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Court strikes down BEE certificate requirement for estate agency licences

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.

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Tricolt taps Totalstay to run rental pools at The Madison and Olympus Sandton

Developer Tricolt has appointed hospitality operator Totalstay to manage aparthotel rental pools at its 391-unit The Madison in Cape Town and the 527-unit Olympus Sandton in Johannesburg.

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Commercial builds double in Cape Town CBD's record R12.8bn pipeline

The number of purely commercial developments in Cape Town's record R12.8-billion Central City Improvement District construction pipeline doubled year on year, according to the CCID's State of Cape Town Central City Report 2025.

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South African court blocks banks from charging homeowners for botched repossession cases

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.

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South Africa has no updated data on foreign land ownership, minister says

Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso told Parliament the latest figures date from a 2017 audit that found foreign nationals owned 0.56% of South Africa's land, and that new legislation on foreign landholding is being drafted.

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South Africa plans R2.2bn redevelopment of Pretoria's vacant Telkom Towers precinct

Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson says the department will refurbish all nine buildings in the long-vacant Telkom Towers precinct, with a Request for Information due to the market as early as next week.

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South Africa's housing boom could backfire as affordability pressures build

A housing market that performs well for investors can perform poorly for the people who need somewhere to live, writes independent economist John Loos, who argues South Africa should judge the market by supply and affordability, not just capital growth.

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Inospace opens fulfilment centre in Johannesburg as industrial landlords add services

South Africa's largest privately owned multi-let industrial property company has opened an outsourced fulfilment operation at Electron Exchange in Johannesburg, following a successful rollout in Cape Town.

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Cape Town approves housing on Seawinds park known as a gang 'killing field'

The City of Cape Town has approved closing the R7.6-million Seawinds park in Overcome Heights so the site can be used for the Overcome Heights Housing Project.