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Tanzania targets nationwide e-Ardhi land titling coverage by June 2027

Tanzania plans to extend its e-Ardhi digital land management and titling system to all regions by June 2027, with the platform currently live in 17 regions, the lands ministry's permanent secretary said in Dodoma.

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Kenyan developers press for faster approvals and long-term property finance

The Kenya Property Developers Association says fragmented regulation, unpredictable policy, high development costs and weak infrastructure are undermining project viability, and is pushing reforms on approvals, taxation and land administration.

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Nsawam and Suhum chiefs unite against Koans over ancestral land acquisitions

Traditional rulers from communities between Nsawam and Suhum in Ghana's Eastern Region have formed a common front against what they call the forceful acquisition of their ancestral lands by developer Koans Building Solutions.

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Wike allocates 291 hectares of University of Abuja land to eight companies

Documents obtained by SaharaReporters show the FCT minister approved rights of occupancy over 10 plots in Cadastral Zone E01, Giri, covering about 291 hectares, with one property firm receiving 113.19 hectares.

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Zimbabwe finalises policy to entrench property rights on resettled farms

Zimbabwe is finalising a policy that would entrench property rights for people resettled on seized farms, with cabinet approval expected by the end of the year, lands minister Vangelis Haritatos says.

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Appeal court overturns ruling that Drakenstein breached its emergency housing duty

The Supreme Court of Appeal has set aside a Western Cape High Court judgment that found the Drakenstein municipality in breach of its constitutional and statutory obligations to provide emergency housing.

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Zambia bars councils from allocating unplanned plots as Hichilema pushes serviced housing

President Hakainde Hichilema has told all 116 local authorities to stop allocating unplanned plots and tasked the new Ministry of Housing with delivering serviced schemes and a working mortgage system.

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Cape Town points valuation-hit households to indigent relief as rates bills shift

The City of Cape Town is urging households earning under R7,500 a month to apply for indigent relief after the latest General Valuation changed property values, electricity tariffs and refuse charges for some owners.

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Mau Forest evictees demand audit of Ksh2.6bn compensation over wrong payments

Families evicted from the Maasai Mau Forest in Narok County say the Ksh2.6 billion compensation announced by President William Ruto reached the wrong people, and want the beneficiary list reviewed.