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’
The NPA is investigating eThekwini municipal manager Sipho Nzuza to determine whether he broke his bail conditions while back at work.
Desmond D’Sa, winner of the coveted Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014, tells Paddy Harper how being forcibly removed from his home at the age of 10 taught him to fight for his rights
The national energy regulator has been accused of not following its mandate to protect consumers by allowing above inflation electricity price hikes
Discovering the life-sustaining importance of contact with actual people: colleagues, customers, and deputy presidents
Five months of no income means things are touch and go for Durban’s harbour charter industry, but with help they hope to weather the storm
The Special Investigating Unit is probing contracts worth more than R5-billion, over corruption allegations regarding the procurement of goods and services needed for the government’s Covid-19 response
Firefighters have finally extinguished the fire at the New England Road landfill site in Pietermaritzburg, which had engulfed the KwaZulu-Natal capital in thick clouds of toxic smoke since it flared up more than a week ago
The years-long battle against the EnviroServ waste site at Shongweni has taken a new turn
Large groups attending funerals and people delaying being tested and treated because they fear dying in hospital has contributed to a spike in coronavirus infections in KZN