Climate projections show that the eThekwini metro will receive more rain by 2050 that could fall in brief periods
Some residents have accused the South African National Defence Force of taking too long to respond with recovery assistance
More than 40 000 KwaZulu-Natal residents have been left homeless after more than 300mm of rain fell in a single day
No load-shedding for flood-hit eThekwini metro, because the area is not consuming its daily average of 1 600MW of power
KwaZulu-Natal’s state facilities are in the lead when it comes to stocking HIV prevention medicines — 97% of them do — and the Western Cape is the only province where men use HIV prevention medicine more than women
In the face of climate change, inadequate urban planning in eThekwini exacerbates flooding and poor road maintenance in KwaZulu-Natal and the rest of South Africa affects food security
Premier Sihle Zikalala says a state of disaster has been declared in the province, because of the heavy flooding
Companies are having to deal with operational and supply-chain disruptions that come less than nine months after the riots in July.
The past weekend’s ANC conferences proved a major boost for Ramaphosa presidency of the party
The anniversary of King Goodwill Zwelithini’s death was on 12 March; he wished for his successor to bring peace and prosperity
ANC provincial leaders in KZN are headed for a fight over the next eThekwini city boss, with Premier Sihle Zikalala accused of imposing an inexperienced associate
The country’s economy shrank by 6.4% in 2020 but real GDP increased by 4.9% in 2021
South African competition watchdog has approved Tongaat takeover – with conditions
Umlazi branch secretary Thulani Shusha was gunned down on his way home from an ANC meeting on Saturday
Malema’s visits to the hospitality industry are about the greedy business owners, not their workers
Welfare agency allegedly bent procurement process to suit a contractor previously found guilty of collusion, and preferred bidder Corporate Cleaning wants damages paid
We will have a poorer harvest than the glowing 2020-21 harvest, but will probably not have to import supplies
The hardest part of reckoning is the reckoning and where the archbishop is resented it is not for the ways in which the TRC failed but those in which it succeeded and brought an unfathomable past into a flawed present, writes Elisha Kunene.
Visitors packed up and left after finding no water in towns along the coast as businesses battle
Even a country with citizens as fractious and fractured as South Africa is showing signs of unity to save the sea off the Wild Coast.
The deputy president’s remarks come just hours after acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo warned that facilities were under threat from those wanting to destroy institutions safeguarding constitutional rights
‘The whole operation … was a process of confusion and a total lack of command … and control’
While Danny Msiza’s faction is gaining ground in Limpopo, those close to him say it does not necessarily mean Ramaphosa will be affected
Despite a shake-up in defence and intelligence, the security cluster remains shaky ahead of potentially explosive elective conferences
Twenty-three rhinos have been killed in 36 hours, according to a nonprofit organisation; the environment department says this figure is 24 since the beginning of December
The 2021 local government elections are a clear demonstration of the failure to manage internal disagreements, where many of the parties, civic movements and independent candidates that contested these local government elections are direct offshoots of the ANC
While the government fails to adhere to its own deadlines, the clock is ticking for a group of Black people who were evicted from their land in the decade before apartheid ended
Whistleblower Thabiso Zulu can’t explain his situation to his son, but continues to expose wrongdoing and show solidarity with others
No members of the police, defence force or state security have been implicated ‘at this stage’ in ongoing investigations into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng
The official unemployment rate rose to 34.9% in the third quarter of 2021 — the highest since 2008
Sihle Zikalala told the South African Human Rights Commission that the July unrest was the most destructive protest in the country’s history
“They called us Zuma’s dogs” and the K-word, Human Rights Commission told on day seven of hearings into July unrest