Social Housing Regulatory Authority

/ 8 July 2024

Social housing tenants face eviction

Residents claim they bought their flats through instalment sales but decades later the properties have been sold on auction to be developed

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By Lyse Comins

National

/ 26 January 2024

Hijackers seize R118m state social housing project

The development, which consists of more than 400 units, is deteriorating after having been taken over by ‘illegal’ landlords

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By Khaya Koko

National

/ 19 December 2023

Phoenix evictions continue despite eThekwini title deeds resolution

More than 200 tenants of Jay Singh housing programme flats are being kicked out every month

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By Paddy Harper

National

/ 23 September 2023

Victory in sight for Durban social housing tenants

eThekwini council wants the issuing of title deeds completed within two months

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By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 19 April 2023

Phoenix residents demand Ramaphosa release SIU graft report

The social housing investigation was handed to eThekwini municipal manager and the presidency last year

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By Paddy Harper

National

/ 24 March 2022

Court action looms over eThekwini social housing rentals

Tenants’ associations want regulator to enforce its cap on rentals

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By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 29 November 2021

Bathabile Dlamini one of the axed in major housing entity shake-up

Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane appoints new boards because the structures were ‘wracked with infighting, rapid and frequent leadership changes, poor governance, corruption and loss of technical capacity’

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 15 August 2021

Umgeni water board overhaul imminent

Water and housing entities are likely to see political appointments reversed after the cabinet reshuffle

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 8 June 2021

Sisulu’s multimillion-rand housing ‘corruption’ headache in the Eastern Cape

National treasury and SIU flag gross misconduct in minister’s department with no heads rolling as millions keep disappearing

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By Khaya Koko

National

/ 30 April 2021

SIU moves on eThekwini housing scam

The developer allegedly secured illegal funding from the housing regulatory authority

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