On a busy Thursday morning in Johannesburg’s CBD, City Power crews rolled in, not to fix outages, but to cut them off. By the end of...
Pretoria West Reimagined: Tshwane’s Bold Push to Reclaim and Revive City-Owned Properties The City of Tshwane is ramping up its urban renewal efforts in Pretoria West...
an illegal bus rank and unapproved commercial operations inside a city-owned building in Hillbrow, intensifying concerns about lawlessness in the inner city. During a recent inspection,...
The City of Johannesburg is preparing to remove illegal occupants from 11 hijacked buildings it owns, following growing concerns over hazardous living conditions and overcrowding. Human...
The City of Tshwane has announced bold new plans to tackle the growing crisis of hijacked and derelict buildings in Pretoria’s central business district (CBD)—and it...
Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala, has voiced his support for the expropriation of hijacked buildings in Johannesburg’s Central Business District (CBD) without...
The City of Johannesburg has launched a “Bad Buildings Strategy” to address the inner-city housing backlog, focusing on hijacked and neglected properties. City Manager Tshepo Makola...
A hijacked building on De Villiers Street in Johannesburg has been resealed after footage surfaced showing a group of men breaking down one of its walls....