| Gordhan begs for Eskom loan - Iafrica.com, 28 Jan 2012 |
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has made an impassioned appeal to the World Bank to grant Eskom a $3.75-billion loan to help it build its controversial 4800MW coal-fired power station at Medupi in Limpopo.
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| State plans strict new curbs on land rights - Business Day, 28 Jan 2012 |
Rural Development and Land Affairs Minister Gugile Nkwinti yesterday failed to put out the fires raging over suggestions that productive farmland could be nationalised, instead raising new fears with a proposal that appears to curb property rights.
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| SARB to cut rates? - Iafrica.com, 28 Jan 2012 |
The SA Reserve Bank (SARB) may lower interest rates by 50 basis points on Thursday on the back of an improved inflation outlook, Investec Group economist Annabel Bishop said on Wednesday.
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| Inflation back on target - Iafrica.com, 28 Jan 2012 |
Following are economists' reactions to the release of February consumer inflation data.
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| New land policy by end April - Minister - Realestateweb, 28 Jan 2012 |
The green paper on agrarian transformation, rural development, and land reform is expected to be submitted to Parliament by the end of April, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said on Wednesday.
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| Cape City Council set to streamline development planning process - Realestateweb, 28 Jan 2012 |
The decision by the Planning and Building Management Department of the Cape Town City Council to replace the city’s 27 ‘archaic’ separate zoning schemes with a single zoning scheme covering the entire city could just be the good news that Cape property developers have waited two decades to hear.
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| Estate values depend on good management - Property24, 28 Jan 2012 |
If you’re buying a home in an established estate or cluster development, it is important to bear in mind that the future value of your property will depend not only on its individual location and condition, but also on how well the development as a whole is managed by the homeowners’ association (HOA).
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| The financial benefits a mortgage holds - Property24, 28 Jan 2012 |
One of the biggest reasons for property’s gain in popularity as an investment over the past few years has been the ability to leverage the purchase by accessing mortgage finance.
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| Construction sector in doldrums over delayed projects - Sunday Times, 28 Jan 2012 |
Infrastructure development bottlenecks are weighing heavily on SA’s
construction companies. Construction companies are taking advantage of the surge
in infrastructure spending in developing countries around the world.
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| The colour of money - Property24, 28 Jan 2012 |
If I take a R100 note out of my pocket, it’s blue. I hand it to a cashier and she gives me change for that note. I go away with my change.
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| Total income for accomodation industry dips - Realestateweb, 28 Jan 2012 |
Total income for the accommodation industry has decreased, Statistics SA said on Tuesday.
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| Land proposals: Potentially cataclysmic - Realestateweb, 28 Jan 2012 |
Earlier this week the Institute's new Unit for Risk Analysis described the proposed nationalisation of agricultural land in South Africa as a potentially cataclysmic event for South Africa's economy.
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| Get answers to sect. title questions - Property24, 28 Jan 2012 |
Property24’s sectional title expert Jennifer Paddock yet again gets into the legal nuts and bolts of some interesting but not uncommon reader questions.
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| On a big shopping spree - Financial Mail, 28 Jan 2012 |
Property has always been part of Natie Kirsh’s empire, from his first shopping centre in Swaziland in 1966 to his 1970s Nedbank Mall and the centres he built when he controlled Checkers.
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| Cape Metro market lifting - Property24, 28 Jan 2012 |
The positive impacts of last year’s interest rate cuts, and to a lesser extent the recent economic recovery, continue to feed into the Cape Metro property market.
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| Tenants rights: What you should know - Realestateweb, 28 Jan 2012 |
What rights tenants have and what one should be aware of when signing a lease agreement.
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| More homeowners are subdividing - Property24, 28 Jan 2012 |
Homeowners with large stands are increasingly selling off parts of their property to reduce their home loans, achieve greater security and lower their maintenance costs and property rates.
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