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Greg Ardé

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Greg Ardé

Greg Ardé is a writer interested in issues of equity, entrepreneurship and how cities function. He lives in Durban and has a diploma in journalism. He started his first media job in 1990 and has since worked for a variety of newspapers and magazines, and written three biographies.

The road in and out of eKhenana (promised land of Canaan) in Durban near the University of KwaZulu-Natal main campus. (Photos: Greg Arde)

This promised land is a battleground: Inside an eThekwini informal settlement

Murder and fear stalk eKhenana shack dwellers in Cato Manor

Lawyer: Annelene van den Heever. Photo: Supplied

Siphamandla Ngcobo court appearance nothing to do with AKA murder, state says

His advocate, Annelene van den Heever, said his life might be at risk because he had been linked to the rapper’s killing

Nabbed: Alleged Israeli gangsters are arrested during a raid in cooperation with Interpol in Bryanston, Johannesburg, last week.

South Africa a crime paradise, despite arrest of Israelis

Organised crime thrives in SA, experts say, after Israeli gangster with ties to mafia ‘godfather’ is held in Joburg police raid

Project Thusano was initially intended to focus on the maintenance and repair of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) operational vehicle fleet but has morphed to include expensive supplementary agreements such as training soldiers as medical practitioners and mechanical engineers in Cuba. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images

US warning raises question: How prepared is SA for a terror attack?

The threat is real, say experts about the warning from the United States about a possible strike in Sandton

DIY solutions: Sales of water storage tanks have risen nationwide. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Surge in storage and filtration sales as ‘water anxiety’ increases in the country

Mistrust in the state’s ability to ensure a reliable supply of clean water is leading consumers to prepare for the worst

Zweli Mkhize
2019 – 2021. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC in KZN throws its weight behind Zweli Mkhize

The province’s leadership said ‘the horse had bolted’ despite criticism from Kgalema Motlanthe

Gauteng experienced a notable 15% decrease in murders and a 9.9% drop in rape cases but kidnapping increased by 1.6% and sexual assault by 5.2%

SA underworld economy becoming increasingly sophisticated and violent

If the mafia-like system is not properly grasped by law enforcement agencies the country will suffer devastating consequences

South African trained dogs sell for about R100 000 each outside the country. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Expertly trained police dogs in high demand locally and abroad

South African trained dogs sell for about R100 000 each outside the country

Sipho Shabalala. (Facebook)

Former KwaZulu-Natal treasury head starts jail time in ‘Amigos’ case

Sipho Shabalala was sentenced to 15 years after being convicted of corruption, fraud, money laundering and contravening the Public Finance Management Act

File photo by
Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Ex-KZN treasury boss Sipho Shabalala gets 15 years in ‘Amigos’ case

Sipho Shabalala, guilty of corruption, fraud, money laundering and contravening the Public Finance Management Act gets 15 years

Defence Minister Thandi Modise . (Gallo)

Modise’s trip to Russia highlights ANC’s ‘blind spot’

The trip to Russia reflects a divide between the international relations and defence departments

Aggression: A resident walks past a destroyed building after a Russian strike in Kharkiv in Ukraine. A planned Russian business meeting in Johannesburg has angered Ukrainians in South Africa. Photo: Sergey Bobok/AFP

Russians to hold trade talks in South Africa

The Ukrainian ambassador expects those attending next week’s gathering to grill companies, saying economic pressure has the power to end the war

Farmers and auction houses say the theft of cash from the president’s farm has unfairly stained the business of big game

‘Game farming is like any business’: Industry reels in wake of Ramaphosa scandal

Farmers and auction houses say the theft of cash from the president’s farm has unfairly stained the business of big game

The informal sector will be hard hit by the fuel price rise and inflation and the taxi industry (below) will probably increase its fares, hurting commuters. Photo: David Harrison & Paul Botes

Cost of living: Informal sector pushed to ‘desperate situation’

The ability of informal traders to absorb any more shocks — suchas the fuel price hike — has reached zero

Head of the Hawks, Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya was presumably not impressed by the porn hack.  (Photo by Gallo Images/Beeld/Felix Dlangamandla)

Hackers infiltrate SA illicit financial flows conference with porn clip

The conference was attended by state agencies, blue- chip global and local non-governmental agencies and public accountability experts

Interdict threat over new Tendele coal mine in KwaZulu-Natal

Tendele Coal plans to open a new mine despite a court ruling that the licence was unlawfully granted

SA’s endemic corruption requires a ‘biting’ response

Beneficial ownership transparency (BOT) can help tackle corruption, reduce investment risk and improve national and global governance, but implementation remains ‘a sad story’

South Africa’s education system leaves many children behind due to crumbling infrastructure, teacher shortages and a lack of educational progress. Photo:
(Darren Stewart)

‘Our hearts are broken, we are left with nothing’

The family of 10-year-old Shakirah Hajji and her Westville home disappeared in a mudslide. She is just one of many desperate children harmed by the KwaZulu-Natal floods

Calls for transparency in how KZN manages Covid-19

Doctors, nurses, undertakers and civic activists want national and provincial interventions that address the reality of the dire situation in KwaZulu-Natal

Public transport in Durban, bedevilled by two successive crony contracts, is regarded as wide open for corruption, taxi bosses said, echoing councillor concerns and the call for a commission of inquiry.

eThekwini commuters pay for council’s contracts

Perhaps a commission of inquiry can shine the spotlight on public transport in Durban, where bus and taxi passengers have to contend with fare increases and disrupted services