“All the people inside wanted to eat him like they did. I don’t know how many men [raped him], but it was messy.” A formidable, broad woman, Ma Khambule* allows her eyes to water just a little as she recounts the pain of discovering that her 15-year-old son, Siya*, was allegedly raped “many, many times” […]
As provincial ANC chair, KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Zweli Mkhize feels his first challenge is to deliver a ”decisive” victory in next year’s election.
Township mutts pretend to be pampered pooches while strutting their stuff to win Best in Show
The province’s overwhelming support for Zuma has left it less divided than other provinces.
Ordinary citizens in KwaZulu-Natal who are growing increasingly tired of blue-light bullying on roads by politicians and other Ridiculously (self-) Important People appear to be taking matters into their own hands.
Niren Tolsi is assailed by the enthusiasm of the nomadic Palestinian/Haitian/American poet Nathalie Handal.
A historical tour of the ghetto is one way to experience the area’s history, writes Niren Tolsi.
The chairperson of the Pretoria branch of the Red Cross has resigned in "disgust" at the branch’s failure to respond to the humanitarian crisis sparked by attacks on foreigners. Gillian Elson, who quit last Friday, has claimed ineptitude is rife at the Red Cross and has made claims of corruption and theft.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier S’bu Ndebele is not the tallest man in the leadership structures of the province. So this week, during the 10th African Renaissance Conference in Durban, he tried to stand on the shoulders of giants.
Gerren Taylor’s career as a supermodel has been fraught with obsessions about body image, writes Niren Tolsi