The City of Johannesburg is encouraging property owners to take advantage of the property rebates available through its approved 2025/2026 Property Rates Policy which aims to attract developers to bui...
Green certified Prime and A-grade offices produced a total return of 10.1% during 2024, 120 basis points above non-certified office space of a similar quality according to the latest MSCI South Africa...
Hadija Jabiri, founder of agribusiness company GBRI, sees untapped potential across Tanzania’s agricultural sector, particularly in processing fruit, vegetables and grains into value-added products. “...
Off the back of a stabilising rate environment, South African investors are continuing to purchase well-located assets with resilient income streams, particularly in the logistics, retail and resident...
From left to right: COO, Cliff Toerin; CEO, Quintin Rossi; CIO, Kim Pfaff-Karg, and CFO, Christiaan Barnard. Spear REIT Limited has issued a financial update for the three months ended 31st May 2025, ...
Medium-sized construction firms drove sector growth in Q1 2025, recording an 85% year-on-year increase in turnover while smaller enterprises experienced a dismal quarter with construction turnover dow...
The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) and the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at advancing business enablement within the comm...
Standard Bank has joined the South African Multifamily Residential Rental Association (SAMRRA) as its first member from the banking sector. “The active participation of a leading commercial bank in th...
The City of Cape Town’s Council has approved changes to the Municipal Planning By-Law including a new land-use right to build affordable rental units in areas with the highest demand, enabling more to...
Growthpoint Properties has issued its trading update for the nine months ended 31st March, reporting an improvement in its South African vacancies from 8.7% at 30 June 2024 (FY2024) to 8.3% as at 31st...
Home purchases are rising and so are applicants’ income according to data from ooba Home Loans for January 2025 to May 2025 which highlights positive year-on-year growth in the average monthly gross i...
Combined results from the Q2 2025 FNB Property Broker Survey regarding business confidence and sales activity have pointed to a broad perception of the investor market environment having weakened when...
Findings in the Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) for Q1 2025 are an accurate reflection of the government’s lack of willingness to spend on economic assets, says Dr Roelof Botha, compiler of the index...
The Eastern Cape and certain areas in KwaZulu-Natal are experiencing notable growth in the buy-to-let investment boom says Seeff in areas such as Hillcrest, the Upper Highway region, the Midlands, and...
Hadija Jabiri is the founder of GBRI, a Tanzanian agribusiness company that started with vegetables and now exports avocados to Europe and India. How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz ...
Engineered to be safe, durable, and maintenance free, the link bridge’s unique architectural design features an angular balustraded walkway clad in stainless steel, making it both a functional and aes...
Residential house price growth accelerated in May 2025, primarily driven by the middle-to-upper priced segments while growth in the lower-priced segments was stable. According to FNB Economist, Sipham...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the commercial property landscape but, as with any revolution, the excitement comes tempered by concern. This was the prevailing message at SAPOA’s Gauteng...
Sun International and Flanagan & Gerard recently hosted the leasing launch of the 22 000m2 GrandWest Mall, drawing interest from more than 100 leading national, regional, and local retailers. Approxim...
The countdown to the prestigious 9th Annual Property Investment (API) Awards, part of the API Summit themed ‘Growth Through Adventure’, has begun. Judged by a distinguished panel of industry experts a...
Foreign buyers currently account for around 32% of high-end residential property sales in Franschhoek says Jawitz Properties. Jawitz is also witnessing a generational shift in the ages of so-called sw...
South Africa’s property owners face a complex landscape of rising rates and taxes alongside evolving market dynamics and strategic shifts across sectors. In Johannesburg, property rates and taxes have...
Pick n Pay’s strategic downscaling marks a turning point for SA’s retail sector. Under the leadership of returning CEO Sean Summers, the retailer is undergoing a significant ‘back to basics’ reset in...
Hilton has plans to almost triple its presence in Africa to more than 160 hotels in the coming years. The announcement was made at the Future Hospitality Africa Summit (FHS Africa), where the brand an...
Stor-Age REIT Limited has posted a strong set of results for its financial year ended 31st March 2025, marking a decade of consistent performance and portfolio growth. “In 2015 we brought to market a ...
