Burning a city and asking its residents to vote for you appears to have been a bit of a stretch for Durban’s electorate
Garrith Jamieson and his paramedic colleagues were on high alert days before a scorching heatwave struck Durban earlier this month. With the mercury expected to soar to 40°C and above, they knew the signs of heat stress to look out for in their patients: fatigue, fainting, headaches, heat cramps and heatstroke, among others. “It was […]
Agrochemical producer UPL said it has paid R250-million in chemical spill clean-up
One other man was shot dead and two others were rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds
Paddy Harper can choose not to swim in Durban’s dirty sea but he has little choice about swimming with the political sharks
Sewage spillages are often result of no maintenance and the UPL chemical factory did not have environmental authorisation
‘What I like about Glenwood, the vibe is good. People don’t turn their noses up. The people like to try Russian and Korean food.’
Scientists have been sent to handle the fallout from the warehouse fire, which stored about 1 600 hazardous materials that can contaminate the air, sea and rivers
A Durban depot container with 1.5-million rounds of ammunition may have been targeted, as others in the vicinity were left untouched, say security sources
Whatever last week was — half-assed coup or failed sparkling insurrection — the dread of impending apocalypse has dissipated
Taxi boss Mandla Gcaba went on radio at the weekend to deny his taxis would be used to shuttle protesters to support his cousin, Jacob Zuma
By 2050, more than 570 cities will be vulnerable to sea-level rise, more than 500 cities will be vulnerable to water shortages, and more than 970 cities will be vulnerable to extreme heat
The organisation serves 1 250 registered organisations around South Africa, including old age homes, homeless people shelters, centres for abused women, orphanages and healthcare facilities, providing food for 650 000 people daily
Shop owners and businesses are being forced to close as violence spreads
City clinics and community vaccine centres closed along with crematoria and cemeteries
More than 120 people have already been arrested for looting and public violence in the province
He is spurning birthday presents to plant trees in Kenya, help protect African grey parrots
With income cut by 40%, operators fear the move back to level 2 of lockdown
Scientists in South Africa say there’s no evidence that the B.1.617 is worse than our local variant
Travels in Afrofuturism, Themba Mkhize and an exhibition focusing on Johannesburg’s informal recyclers take centre stage in our weekly events guide
Bheki Mseleku, or ‘Mr Bruce’ as he was known, roamed the globe but was at home in mantra mode
Travelling during the pandemic: Tala was rocked by mismanagement and then Covid-19, but proved to be resilient
Renewable energy would lower operating costs, while more and bigger plants would drive down infrastructure expenditure
People living near the refinery were subjected to two hours of dirty smoke from the refinery, the South Durban Environmental Alliance said on Saturday.
A Durban teenager will represent South Africa, when the code makes its debut at the Games in July
The Durban businessman’s family members will be arrested and will be back in the dock in May along with former KwaZulu-Natal cops.
Soup for the Sick is nourishing hundreds of people too ill to cook for themselves
Doctors, nurses, undertakers and civic activists want national and provincial interventions that address the reality of the dire situation in KwaZulu-Natal
Ten homeless men who turned a vacant lot into an organic vegetable garden are now reaping the rewards of their toil
Most of the wastewater produced worldwide receives no treatment and the nutrients in wastewater go to waste. Here’s how households can draw these nutrients from urine
Urban tourist magnets have nowhere to retreat to as sea levels rise with climate change
But high court rules in favour of the eThekwini municipality, as judge decries ‘political point-scoring’