Massive Durban port to affect thousands

Durban is preparing to shift thousands of people, small companies and some big industries from the southern and central section of the city in the most ambitious re-engineering project of Africa's largest port in several decades.

Posted at 08:25AM Aug 16, 2012 by Editor in Cities and Towns  |  Comments[7]

Santam plans property insurance for poorer people

Short-term insurer Santam intends penetrating the lower-income market to grow its local operations and is developing a model to insure houses and cars for the segment.

Posted at 08:17AM Aug 16, 2012 by Editor in Residential  | 

Here's our top slumlord: Joburg

Sewage spilling down the internal walls of flats, shacks in the yards, squatters living in cellars under floorboards making fires.

This sounds like the description of an invaded property, but it is not - it is the shameful state of housing in Bertrams that belongs to the City of Joburg.

Posted at 08:10AM Aug 16, 2012 by Editor in Cities and Towns  |  Comments[7]