Vukile Property Fund has posted its results for the year ended 31st March 2025, achieving 3% growth in full-year Funds from Operations (FFO) per share and a 6% increase in its dividend per share. The...
Longkloof Studios is a green certified commercial office space in Cape Town, having achieved a 4-Star Green Star Existing Building Performance rating. Image credit: Growthpoint Properties. Too many b...
Charles Antwi-Boahen is the founder of Kab-Fam, an electronics and home appliance retailer that has grown from modest beginnings into a 16-store chain across Ghana. In a recent interview with How we ...
The construction sector continues to reflect a division between renewed investment optimism and deep-rooted structural weakness according to Industry Insight. Residential approvals and building materi...
Groblersdal Mall in Limpopo is undergoing redevelopment, led by co-owners Twin City and Patricio & Sons. The shopping centre opened in 2017. The refurbishment, which began in February 2025, will see ...
A closer look at long-term commercial property performance has revealed a significant multi-year cumulative correction says John Loos, Senior Economist at FNB Commercial Property Finance. South Africa...
Rainmaker Marketing has officially partnered with Hirsch’s Homestores to launch a new initiative aimed at residential developments. The collaboration marks a first for the property marketing space, of...
The City of Cape Town says its Problem Building Unit has 922 properties on its list with 35% of these active investigations. The Law Enforcement Problem Building Unit has addressed problem properties ...
South Africa’s residential rental market began 2025 with its best performance in years according to the latest PayProp Rental Index. Average national rental growth reached 5.6% in Q1 2025, the strong...
Johannesburg is Africa’s leading data centre market as the only city on the continent included in Cushman & Wakefield | BROLL’s 2025 Global Data Centre Market Comparison’s emerging markets rankings, c...
The Reserve Bank’s May interest rate cut together with the VAT freeze are driving investor sentiment, resulting in a growing appetite for well-located, income-producing commercial property. Broll Auct...
Fortress Real Estate Investments Limited has reported record-low vacancies in its trading and pre-close operational update for the period to 31st December 2024. With 117 915m2 of new logistics develop...
“Implementing phase one of our ‘Awaken the Giant’ strategic turnaround plan has resulted in a step change in PPC’s margins, profitability and cash generation, which are the highest since financial yea...
Institutionally owned shopping centres in SA reported slower, but still positive, trading performances in the year to March 2025 with annualised trading density having grown by 3.5%. For more detailed...
The City of Cape Town’s public participation process for the proposed disposal of part of Athlone Stadium’s parking lot for mixed-use development has opened. Part of the Athlone Stadium’s precinct (ma...
Kenya has long been celebrated for its entrepreneurial spirit, where necessity meets ingenuity and ambition. Nowhere is this more evident than in Nairobi, a city increasingly recognised as a nerve ce...
Fairvest Limited is acquiring five retail assets in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape for R477.7 million with a blended yield of 9.81%. The Company has concluded agreements to acquire Nquthu Shopping...
South Africa’s REIT sector continued its upward trajectory in May 2025, posting a 4.1% gain – once again outperforming the equity market (3.1%) and bonds (2.7%). This latest increase builds on April 2...
The journey to the Leratong City nodal development has begun with its recent sod turning ceremony. A partnership between the Gauteng government, Mogale City Local Municipality, and Trendville, plans f...
South Africa’s premier residential property gathering, Reside Summit, is returning in 2025 with a bold focus on PropTech and opportunity. From virtual leasing to AI-powered analytics, technology isn’t...
Cape Town’s film industry is anticipated to surpass R5 billion in foreign investment by October 2025 with the city’s hospitality sector emerging as a surprise beneficiary says the Cape Town Central Ci...
Redefine Properties has signed a renewable energy supply agreement with the NOA Group, an integrated renewable energy utility, for 11 of its Eskom-connected assets. The agreement will produce 37GWh pe...
Heartwood Properties, a commercial property development and investment company listed on the Cape Town Stock Exchange (CTSE), has reported a solid operational and financial performance for the year en...