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ROWAN TERRY AND CLARE LAURENT The recent amendments to the Consumer Protection Act regulations introduce a formal compliance framework for direct marketing in South Africa, having taken effect from 15 April 2026... |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON Bankenveld District City, built on former Wits land near Sandton, is a R18bn mixed-use development expanding Gauteng’s transit-oriented smart-city corridor... read |
|  | | National Treasury will deduct funds from indebted departments to repay municipalities, while accelerating infrastructure reforms amid mounting economic and fiscal pressures.... read |
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 | ISSUED BY CATCHWORDS Etana Energy, Growthpoint Properties (JSE: GRT) and the City of Cape Town have successfully implemented the first pooled wheeling of renewable electricity across multiple properties within the City’s municipal network... Read |
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 | AHMED ELJECHTIMI A building collapse in Fez killed four people, injured six, and renewed concerns over thousands of unsafe structures across Morocco... Read |
| Facilities & Property Management |
 | ISSUED BY EXCELLERATE SERVICES Excellerate Services has recorded a strong set of results in the recently published PMR.africa Awards, taking the Diamond Arrow for Security Services, alongside further Diamond and Gold Arrows... Read |
 | ISSUED BY FIREXPO Facilities management in South Africa is entering a more demanding phase. Rising energy instability, stricter compliance requirements, and increasing pressure on infrastructure are forcing property professionals to rethink how buildings are managed, maintained, and protected... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CATCHWORDS Day one of the Reside Summit 2026 shattered the idea that housing in South Africa is a collection of disconnected fragments... Read |
 | NIVAAL SADHEO, ISSUED BY EXCELLERATE SERVICES For a long time, a clipboard hanging on the back of the bathroom door has been the symbol of how this industry worked – a fixed schedule, a fixed roster, and the assumption that more frequent visits equalled better service... Read |
| Land Policy, Reform & Restitution |
 | MATTHEW HIRSCH An estimated 67,000 homes could be built at Ysterplaat, Wingfield and Youngsfield... Read |
 | KIMBERLY MUTANDIRO Protesters say their pleas for electricity, flushing toilets and housing have fallen on deaf ears... Read |
| Residential Property |
 | Payfast by Network and TsogaPay launched a WhatsApp municipal payment system, enabling South Africans to pay bills and buy electricity seamlessly... Read |
 | Hidden interim interest and construction delays can add hundreds of thousands to South African plot-and-plan purchases, prompting property developers to absorb costs... Read |
 | Where South African semigration is heading next... Read |
 | Velddrif is emerging as an affordable West Coast property hotspot, offering lifestyle appeal, diverse housing options, infrastructure upgrades and growth potential... Read |
 | AfriGIS transforms monthly updated, spatially enriched deeds data into strategic intelligence, helping organisations track economic shifts, investment trends, risk, and growth opportunities. Read |
 | LIEZL HUMAN Families have lost almost everything and face uncertain future... Read |
 | JONATHAN KOHLER, ISSUED BY LANDSDOWNE PROPERTIES Apartment buyers can inherit a costly problem when a body corporate has weak control over unregulated short-term letting... Read |
| Retail & Hospitality Property |
 | Retailers need to reconsider how they interact with modern customers in physical stores as experiential-led retail paves the way... Read |
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 | WOLFGANG PREISER, CARLA MAVIAN, CHERYL BAXTER, RICHARD LESSELLS AND TULIO DE OLIVEIRA Scientists argue that hantaviruses might pose a much bigger threat to African countries than is currently known... Read |
 | ZIHAAD ISRAFIL As Africa’s markets become more connected and digitally accessible, experts argue financial inclusion must be matched by education, discipline and responsible participation... Read |
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 | South Africa’s inflation is rising again as Middle East tensions push oil and fuel prices higher, pressuring consumers and policy decisions... Read |
 | LERATO LAMOLA Sarb released a third draft payments framework, proposing activity-based regulation and bank exemptions, with comments due by 15 June 2026 from stakeholders... Read |
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