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Hope grows on Durban beachfront

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Ten homeless men who turned a vacant lot into an organic vegetable garden are now reaping the rewards of their toil
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Xenophobic tensions surge in KZN

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Amid protests by the ANC’s MK Military Veterans, distressed foreign nationals have shut their stalls at a Durban flea market
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Durban city manager says NPA erred in his bail conditions

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The corruption-fraught metro is coming to grips with having a municipal manager who is on bail for graft, yet has returned to work
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ANC’s North West troika clean-up flops

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ANC regions in the province have ordered their mayors, chief whips and speakers to stay in office
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Zandile Gumede and her supporters face ANC backlash

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Defiant backers of the former eThekwini chairperson and mayor, who has appeared in court over corruption charges linked to a tender, face disciplinary action over ‘divisive’ court protest
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Mama mia! Here we go again

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Instead of facing the music, Zandile Gumede seems to be winning a game of political musical chairs
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Red flags over Durban’s multimillion-rand Covid-19 overtime bill

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eThekwini metro police and security staff are raking in almost R100-million in overtime during the lockdown, with some employees far exceeding the permitted overtime cap of 40 hours a month
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Durban mayor pulls plug on R8m online lockdown channel

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eThekwini’s enterprising parks and recreation department launched the channel, intended to entertain the city’s people during the lockdown, without getting authorisation
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Hard-hit municipalities brace for more deaths

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South Africa’s Covid-19-related deaths have been comparatively lower than the rest of the world. But municipalities are preparing for the worst
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eThekwini does U-turn on three-month, 30% salary cut

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The municipality leaves it up to its executive committee and councillors to follow their conscience and contribute what they want to the city’s Covid-19 relief fund.
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Councils skint but officials get pay rise

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The president and Cabinet dropped their salaries and rejected a hike, but councillors take 4% more
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A lifeline for the homeless people in eThekwini

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eThekwini plans to retain permanent and safe open spaces for people with nowhere to sleep
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Blanket scandal exposes potential for Covid-19 corruption

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All of KwaZulu-Natal’s Covid-19 emergency spending has been centralised under the provincial treasury after the controversial purchase of R22-million of blankets by the social development department
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Stay at home, Cyril said. But what about the homeless?

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In Tshwane, forcing homeless people off the street resulted in chaos and the abuse of a vulnerable population. In Durban, a smooth, well-planned operation fared far better
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R50 000 bail for Durban city manager

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Sipho Nzuza had previously agreed to turn state witness
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