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Durban’s new mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda, will be sworn in at a full council meeting on Thursday. (Image via Mbuyiselo Ndlovu)
CITY OF ETHEKWINI

New mayor for Durban, at last

Transport MEC Mxolisi Kaunda has taken over from the axed Zandile Gumede

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Dirty Durban: ANC members, including eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede, a staunch ally of former president Jacob Zuma, march to court in support of him. She has been arrested on charges of corruption (AFP)
ANC

Zandile Gumede and her eThekwini regional leadership face the chop

The ANC looks set to deal with its regional chair and city mayor, Zandile Gumede, who has been charged with corruption in a tender scam

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
Foul business: Supervisor Ted Mngoma (above) and his team are working around the clock to repair the pumps at the Mahatma Gandhi Road treatment plant. (Rogan Ward)
CITY OF ETHEKWINI

R10m to fix Durban sewage plant

There are other costs. The waste has sunk to the bottom of the harbour and E coli levels are dangerous, which means businesses are hurting

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Umlazi citizens protest ahead of the May 8 polls. (Paul Botes/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

eThekwini stutters as polling gets underway

Protests and strike action hamper IEC start to election

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Former president Jacob Zuma (Sumayyah Hisham/Reuters)
CITY OF ETHEKWINI

DA vows to challenge Zuma music album deal

DA councillor Nicole Graham slams reports eThekwini Metro’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Unit will be recording struggle songs with Zuma

  • Kaveel Singh
2 min read
After months of negotiations, things are looking up for injecting drug users in Durban. (Yannis Behrakis, Reuters)
BHEKISISA TEAM
Video

Durban delays re-opening of city’s only needle exchange programme

The project’s closure six months ago forced some injecting drug users to share needles and risk infections such as HIV and Hepatitis C.

  • Joan Van Dyk
5 min read