Branch leaders in the Lower South Coast region have told the party that the regional task team has outstayed its term
SA’s agriculture department has established a FMD task team to prioritise the outbreak, and a veterinary operational committee is also dealing with it
The party’s top officials are scheduled to meet on Sunday, when Magashule is expected to give a middle finger to the NEC’s decision to implement the contentious resolution
Zandile Gumede won’t step aside from being nominated ANC regional chair in KwaZulu-Natal
Outraged provincial secretaries called for a meeting with Luthuli
House after the ANC secretary general broadened the NEC’s step-aside resolution
The KZN government has closed for a week to mourn the monarch
Ingonyama Trust Board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya has challenged the audit process in the face of a series of unfavourable ratings
In the frantic pursuit of patriarchal ideas of manhood, boys often lose their ability to love — this paves the way for cruelty and violence
The resignation of the North West director of public prosecutions comes as Panday goes to trial and Booysen sues the state
The eThekwini branches say they will engage the party’s regional and national structures to prevent Magashule and Zuma’s ‘persecution’
The governing party elite seems to have different rules for its members than the regulations imposed on citizens — and the trust deficit continues to grow
In December 2020, scientists announced that a new variant of the Covid-19 — called 501Y.V2 — had been identified in South Africa. Here’s a look at what we’ve learnt in the past month about the new variant that is driving the country’s second wave of infections
Municipalities have failed to maintain their existing infrastructure for providing residents with water
The number of admissions drastically increased in the first two weeks of January, showing the highest numbers since the pandemic reached SA across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape
Doctors, nurses, undertakers and civic activists want national and provincial interventions that address the reality of the dire situation in KwaZulu-Natal
Despite dozens of appeals, the South African government is determined to give Sasol and its partners the go-ahead. But activists will not stop the fight
The popular SUV continues its push to compete alongside the other big German boys
The Bible-thumping chief justice really does seem to believe the anti-vaxxing nonsense he preaches
KZN’s premier has tried to intervene by offering South Africans preferential access to jobs, but foreign drivers say locals don’t want the work
In a single day, temperatures in northern KwaZulu-Natal climbed to a lethal 45°C, causing a mass die-off of birds and bats
In the book, The Indian Africans, academic Kiru Naidoo explores the society of colonial Natal in the late 1800s to early 1900
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule is ignoring party policy on corruption-charged officials and taking his battle to branch level, where his ‘slate capture’ strategy is expected to leave Ramaphosa on the ropes
The murder of Fikile Ntshangase in KwaZulu-Natal was not an isolated incident. Around the globe, from Nigeria to Brazil, environmental activists are similarly being silenced, and it is our duty to continue this struggle
Residents of several KwaZulu-Natal wards on Wednesday elected new councillors to replace representatives who had been assassinated in the ongoing political killings in the province
The mining company says it complies with both the Air Quality Control Act and the Health and Safety Act, as well as conducting extensive research before starting operations
Municipalities have failed to prioritise the rights of labour tenants and farmworkers
The national coronavirus command council will meet next week to discuss ways it can clamp down on the increasing Covid-19 infections. This is after the cabinet met this week to express its concerns
Leadership failures at Umdoni local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal have caused a ‘very unhappy’ ANC PEC to fire the mayor and chief whip
This weekend the Democratic Alliance will choose between two starkly different visions for its future
The agricultural sector has grown this year, but an absence of collateral is preventing black farmers from making a go of their business
ANC regions in the province have ordered their mayors, chief whips and speakers to stay in office
In this extract from journalist Mandy Wiener’s latest book she examines the death of ANC Youth League member Sindiso Magaqa in KwaZulu-Natal