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Misizwe Zulu was at the centre of an irregular R290 million electrification project in the Msunduzi local municipality in 2012 in which his company, TNT Technology Solutions, was overpaid by R100 million.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Amajuba district municipality’s new-broom mayor has his own chequered past

Misizwe Zulu’s company overcharged the Msunduzi municipality by R100 million for work it did not do

  • Paddy Harper
7 min read
Jerome Ngwenya appearing before the Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Portfolio Committee in Parliament in 2019. (David Harrison/M&G)
ETHEKWINI METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

Lights are back on at Ingonyama Trust, but further municipal conflict looms

The Msunduzi municipality has been ordered to continue providing services despite the rates dispute with the land body

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Misizwe Zulu was at the centre of an irregular R290 million electrification project in the Msunduzi local municipality in 2012 in which his company, TNT Technology Solutions, was overpaid by R100 million.
AUDIT

Anatomy of a failed municipality

The Msunduzi local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal is on permanent life support and shows no sign of being cured

  • Cameron Brisbane
10 min read
Fed up with years of stench and pollution from the Shongweni landfill site west of Durban, residents have appealed against the issuing of a reviewed waste management licence to EnviroServ earlier this year. (Working on Fire)
DURBAN

Dumpsite fire that smoked out Pietermaritzburg is finally out

Firefighters have finally extinguished the fire at the New England Road landfill site in Pietermaritzburg, which had engulfed the KwaZulu-Natal capital in thick clouds of toxic…

  • Paddy Harper
1 min read
The R28.1 million was for the city to service the stands, whereafter eThekwini would sell the land to private companies that would build houses. (File photo)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Millions lost in scam at dysfunctional municipality

A report recommended fraud and corruption charges against a former Pietermaritzburg mayor and municipal manager, relating to over R290-million

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
S20 warns that climate change is endangering human health, food systems and ecosystems worldwide
COUNTRY

Court judgment to restore farm dwellers’ dignity

A Pietermaritzburg high court ruling has found that municipalities were in breach of the Constitution in not providing farm occupiers with services

  • Musawenkosi Cabe
6 min read
Durban’s new mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda, will be sworn in at a full council meeting on Thursday. (Image via Mbuyiselo Ndlovu)
BELINDA SCOTT

New mayor for Durban at last as Gumede’s resignation is confirmed

Governing party says all the redeployed EXCO members have handed in their resignations

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read