The danger’s invisible but terrifying. So the army’s rolling in, freedom’s rolling out, I’m rolling up and my overdraft is rolling over
Some refugee reception offices in South Africa have stopped accepting new asylum applications as the government enforces stricter measures to deal with the Covid-19 crisis
Time of the Writer is cancelled. Instead of hearing Jennifer Makumbi speak, we read her first novel
Monday. It’s the start of the working week, but I’m already exhausted, worn out. I haven’t had much of a weekend, with jobs on Friday and Saturday, so there’s been no real opportunity to catch my breath after the previous week’s news cycle. It’s amazing how quickly I got used to having a weekend after […]
Thabani Nyawose will challenge disgraced former Durban mayor Zandile Gumede while 17 other ANC regions also hold elective conferences
The health minister is positive that all those who came into contact with the infected Durban man will be identified and quarantined
Physical and psychological violence will continue unless we self-reflect on our apartheid scars
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
From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity
The president disclosed a development U-turn but the Special Economic Zones and China’s carbon intensive interests are likely to prevail
An apartheid law that dispossessed black women of the assets accrued during their marriages has finally been scrapped after a Pinetown pensioner, facing impoverishment, went to court
Dube TradeZone 1 is fully leased and tenanted; the exceptional demand for industrial space here has triggered phase two development
A national migration framework is necessary for the economic inclusion of migrants
Despite court action against eight murder-accused, the killings and extortion in the KwaZulu-Natal hostel have continued
The eThekwini council meeting to swear in new mayor Mxolisi Kaunda has been placed on ice
Governing party says all the redeployed EXCO members have handed in their resignations
Transport MEC Mxolisi Kaunda has taken over from the axed Zandile Gumede
A stateless woman in Durban is waging a court battle to receive identification documents so she can apply for birth certificates for her children
Ousted Durban mayor’s backers want her back as ANC mayoral candidate for 2021
The Durban mayor has been axed along with her EXCO and that of Pietermaritzburg
Following the new UN report on climate change and agricultural land use, how will climate change affect communities in informal urban areas
The postponement granted to allow prosecutors time to complete the investigation into the embattled eThekwini mayor and her co-accused
The governing party has deferred taking action on her fate by a week
Go Life International, a listed company that manufactures health supplements, has been in talks with the Ingonyama Trust Board
Zandile Gumede’s supporters are going to court to force the ANC to reinstate her as eThekwini mayor
​In Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein and Cape Town, the air people breathe is often so dangerous that it is killing them
Contemptuous municipal attitudes have compromised public sanitation in Durban forcing people into undignified, unhealthy and dangerous situations.
A month after heavy storms tore through KwaZulu-Natal,
Paddy Harper and Delwyn Verasamy visited some villages still do not have water
Disastrous events caused by climate change are a growing risk for the industry
The bizarre case from Durban is at least the second such case nationally in the last three years.
While some political old-timers claw at relevance, David Mabuza is rewriting the rules of engagement
Despite being arrested and then told to take a leave of absence by the ANC, Zandile Gumede was back in her office