The social housing investigation was handed to eThekwini municipal manager and the presidency last year
Police Minister Bheki Cele and his team of officers appear to be better at arresting radials than criminals
eThekwini’s chief resilience officer says the city is the ‘ideal test tube’ because it’s a microcosm of the world’s climate change problems
The protector of the suspended public protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, was targeted by a retired American colonel
Residents of beachfront tent camp hope to be allowed to farm there long term
But the corruption accused former mayor will not be allowed to take office because of the ANC’s step-aside rule
Tenants’ associations want regulator to enforce its cap on rentals
The eThekwini mayor says there were incidents of excessive use of force towards Africans at roadblocks controlled by residents
A shortage of burial plots and viable land for new cemeteries has been worsened by the pandemic’s death toll, forcing people to buy rural land on which to bury their loved ones.
Independent candidates look set to play a greater role in the metro municipality after 1 November
The party is in danger of losing five KwaZulu-Natal municipalities over a registration flop, but counts the absence of political murders as a win
Political feathers are ruffled as deputy mayor candidate Diana Hoorzuk is ‘imposed’ on eThekwini by provincial executive council
City clinics and community vaccine centres closed along with crematoria and cemeteries
The dairy’s Lichtenburg factory, which is being closed due to service delivery issues, employs about 380 permanent and 40 temporary workers
The state has added racketeering to the charges faced by the former eThekwini mayor and 21 others, but logistics are likely to delay their trial until mid-2022
The Durban high court will set a date for the former mayor’s corruption trial to go ahead
The developer allegedly secured illegal funding from the housing regulatory authority
Corruption charged eThekwini councillors and former mayor Zandile Gumede have been nominated
Homeless pioneers persevere with a project that came to life during the first lockdown
Municipalities have failed to maintain their existing infrastructure for providing residents with water
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.
An invalid contract worth R85-million a month is still being paid — three years after a court order to stop
The governing party sends corruption-accused former mayor Zandile Gumede to the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature to ‘stabilise the municipality’
Covid-19 brought clear skies when industries shut down, but then came what residents call waves of filthy air that made them sick
eThekwini plans to retain permanent and safe open spaces for people with nowhere to sleep
I now go to meetings barefoot and in my shorts. And it cuts what we pay for MPs to travel. We should keep it this way post-Covid
Sipho Nzuza had previously agreed to turn state witness
Thabani Nyawose will challenge disgraced former Durban mayor Zandile Gumede while 17 other ANC regions also hold elective conferences
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
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Durban is one of 12 cities – and the first in Africa – to create an action plan for climate change