Human Settlements
latest news & developmentsMinister Kubayi calls for climate-resilient building practices
Public and private partnerships need to be embraced to ensure that the building and housing sector deals with the challenges of climate change
Department of Human Settlements
They have on the whole served satisfactorily, but the department has also been marred by decades of maladministration and corruption
Labour Court slams Mmamoloko Kubayi for ‘unlawfully’ firing staffer after being stuck in a lift for an hour
The court ordered that the deputy director of corporate services immediately be reinstated
The R15.3-million Limpopo ‘shack’ tender was earned fraudulently – SIU
The SIU is trying to recover R2.5-million from a housing tender as part of its investigation into corruption during the Covid-19 state of disaster
Ramaphosa’s R2bn Eastern Cape revitalisation project in jeopardy
Duncan Village community members resorted to court action to challenge the ‘arrogant’ government
Human settlements department robbed in alleged corruption cover-up
Equipment and files related to multimillion-rand procurement irregularities were apparently taken
Collaboration in the engineering sector is vital for achieving South Africa’s national agenda
Improved private sector coordination would go a long way in rising to the problems South Africa faces
It pays to save the Thukela River catchment
For each rand spent on rehabilitating the river system, the return is at least R1.70 if not more
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
Successive EC premiers ‘conceal’ missing R341m for housing
Hundreds of millions meant for much-needed housing development remains unaccounted for
‘Localisation, localisation, localisation’: Ramaphosa delivers a business-friendly Sona
The president’s focus is on fixing the economy — infrastructure build and local manufacturing are two priority areas
‘People the same as pigs’ in the Vaal
The water and sanitation department has taken over the clean-up project while sewage continues to pollute the Vaal River and Emfuleni municipality
Hawks eye ANC politicians next
Top cop says more big players will be added to the list of accused as the state prepares to go to court
Hawks arrest Free State ‘asbestos project’ players
Businessman Edwin Sodi and senior civil servants are among those arrested over the R200-million theft of state funds
Housing activists want probe into City of Cape Town ‘spying’
The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase