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After conducting damage assessments, the weather service has now confirmed that the tornado in Tongaat had estimated wind speeds in the order of 225km/h to 265km/h

Tongaat tornado rated EF3 on Enhanced Fujita Scale, says the South African Weather Service

Wind speeds of 225km/h to 265km/h occurred in the tornado’s path

Many roads in Stanger and surrounding areas were damaged in the floods. Photo: Supplied

Durban again hammered by heavy rain, flooding

A severe storm system left a trail of destruction in eThekwini, KwaDukuza and Ndwedwe

Gledhow Sugar Mill has become the latest sugar mill to enter into voluntary business rescue, piling pressure on the industry after a similar move by Tongaat Hulett in October.
 (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

KwaZulu-Natal’s sugar industry isn’t sweet

The sugar industry’s struggle tells a bigger story of the risks of South Africa’s deindustrialisation

Gledhow Sugar Mill has become the latest sugar mill to enter into voluntary business rescue, piling pressure on the industry after a similar move by Tongaat Hulett in October.
 (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

After Tongaat, KZN sugar mill Gledhow seeks business rescue

Thousands of livelihoods in the sugar supply chain are expected to be impacted by the closure

While Tongaat Hulett Pty Limited’s (THL) business rescue practitioners (BRPs) seek liquidation, parties opposed to the move have filed court papers to block it. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Tongaat Hulett delays publication of business rescue plan — again

The chief executive will step down on 28 February, the new date for the publication of the strategy

Flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. File photo Rajesh Jantilala/AFP/Getty

Will a single water board solve the water problems in KwaZulu-Natal?

At the centre of the water crisis in KwaZulu-Natal are the people. How will merging the Umgeni and Mhlathuze water boards help while corruption is rife at the two water boards.

(John McCann/M&G)

Khaya Sithole: The decline and fall of the South African auditing profession

Its reputation is not being helped at all by the crisis at its independent regulatory body

Simphiwe Xulu. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Slice of life: The powers of crocodile meat

With my generation, we don’t have that much knowledge. But if you talk to our grandfathers they will tell you this type of meat is medicine. We get customers coming to buy it,…

Gledhow Sugar Mill has become the latest sugar mill to enter into voluntary business rescue, piling pressure on the industry after a similar move by Tongaat Hulett in October.
 (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Net closes on alleged Tongaat fraudsters

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is still deciding whether to prosecute the Tongaat Hulett executives — including its former chief executive — allegedly responsible for…

Gledhow Sugar Mill has become the latest sugar mill to enter into voluntary business rescue, piling pressure on the industry after a similar move by Tongaat Hulett in October.
 (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Tongaat farmworkers face eviction

The first victims of the sugar giant’s accounting scandal — 5 000 of them — lose their jobs at the end of the month

Greed has cost nearly 8 000 workers in Tongaat’s sugar division and its milling operations their jobs when the company moved to sell off assets and reduce its debt, while the firm and its suppliers sustained huge losses.
 (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty)

Tongaat-Hulett board requests temporary suspension of JSE listing

The move comes amid concerns over possible financial irregularities at the company

Jacob Zuma’s lawyer argued on Monday at the state capture inquiry that Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo had a “reasonable apprehension of bias” based on comments he had made to “sweetheart witnesses”. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

The Republic of Commissions could need just one more inquiry

This destruction of our state entities, as we know, was aided and abetted by the private sector parties that are meant to act as watchdogs