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IN THE MIDDLE INKOSI MALUSI ZONDI, SANDILE ZUNGU MAIN BACKER IN KZN FLACKED BY LUCAS RADEBE DURING ZUNGU'S SAFA PRESIDENTIAL LAUNCH IN EMPERORS PALACE IN JOHANNESBURG

Electing Zungu to top SAFA post will bolster football economy and revitalise neglected lower tier leagues, says key campaign backers

With the South African Football Association (SAFA) presidential elections a month away, campaigners for businessman and football boss Sandile Zungu assert his leadership will…

Lindile Mhlungu, the former mayor of eMadlangeni local municipality

Former KZN municipal mayor and accomplice appear in court for an alleged R2m ‘fictitious’ shopping mall feasibility study

Former eMadlangeni local municipality mayor, Lindile Mhlungu, and former municipal manager, Musawenkosi Thwala, appeared in the Pietermaritzburg High Court for allegedly…

KZN Cogta MEC fired again as AmaZulu traditional prime minister

AmaZulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini has for the second time terminated the appointment of Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi as the traditional prime minister of the Zulu Nation. The…

Former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede. (Wikus De Wet/AFP)

Former eThekwini mayor joins MK Party as KwaZulu-Natal deputy convener

Zandile Gumede, former eThekwini mayor and long-standing ANC member, has officially defected to the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party. Her unveiling in Durban signals a significant…

Mayhem as Shembe church building collapses burying congregants alive

A church building collapse at eBuhleni village in Inanda, north of Durban, has left two congregants critically injured and a dozen others hospitalised. The incident occurred…

DA fields Pappas for re-election as it seeks to retain its only KZN run municipality ahead of 2026 polls

Chris Pappas, the acclaimed Democratic Alliance (DA) mayor of uMngeni local municipality, is set to seek re-election. His municipality, based in Howick, is the only council in…

KZN Hawks under fire for allegedly ‘protecting’ bogus doctor unduly paid R600k worth of salary 

The Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal face scrutiny for allegedly protecting Rashal Dayanand, a bogus doctor who defrauded the provincial Department of Health of over R600,000. Dayanand,…

Roadblock: Cheap sugar imports, mainly from India, Guatemala, Brazil and Thailand, are killing the struggling industry. Photo: Delwyn Versamy

Accelerate diversification in the sugar sector to cushion jobs, say key roleplayers in the industry

Following a landmark deal, key players in South Africa's sugar industry advocate for diversification into biofuels and other products to save jobs and drive growth. This…

King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini

“Nobody can claim to be pure Zulu, stop this hate", AmaZulu king rein in on his subjects

AmaZulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has strongly condemned calls for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, asserting that the Zulu people share historical and ancestral ties…

KwaZulu-Natal MEC for public works and infrastructure Martin Meyer. (@KZNPublicWorks/X)

KZN public works unleashes more artisans as it sets its sights on slashing R25m annual outsourcing bill 

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is recruiting its own artisans to cut down on exorbitant outsourcing costs, which previously exceeded R25 million…

Roadblock: Cheap sugar imports, mainly from India, Guatemala, Brazil and Thailand, are killing the struggling industry. Photo: Delwyn Versamy

R1.5bn lost to cheap sugar imports

South Africa's sugar industry has lost an estimated R1.5 billion due to a surge in cheap sugar imports, primarily from India, Guatemala, Brazil, and Thailand. Despite a recent…

Water crisis looms

R4bn down the drain as KZN sheds 60% in non-revenue water

KwaZulu-Natal municipalities are losing close to R4 billion annually in water revenue, with eThekwini accounting for half of this. Revelations from a provincial water summit…

Scores of growers rely on THL-owned sugar mills. Three of the mills — Amatigulu, Darnall and Maidstone — are on the North Coast of KZN. The growers use the mills to crush cane. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Withdrawal of Tongaat Hulett liquidation signals renewed confidence in the sugar sector, say ANC and Saftu

If the Durban High Court had given the provisional liquidation of KwaZulu-Natal sugar giant Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL) the green light, it would have spelt catastrophe for the…

Epicentre of the crisis: About 10 000 Malawian nationals facing xenophobia elected to be repatriated and gathered at a migration transit camp in Sherwood, Durban since last Sunday. Photos: Lyse Comins

Around 1 700 Malawian foreign nationals fleeing angry mob shelter in unsafe building

Terrified foreign nationals in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, have occupied an abandoned government building to escape anti-immigrant mobs, following the fatal beating of a…

South Africa faces plastic pollution crisis, warns Water Research Commission

South Africa must urgently address escalating plastic pollution to avert a devastating crisis impacting humans, oceans, and aquatic life. The Water Research Commission issues a…

Whistleblower alleges Metro Police ‘cabal’ controls jobs and promotions in eThekwini

A whistleblower has alleged that the eThekwini metro police department operates as a criminal enterprise, controlled by a powerful cabal that recruits relatives and politically…

High stakes: South African businessman Robert Gumede

The African duo entrepreneurs who saved Tongaat Hulett

South African billionaire Robert Gumede and Zimbabwean deal-maker Rute Moyo have joined forces through their Vision Sugar Group to rescue the beleaguered sugar giant Tongaat…

uMzimkhulu Local Municipality community hall. (@UmzimkhuluLm/X)

‘Hall of Shame’: R53m spent on a community structure that remains incomplete 14 years later

An ANC-led municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has spent over R50 million on a community hall that remains incomplete after 14 years, sparking outrage among residents who face severe…

The collapse of THL would have spelt disaster for the KZN economy and many other rural towns who rely on the sugar sector for survival.

Business rescue practitioners and key stakeholders strike deal to save Tongaat Hulett

KwaZulu-Natal sugar giant Tongaat Hulett Ltd (THL) has been saved from liquidation after a binding agreement was reached between Business Rescue Practitioners, the Industrial…

Musa Mbhele, the eThekwini city manager fires back, saying his detractors must prove their sexual claims.

eThekwini city manager fires back at accusers, asks them to prove sexual allegations against him

‘People have created this monster that has a libido on steroids he cannot control … The emotional scars inflicted on me because of these unsubstantiated claims is unexplainable’