Education department failed to build or renovate schools in four provinces in 2023-44 financial year
The former ANC president invoked the names of anti-apartheid activists buried in Heroes Acre in Pietermaritzburg while campaigning
The ICT Stakeholder Engagement summit created a space for ICT SMMEs to showcase their innovations and network
Cogta has dismissed claims that it has not put measures in place to mitigate against natural disasters
Data collected from KZN municipalities since November 2021 shows that out of 40 councillors who died, 18 were assassinated
One resident said that if he could speak to the government, he would ‘plead’ for a safe house
KwaZulu-Natal residents and conservationists have vowed to take the eThekwini municipality to the high court if it pushes ahead with the development at the old Beachwood Country Club
The spectre of the IFP boss has haunted both my personal and professional life for decades
The sugar industry says new regulations aimed at combating health problems will hurt profits and jobs, but a civil society coalition strongly disagrees
Celebrity chef Peter Goffe-Wood serves up dishes inspired by East African cuisine
The 11 secretaries will compile a laundry list of issues that will inform their selection of a provincial chairperson
The past is helpful in understanding the predatory and violent nature of political factionalism in the province. But it doesn’t answer the question of how to fix it.
Some residents in areas affected by the July riots have lost their livelihoods, have to travel far to get to the jobs that remain and walk long distances to unaffected shopping centres
Weapons have been seized from a number of security companies owned by ANC-linked individuals who are loyal to the former president
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
Vaccines were stolen and many urban vaccine sites had to close as Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal erupted into chaos this past week. The biggest loss however is not vaccines, but the chronic medicines that were looted leaving those with HIV, cancer and diabetes without their medication
But the biggest internal deployment since 1994 is not without challenges, as food, fuel and simply getting to the hotspots are problems facing the SANDF’s deployment
As the looting continues in some parts of KwaZulu Natal, other parts are fighting back and yet others have been left with nothing
City clinics and community vaccine centres closed along with crematoria and cemeteries
The violence comes in the wake of protests last Friday when Zuma’s supporters went on the streets in KZN
About R90-million collected in residential lease fees must be paid back to people living on ITB land
Indigenous oral cultures are teaching researchers that precolonial South Africans were aware of conservation
Sibonelo Shinga was embroiled in controversy over his IT and social facilitation contracts
The testimonials of black doctors have given credence to allegations of racial profiling. Of those listed on a Gems blacklist, 94% of general practitioners were black
John Steenhuisen and Mbali Ntuli both acknowledged the problems faced by the party over the past year, with each of them offering their own leadership vision.
Last week Fikile Ntshangase was gunned down as activists fight mining company Tendele’s expansions. Community members tell the M&G about the ‘kill lists’ and the dread they live with every day
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
Portfolio committee members want the land reform minister to freeze state funding to the trust, which administers nearly three million hectares of land
Some learners have taken the decision to drop out because they fear catching the coronavirus and have no faith that they will do well in their studies
COMMENT This year, Freedom Day on April 27 came and went without celebration for women in townships and on farms in South Africa. It was just another day of struggle, with women having to walk at least two kilometres to fetch water, sometimes from empty JoJo tanks, fending off attacks on the way, and now […]
The submission of the ITB’s budget is understood to have been delayed by the de facto suspension of its top management
The controversial KwaZulu-Natal corrections head has again been suspended by the former spy boss