A University of Cape Town-led project is testing heat-reflective roof paint to cool homes and protect the health of ...

Cape Town, Africa’s most expensive city for real estate, plans to make it easier to develop homes as thousands flock to the metropolitan for a better quality of life, putting pressure on its R1,2 ...

The City of Cape Town has seen an influx of 100,000 people over the past two years—80% of whom come from the crumbling ...

This guarantees the establishment of permanent slums. You cannot jump the housing queue by doing ... who tried to rally support for in Khayelitsha by lying about service delivery. Here are some hard ...

The UCT-based research project, Heat Adaptation Benefits for Vulnerable groups In Africa, is at the forefront of tackling ...

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 ...

For ten years, Khayelitsha-based travel agency ABCD Concepts has been flipping the script on township tourism, serving up immersive, no-filter experiences for both ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...