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Upcoming: Mountain View Business Precinct, midway between Durbanville and the new airport, will be home to the northern suburbs’ newest industrial expansion. Photos: GASS Architects, Stellenbosch

Airports equal real estate catalysts

When airports are developed, so is the property surrounding them. The ‘city’ essentially grows around the new airport

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Top dollar: One on Bree is a 131m (430ft) mixed-use building under construction in Cape Town. Photo: Paragon Architects

The real estate year in review

2025 didn’t see a boom but it was not a bust

  • Library
7 min read
Expansion needed: Supporters of the sale of the Cape Town International Convention Centre argue that if the City continues to own it, the funding obligation to grow it falls partly on the public purse. Photo: Discott

Why the City of Cape Town selling its real estate is not as simple as it looks

Selling too much public property now could limit future opportunities for social housing, community facilities or public projects that only the state can deliver

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
The #PowerTracker team visited the De Aar Solar Power project, situated on municipal land leased land to Globeleq, an international renewable energy company, for solar power projects
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Questions over transparency in renewable energy land deals

Long-term leases turn public land into corporate profit, but it’s not clear how these deals are structured and whether communities are seeing their s

  • Eyaaz
10 min read
Chain of command: A motion of no confidence in mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has been filed and the EFF’s Nkululeko Dunga says his party will support it. (City of Ekurhuleni)

EFF eyes Ekurhuleni mayoral seat

This move is in line with the Economic Freedom Fighters’ plan to survive beyond the 2026 local government election

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

KZN DA not moved by claims of clandestine ANC-MK party talks

The DA has refused to partner with the ANC in eThekwini because of its role in the removal of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Director-General Mbulelo Tshangana at the iLGM conference in Durban. (Photo: Cogta)

eThekwini not eligible for section 139 administration, says Cogta director-general

Mbulelo Tshangana’s statements come as the KwaZulu-Natal cooperative governance MEC has threatened the metro with ‘escalated intervention’, drawing the ire of its mayor

  • Des Erasmus
9 min read
Ethekwini mayor Cyril Xaba. Photo: City of eThekwini

New Durban mayor Cyril Xaba commits to infrastructure repairs, restoring water supply

Cleaning up the city and improving governance are also among immediate priorities

  • Des Erasmus
3 min read
Msunduzi City Hall. Photo supplied

Angry Msunduzi ratepayers call for a forensic investigation

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  • Eyaaz
1 min read