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Almost one in three major government-funded housing projects in Gauteng has been illegally occupied by squatters, with the provincial human settlements department confirming that 14 of 45 projects have been invaded over the past five years.
Former Attorney General Justin Muturi has warned against alleged plans to subdivide and convert part of the 301,330-acre Galana Kulalu agricultural project in Tana River into private real-estate holdings, saying the land must remain a strategic national asset.
An uncompleted four-storey hotel building under construction at Independence Layout in Enugu collapsed in the early hours of Sunday, killing one person and leaving four others hospitalised, officials said.
Murtaqa Developments is preparing a 210-feddan villa community in Cairo's New Sheraton and El Nozha areas, with 88% of the land set aside for green areas and open space.
Property developers and landowners have welcomed Uganda's three-month suspension of special certificates of title but want Parliament and the Attorney General to tighten the Land Act against repeated land fraud.
Kisumu County is preparing 6,487 affordable housing units across eight projects alongside four Economic Stimulus Programme markets and five student-hostel schemes with a combined 4,400 beds.
Residents of Ohiamadwen in Ghana's Western Region say the Takoradi-Cape Coast road was diverted through their homes and farms, and want all compensation settled before any demolition begins.
The Apapa GRA Residents Association wants Lagos State to suspend permits for warehouses and commercial developments in the estate, saying the approvals are changing the character of the low-density residential area without consultation.
Four plots in De Tijger, Parow, will be auctioned on 17 September with starting prices from R200,000, but each has been affected by a landslide and some still carry homes that will have to be demolished.