https://www.biznews.com/gold/da-silva-the-city-on-the-dumps https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/tguralcu/UpcXDfw6UiEhV-otr2hBMnDdSdNXEAev5x8yzdWjG69XKYG4M0cBlNoUhhTJuGvp2z55ON5vVjpLrfSpEVhpAqMkE0OXHZ5xl-R2BulNnslYp0ke5KGQZNPDtYZuuX-skSCt5vbQaMPED6oHRrFfQTJj1BwVSNsf4MhNpRgRLawA6XIQ8xXrs7ClriZWRFJ.jpeg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/ywpalfrh/Screenshot-2026-10-11-at-16.45.30.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/nauq6tlx/Screenshot-2026-10-11-at-16.45.07.png Removing the tailings creates land in the one place a metropolis short of location cannot make more of it. The mining belt that splits Johannesburg is the largest urban land bank in the country, it lies inside a city short of about half a million homes, and a listed company has now put a date on freeing a thousand hectares of it. This paper prices the ground, sets it against the research on the housing shortage, names who owns it, tests the claim that the sand can build the city, and finds the land worth a few per cent of the gold and a great deal more than anything the province has managed to buy. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/mrtsguls/Screenshot-2026-10-11-at-16.45.57.png The land ladder: asking prices for vacant land in Johannesburg, rand per square metre, October 2026. The mining belt's industrial stands sit in the middle of the ladder, well-located by the province's own definition. Source: Property24 listings, 8 September 2026, re-checked 23 September, 5 October and 8 October 2026. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/l0g0uqmh/Screenshot-2026-10-11-at-16.46.38.png biznews en 2026-10-11T15:32:43.340Z Duarte da Silva: The city on the dumps Johannesburg, mining land, housing crisis, urban land, mine tailings, property, land value, gold mining, housing shortage, Gauteng, land development, South Africa https://www.biznews.com/sarenewal/first-look-akademias-planned-paarl-campus https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/khxpscjf/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction30-1-scaled.jpeg Central pathway through the core node with cafeteria on the left and amphitheatre on the right. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/emso9oix/Akademia-Paarl-Vergesig-campusheadline.jpg Road on Vêrgesig property with the Wemmershoek Mountains in the background. Credit: Kanton Investments. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/5nm5u7od/Akademia-Paarl-Vergesig-campus1.jpg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/g9akw14m/Akademia-Paarl-Vergesig-campus2.jpg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/lnvwkqb1/Akademia-Paarl-Vergesig-campus4.jpg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/8lb81ez0/Akademia-campus-photos-new-edited-e1787576081322.jpeg View of the main administration building, student centre, library, amphitheatre, and staff offices from The Rif lookout point on the campus. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/620yuikk/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction91-1-scaled.jpeg Education faculty and other lecture halls. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/66zlf5sk/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction77-1-scaled.jpeg Amphitheatre structure as seen from the ground. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/g6bebe12/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction85-1-scaled.jpeg Amphitheatre structure as seen from its roof. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/94p6gbg4/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction61-1-scaled.jpeg Education Faculty classes. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/h2nuarcn/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction75-1-scaled.jpeg A worker walking along the core node’s main pathway with the cafeteria on the right. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/um094aw3/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction11-1-scaled.jpeg Schalekamp explains the basic layout of the residences, with two houses of a single residence in the background. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/c64k7s2s/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction44-1-scaled.jpeg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/tv6zxmrj/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction86-1-scaled.jpeg Women’s residences under construction. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/duycuumg/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction66-1-scaled.jpeg Sewerage treatment plant under construction. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/h5mlalpd/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction16-1-scaled.jpeg Hole for a dam to hold the campus’s sewerage-treated water, which will be used primarily for irrigation. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/ebeawvyc/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction68-1-scaled.jpeg Electrified fencing and water pipes near the boundary of the campus. