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Recovery story: Remington House was hijacked in 2012 and became overcrowded, unsafe and cut off from basic services. Political will, financial backing and execution helped turn it around. Photo: Supplied
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOUTH AFRICA

A nugget of hope in the inner city

Remington House, a once-notorious hijacked building in Johannesburg, has been transformed into fully let student housing, illustrating what is possible when intervention is…

  • Ash Müller
5 min read
Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero at the official handover of the Southern Farms Housing Project. (X)
ABANDONED BUILDINGS EXPROPRIATION

Johannesburg will expropriate property, but ‘not just for the fun of it’

Mayor Dada Morero said abandoned buildings will be seized to address the 1996 to 1997 RDP waiting list

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read