Tag: land
Bidding wars at bumper city of cape town land auction
Multiple bidding wars marked the City of Cape Town’s inaugural 2021 virtual land auction on Wednesday, June 30, when some 150 would-be buyers went...
The hidden costs and motives of land invasions
“Squatting” in plain speech and “land invasions” in the language of officialdom, has wider economic consequences that are seldom aired in the media.
Our natural...
Theft with impunity
The Bee in my Bonnet Column. By: Robin Hayes (Editor at CBN)
The editor laments…
LIVING in South Africa, like every other place on earth, with...
South African business jet first to take-off and land like a helicopter
With a top speed of 800km/h, the Pegasus Vertical Business Jet will be able to fly up to four times faster than a helicopter.
The...
City of Cape Town’s costly ‘dodgy’ land deal in spotlight
The DA has come under fire for purchasing land in Dunoon for R64 million to appease its constituencies in an affluent suburb, where the...
Afriforum concerned over alleged govt land expropriation list
The organisation says that the list has been doing the rounds at the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development.
AfriForum has not been...
Land debate haunts rand
The rand heads into this week with a dark cloud of local politics hanging over it as the reaction from the land expropriation decision...
World of Birds sells land to make ends meet
The World of Birds in Hout Bay has fallen on tough times and is selling off a portion of their property to sustain the...
Cities, land and expropriation – what our politicians should be doing
Our politicians would do well to look at the real obstacles to the demands for urban land rather than grandstanding about expropriation without compensation.
...
Land committee receives 140 000 submissions, faces ‘nightmare’ planning for hearings
The parliamentary joint committee on constitutional review has so far received 140 000 written submissions about possible changes to land ownership rights and will...
MUST READ
City delivering real change
Behind every budget line, every policy, and every project there are real people, real challenges, and a shared future we are shaping. In a...