The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says its active problem building caseload is hovering at just more than 300 properties. The city’s Law Enforcement Problem Building Unit (PBU) has a total of 922... 

JSE-listed self-storage real estate investment trust Stor-Age has reported strong results for the 2025 financial year, ended March 31, demonstrating the resilience of its business, with key... 

After experiencing a transformative year in the 12 months ended March 31, driven by its growth strategy, JSE-listed Vukile Property Fund reported improvements in most of its performance metrics... 

After gaining one index point in the first quarter of the year, the FNB/BER Building Confidence Index fell by five points to 36 in the second quarter. The current reading means that almost 65% of... 

JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Fairvest has announced its financial results for the six months to March 31, with an interim distribution of 69.66c per A share and 23.10c per B... 

On May 6, 2024, the Neo Victoria project – a residential building that was still under construction in George, in the Western Cape – collapsed without warning, claiming the lives of 34 of the 62... 

JSE-listed Property group Redefine Properties has signed a renewable energy supply agreement with integrated renewable energy utility NOA to support its decarbonisation efforts through wheeling,... 

JSE-listed Hyprop Investment will issue 19.02-million new shares at a price of R42.50 each, following an accelerated bookbuild on June 2. This follows major institutional investors in the South... 

After studying the final report from the Council for the Built Environment (CBE), Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson will return to George, in the Western Cape, to present the... 

Maintaining comfortable temperatures and humidity levels as well as clean air quality aid employee and consumer comfort, while controlling the levels of moisture reduces the risk of mould or water... 

Ensuring that heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) standards are enhanced through building condition assessments (BCAs) is a key focus for built environment advisory company Afroteq... 

JSE-listed Emira Property Fund reported a strong set of results for the full-year ended March 31, with consistent strategic execution, accretive diversification and disciplined capital management.... 

JSE-listed Vukile Property Fund has launched its revamped Bedworth Centre, in Vereeniging, following a redevelopment project that started last year.  

JSE-listed construction group Stefanutti Stocks has reported a significant year-on-year improvement in operating profit, from R210-million for the 2024 financial year to R333-million for the 12... 

JSE-listed property company Hyprop has evaluated acquiring a controlling shareholding in commercial property investor and operator MAS, pursuant to a conditional voluntary bid process. The company... 

The City of Johannesburg’s Economic Development MMC Nomoya Mnisi unveiled the Orlando eKhaya and Power Park Housing projects, in Soweto, on May 23. Originally launched in 2001 under then-Mayor Amos... 

State-owned freight utility Transnet will sell its residential properties through an auction process using independent auctioneers in the coming weeks. This follows the utility garnering approval... 

JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Growthpoint Properties has noted that South Africa is facing a serious shortage of bees, beekeepers and secure forage sites – conditions that are... 

City of Johannesburg Human Settlements MMC Mlungisi Mabaso has assured Diepkloof residents in Soweto that the municipality will launch a forensic probe into the sale of the Diepkloof Hostel,... 

A 200 ℓ integrated heat pump (IHP) geyser, developed by alternative and renewable power solutions company Power4Less, uses 600 W of power an hour. It uses nano heat pumping technology and uses only... 

JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Growthpoint Properties has completed Phase 2 of the Arterial Industrial Estate, in Cape Town, reaching another milestone in its ongoing strategy to... 

JSE-listed logistics real estate investment trust Equites Property Fund has reported a distribution per share (DPS) of 133.92c – at the upper end of guidance – for the financial year ended February... 

With the UN having declared May 20 as World Bee Day, South African real estate investment trust (Reit) Emira Property Fund (Emira) has highlighted its programme of bee conservation. The Reit... 

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Octodec Investments has increased its revenue by 5.2% to R1.06-billion for the six months to February 28, and recorded a reduction in core vacancies to... 

South African real estate investment trust (Reit) Redefine Properties has reported improved profitability in its financial results for the six months ended February 28. Overall, the Reit explained... 

JSE-listed property developer Balwin Properties, for the financial year ended February 28, 2025, reported revenue of R2.2-billion, 6% lower than the prior financial year, on the back of 1 749... 

Financial services firm Standard Bank, through its residential energy efficiency tool, has partnered with the South African National Development Energy Institute (SANEDI) to launch an energy and... 

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) should reassess its tariff and work towards eliminating the difference between prepaid and postpaid customers, as prepaid customers will pay a fixed monthly fee of... 

The real estate investment trust (Reit) sector in South Africa outperformed the country’s equity and bond sectors in April. While the Reits gained 6.9%, equities rose by 4.3% and bonds by 0.8%.... 

JSE-listed property development company Calgro M3 recorded a 32.69% year-on-year decrease in revenue to R868.9-million for the financial year ended February 28, but its gross profit margin... 

In this article, IMPOWER business development executive Matthew Cruise writes that the South African commercial and industrial (C&I) property sector is facing a major regulatory inflection point as... 

The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) is upgrading infrastructure to support waste management service provider Pikitup to deliver integrated waste solutions while contributing to a cleaner,... 

Business energy solutions company Decentral Energy and offgrid energy solutions company Blockpower have commissioned a fully offgrid 828 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) installation with a 2 MWh battery... 

JSE-listed Vukile Property Fund has launched its revamped Bedworth Centre, in Vereeniging, following a R141-million redevelopment project that started last year. The revamp of the 29 200 m2 centre... 

Regulator the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) has deregistered 1 983 of its 14 000 members for continuing professional development (CPD)...