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/3ccov7xb/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction87-1-scaled.jpeg Concrete mixers at the ready in front of the campus’s main entrance. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/u1xma7an/Akademia-Pretoria-East-campus-construction12-1-scaled.jpeg A worker pushing a wheelbarrow with two cranes in the distance above the campus’s academic node. biznews en 2026-10-11T14:50:45.784Z First look at Akademia’s planned Paarl campus Akademia, Afrikaans university, Paarl campus, Western Cape, Kanton, higher education, university campus, student housing, Pretoria East, South Africa, campus development, private university https://www.biznews.com/global-citizen/ronnie-apteker-kyiv-frontline-city https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/xpsidfad/HiIuH8E94mFEdO09Of8TxukrKnSOYrJXlI4ld61UndqiIZF1jDjpa0oXmvsOQq6iEYeuAkUk8oWEqdXmqMhqWXa0B1Yhb10UWJnvGaQADzKy65FljCPdPaAxyOEl-8Bd2CWp6pXH0gM4SQ00oQjHA0ZWd13fIkQZexp0af-NZBeMjzaWf5XNWbq9RVD0.jpeg biznews en 2026-10-11T14:16:23.661Z Ronnie Apteker: Kyiv has become a frontline city Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Putin, Zelensky, Trump, Ukraine war, Russian attacks, winter crisis, Howard Buffett, US support, drone strikes https://www.biznews.com/sarenewal/morphew-agrisa-numbers-government https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/mdnu8piq/YH5XjZh814s24GnKkwFWfbniTUIBjaZTWwDl2OIPG4a6snV3wvXDrtytBj0gGYHRcdWQe8mjSL2e4SKgDFZqc0sfjwQ9Dy3ZMNlHHMUulqjJfmTe-7fYqvHx5Y-rVMJohsLpjuQ0KqFDAMbNvrNLGITvsS09o6Uef0neC8Fl47t7Ibji7DwBhmvrcTbyXZoi.jpeg biznews en 2026-10-11T14:14:22.359Z Andrew Morphew: AgriSA has the numbers. But does government find mush or steel? AgriSA, South African agriculture, farm policy, FMD crisis, property rights, land reform, farm investment, economic growth, farmer rights, government policy, agricultural sector, rural jobs https://www.biznews.com/mailbox/what-does-sa-lose-velodrome https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/lkqbf9gv/G8jZlhA4r3OPoCcFDd3IPPiIANRtQLdm1p0WVMJdo7mNF1qKsVbRQ1iTUsULcG50CWL1UcXdJ883G1IJzyvU35dDbAWqJ9G20Yhgm5QuARfx5A6F7fA0Ka3EFYeYHWtsdmoFMvIzyG368-myDUfraQO2EKL6jNj7aVH-t418VwxnFcuBD7qRokcyCnP.jpeg biznews en 2026-10-11T14:12:20.809Z MAILBOX: What does South Africa lose when a velodrome becomes an entertainment arena? Bellville Velodrome, track cycling, Cape Town, South African sport, sports facilities, youth sport, cycling, sports development, public infrastructure, sports investment, City of Cape Town, youth development https://www.biznews.com/global-citizen/backing-ukraine-isnt-charity-its-self-interest https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/691z4w11/greg.ukraine.1-450x284.jpeg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/hxxwtru4/greg.ukraine.3.jpeg Briefing by Oleksandr Nastenko, the Commander of the 475th Separate Assault Regiment ‘Code 9.2’. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/6r34cjev/greg.ukraine.2.jpeg Military briefing by Major Eugene Karas, commander 413 RAID Regiment https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/v0s25rah/greg-mills.left.jpeg Greg Mills, extreme left, in a seminar with former President Yuschenko biznews en 2026-10-11T14:09:49.702Z Backing Ukraine isn’t charity, it’s self-interest: Lessons from the frontline Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine war, Putin, NATO, European security, Western aid, drone warfare, military innovation, global democracy, Russian aggression, Ukraine resilience https://www.biznews.com/leadership/stephens-will-brics-become-cicsa https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/yo0p86dw/18thBRICSSummitfamilypicture.jpg biznews en 2026-10-11T14:06:27.092Z Chuck stephens: Will BRICS become CICSA? BRICS, Bolsonaro, Brazil, Donald Trump, MAGA, Globalism, OECD, Canada, South Africa, US Dollar, Nationalism, Global South https://www.biznews.com/interviews/ndb-sunday-show-opperman-pre-election-instability https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-11/p1mww40j/unnamed.jpg biznews en 2026-10-11T10:44:31.043Z The NdB Sunday Show - Jasmine Opperman: Pre-election instability could spread beyond government control The NdB Sunday Show, Jasmine Opperman, Chris Steyn, NdB Sunday Show, BizNews, anti-immigrant unrest South Africa, Durban riots, Soweto riots, SANDF deployed Durban, Islamic State Mozambique, South African hostage Mozambique released, Cabo Delgado insurgency https://www.biznews.com/the-daily-edge/alec-hogg-didata-abc-altvest https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-09/7p2egjmo/246.png biznews en 2026-10-09T17:26:17.788Z BizNews Edge: Alec Hogg weighs in on DiData, answers questions on ABC/Altvest Alec Hogg, BizNews Edge, Dimension Data, DiData, NTT, Jason Goodall, campus six, Dimension Data campus deal, Africa Bitcoin Corporation, ABC, Altvest, BizNews