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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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African contractors urged to capture share of US$330bn construction market

African contractors must position themselves to win a meaningful share of a continental construction market projected to reach US$330 billion by 2031, the Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association says.

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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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Kenya Army rolls out KDF mortgage scheme to boost homeownership for personnel

The Kenya Army has briefed troops at Kahawa Garrison on a newly established Kenya Defence Forces mortgage scheme that aims to give military personnel and their families structured access to affordable homeownership.

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FG inaugurates 15-member committee to implement housing sector reforms

Nigeria's housing ministry has set up a 15-member ministerial committee to turn validated stakeholder recommendations into an implementation framework for housing sector reforms, giving it six weeks to deliver a work plan.

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Bulawayo police hunt suspect after home seekers lose US$83,750 in stand scam

Zimbabwean police are hunting a 40-year-old Bulawayo man accused of defrauding six home seekers of US$83,750 and R143,000 in a residential stand scam dating back to 2017.

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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.

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Kenya's affordable housing drive delivers 1,836 units despite Sh122 billion spending

Kenya's affordable housing programme absorbed Sh122.2 billion in the 2025-26 financial year but completed and handed over only 1,836 units, the Controller of Budget's latest review shows.