Home prices have risen 30% in the five years through March 2024, according to data from Statistics South Africa.

Back in the mid-’90s, Cape Town had a particularly serious problem with gangsterism. The People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) took it upon themselves to clean up the streets. But things got ...

While millions in Bangladesh celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with feasts, new clothes, and family gatherings the slum dwellers of Dhaka face a different reality. In the charred remnants of the Mahakhali 'Saat ...

A private school in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, has been stripped of its registration after failing to act on allegations that a seven-year-old pupil was raped on its premises. Bergview College is at the ...

Sleeping between sewer drains and noisy railway tracks, these three young women from India’s most crowded slums have defied the odds to take their education to the next level here in Sydney.

Instead of wearing clunky heels, I’m stocking up on light-as-air flats. I’m a sucker for shoes that make a statement, like these $26 floral flats. The eyelet design and scalloped edges will ...

In a significant ruling, particularly for slum dwellers and also developers, the Bombay High Court recently held that it is the 'statutory obligation' of the developer to pay the transit rent to ...

Another says his income has fallen by half in three years. So perhaps some of the wilder antics of those still trying to shift flats are understandable. In recent months 31 men in the southern ...

SINGAPORE: The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is significantly ramping up the supply of flats with shorter waiting times of under three years, with 12,000 of these units set to be launched ...

A CAPE Flats e-hailing service known as Loop is scooping awards while making travelling easy and convenient for Kaapse mense via Whatsapp. Loop was established in 2022 by founder Imtiyaaz Riley from ...

A new criminal gang calling itself ‘DNA’ is giving Eldoret residents sleepless nights in a wave of violent robberies and muggings. The gang has recruited juveniles and young people, mostly school ...

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