Vivian Warby

Content Manager, Leisure Hub

Climbing Cape Town’s property ladder almost impossible for the poor

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Lack of title deeds, amongst other issues, keep many South Africans out of the formal property market. If the country gets it right, however, it could be the biggest ...

Cape Town’s poor spend almost half their salaries getting to work, with nothing left for housing

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The city’s spatial mismatch, a legacy of apartheid planning, continues to keeps the poor out of the property market. What can be done to create a more functional ...

It’s good, but not great: South Africa's first interest rate cut in four years

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The SA Reserve Bank cut the repo rate by 0. 25 basis points today, opening the way for more cuts to come.

Could South Africa follow the lead of US’s jumbo rate cut?

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All expectations are for a rate cut later today by the SA Reserve Bank. . . but will it be as high as the US delivered yesterday?

A push for a cleaner, sustainable energy future for Africa

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Matteo Brambilla: ceo of renewable energy company Red Rocket, has a dream to live in a world moved by the energy nature creates.

Why Cape Town’s affordable housing crisis matters

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Getting the lower to middle end of the property market to work could be a game changer and go toward turning the affordable housing crisis around.

Mr President, here are the real construction sites that will build the nation

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How small-scale township property developers are changing the face of the property market

Mr President, here are the real construction sites that will build the nation

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How small-scale township property developers are changing the face of the property market

Cape Town’s next property millionaires could come from here

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Small-scale developers are helping solve the impending housing crisis one brick at a time

What is a micro development?

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Estimated to be a multi-billion rand sector, the developments are providing much-needed accommodation for the Gap market.

Foreshore buzzing with new developments

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The Foreshore has emerged as a dominant development node in Cape Town, according to Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID).

Demand for residential, business properties to change Cape Town skyline

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Property developers are pumping billions of rand into Cape Town CBD and surrounds to meet the growing demand for residential and commercial space as semi-grants, ...

Should you invest in property or not in an election year?

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The outcome of elections could swing the property market either way, and while a predicted cut in interest rates may be a little too late for some, it could give ...

Locals out-priced in Cape’s hotspot property market

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Foreign currency rules in Cape’s elite property market, with locals - who got little relief from this week’ Budget speech - being pushed out

Would you rent half a bed just to get into the rental market?

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Short-term lets boom a disaster for long-term rentals

Call for residential, commercial relocations to be permitted under Level 4

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The National Property Practitioners Council has requested that relocations be permitted where rental contracts have expired or deeds transfer of ownership has been ...

PICTURES: Family, friends pay tribute to Pam Golding

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Dr Andrew Golding made his tribute with a profound sadness but also with honour, saying she had influenced many lives and “her spirit lives on”.

Girls ‘detained like animals’

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Prison authorities have been given 24 hours to come up with an alternative for unsentenced girls in Thohoyandou, Limpopo.

Cops probe ferry breakdowns

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Police are investigating the possibility that the Robben Island Museum’s ferries were being sabotaged.

Porn lover, SMS pest back in robes

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A magistrate who trawled Internet porn sites on his work computer and another who sent foul SMSes to a female clerk are back on the bench.

Magistrates from hell

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Magistrates who steal, drink on the job, murder and intimidate, have come under the spotlight in Parliament.