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The City of Cape Town has told the Western Cape High Court that sharply declining national grant funding is behind the slow delivery of affordable housing, as activists question progress on land already released.
The founder of Afro-Arab Group, Ambassador Alhaji Salamu Amadu, has offered to partner with President John Mahama to accelerate the delivery of 200,000 affordable homes, citing interest-free payment plans for low- and middle-income buyers.
Ratepayers in eThekwini's Ward 31 say steep valuation increases, unclear guidance and slow feedback are fuelling uncertainty over their municipal rates, as the metro works through about 10,000 objections to its 2026 General Valuation Roll.
Nigeria's Renewed Hope Cities housing initiative has attracted more than 100,000 expressions of interest from Nigerians as construction advances in Abuja, Kano and Lagos, with thousands of allocations and mortgages already issued.
Local Government Minister Mahama Ayariga says Ghana's housing challenge requires stronger, more sustainable financing, calling for long-term capital mobilisation and affordable mortgage financing.
Residents of Kisiriri village in Rumuruti, Laikipia County, say they will not vacate a 2,192-acre parcel they have occupied for generations, alleging that an investor is behind efforts to evict them.
The Lagos State Government has unveiled a push to overhaul land administration with digital mapping, LiDAR and artificial intelligence, even as construction firm CFL accused the state's land registry of enabling a 'land title laundry' scheme.
Property owners in Johannesburg's CBD say repeated electricity failures are threatening years of inner-city regeneration, forcing them to spend millions of rands on diesel and driving tenants away.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application seeking to stop Co-operative Bank from pursuing 10 disputed homes in Syokimau tied to a Sh1.39 billion debt owed by developer Loneview Developers Ltd.