours ago
[Nation] Private developers have been given 30 days to demolish 20 permanent buildings and structures in Umoja estate as a roads agency begins the Sh902.7 million project.
4 days 9 hours ago
[Ethiopian Herald] Choke treaty has signed a memorandum of understanding among Ethiopian public universities and research institutions to develop choke mountain in sustainable way since it is the main water tank of Nile River comprising 273 small fountain source and 59 rivers sources.
4 days 10 hours ago
[New Dawn] The Liberian government through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has asked individuals, firms and residents currently undertaking projects within and along wetland around the National Police Academy to remove all existing structures within 30 days or face demolition.
4 days 11 hours ago
[SAnews.gov.za] North West Local Government and Human Settlements MEC, Mmoloki Cwaile has appointed members of the North West Housing Tribunal who will be responsible for resolving complex rental issues in the province.
4 days 12 hours ago
[Vanguard] Following the order to block the supply of foodstuffs to the South by the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria, prices of food items have skyrocketed in daily markets in parts of Enugu State and Aba, Abia State.
4 days 13 hours ago
[Daily News] SULTAN Majid bin Said founded Dar es Salaam in the 1860s.
5 days 6 hours ago
[This Day] The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chapter Chairman of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Mr. Osilama Emmanuel Osilama has urged the federal government and the 36 State Governors, including the Minister of the FCT to reinvent and emulate the late Lateef Jakande's housing masterplan when he held sway both as Governor of Lagos State and Minister of Housing.
5 days 6 hours ago
[Govt of SA] The MEC for Corporative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs, Mmoloki Cwaile officially appointed seven members of the North West Housing Tribunal in Mafikeng recently. The members whom most have legal background will be led by Adv Millicent Raborifi during their three years term.
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