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The North Gauteng High Court has declared unconstitutional the section of the Property Practitioners Act that made a valid BEE certificate a condition for issuing Fidelity Fund Certificates to estate agents and agencies.
Residents of Mazengo Street in Dodoma's Zuzu Ward say unidentified people have been demolishing their houses at night, while the city council says it was unaware of the incidents and has promised to investigate.
A City of Kigali compliance inspection found that 82 of 128 buildings checked by September 7 were non-compliant, with failures in wastewater treatment the main problem.
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has petitioned the High Court to stop a Sh28-million payment by the State Department for Housing and Urban Development while ownership of the contractor Savola Investment Limited remains disputed.
Housing Minister Randa El-Menshawy has ordered a halt to tree-cutting in Egypt's new cities and instructed authorities to protect parks and pursue violations.
The Mpumalanga High Court threw out three unopposed repossession bids by Standard Bank, FirstRand and Nqaba Finance and ordered that the lenders not pass their legal costs on to customers.
The Local Government Minister says urban Zongos can be transformed to fix sanitation, housing and access problems while residents stay in their homes.
Displaced residents and traders in Laini Saba, Kibra, told a Senate committee that only a fraction of promised houses and stalls have been delivered, with some units still lacking water and sewer connections.
Uganda's lands minister says the government is fast-tracking the Real Estate Bill to professionalise the property sector, protect the public from fraudulent transactions and improve access to housing finance.