The head of the South African Planning Commission, former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, welcomed the report.

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Matthew Blain, head planning at the council, explained they had to build an average of 790 houses a year.

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"If you increase standards you're going to increase costs, " said head of planning Andrew Whitaker.

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But Jeremy Rycroft, the company's head of planning, thinks there may still be markets in Asia.

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