Revamping run-down buildings in central business districts for low-cost housing is not seen as a workable concept

WHILE Ekurhuleni has an overall budget for this year of R9,1bn, it has worked hard to become a lean, mean and effective metropolitan municipality.

Katavi's focus on the marketing of residential developments allows them to deliver a professional service to the investor and to end-users alike. With experince across the board from low-cost housing developments to up-makret residential estates, the team assists land owners in realising the full potential of their land by packaging and marketing an appropriate development scheme.

Government is to appeal a court judgment compelling it to evict and provide housing for 40,000 illegal squatters occupying part of a commercial farm in Benoni.

The minister of housing has vowed to recoup R21-million from a developer