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Community members hold pangas as they stand at a road block in Phoenix Township, North Durban, on July 15, 2021 to prevent looters from reaching the community. – Armed community members and vigilante groups have stepped in to tackle unrest in South Africa, taking matters into their own hands and sometimes stoking violence as security forces struggle to restore order. Understaffed and heavily reliant on private security companies, the police was rapidly overwhelmed when riots and looting first flared last week in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), sparked by the jailing of graft-accused former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP) (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP via Getty Images)
JULY UNREST

Witness barely escaped Phoenix with his life

“They called us Zuma’s dogs” and the K-word, Human Rights Commission told on day seven of hearings into July unrest

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
January 1949: White policemen charge into a conflict between African and Indian residents in Durban. The rioting followed false reports that an African boy had been murdered by an Indian man. (Photograph by FPG/ Getty Images)
INDIANS

KwaZulu-Natal races back to 1949

The past week’s violence and looting – and the potential for an orchestrated race war in the province – have evoked haunting scenes from a bitter and bloody history

  • Niren Tolsi
14 min read
Show of force: Paramilitary soldiers arrive at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi after gunmen attacked it last week
FOREIGN NATIONALS

South Africans united against xenophobia on social media

As attacks on foreign nationals in KZN continue, South Africans have taken to social media to say #NoToXenophobia.

  • Sthembiso Sithole
1 min read
Voting in the KwaMashu area proceeded normally.
ANC

Peaceful voting as police keep an eye on KwaMashu Hostel

Voting took place without incident at the KwaMashu Hostel in Durban, one of the hot spots in KwaZulu-Natal where police and the army were deployed.

  • Kwanele Sosibo
3 min read
Police minister Nathi Mthethwa was among the inter-ministerial committee that inspected the notorious KwaMashu hostel.
ANC

No end in sight to KwaMashu hostel violence

Several measures have been put in place to ease tensions at the violence-plagued KwaMashu hostel in KwaZulu-Natal, but some believe it’s not enough.

  • Kwanele Sosibo
5 min read
North West police confirmed that two protesters were shot dead and two wounded during a service delivery protest.
IFP

IFP murder accused continues bail hearing

The bail hearing of four men accused of killing a woman IFP supporter will continue in the Durban Regional Court.

  • Sapa
1 min read
IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY

Violence between IFP, NFP supporters erupts in KwaMashu

Police were unable to contain violent clashes between National Freedom Party (NFP) members and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters in KwaMashu.

  • Sapa
3 min read
IFP members clear the blood from the ground where one of their fellow members
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Wheels of justice turn slowly as political killings escalate

According to an internal ANC report, 38 members of the party have been killed in KwaZulu-Natal since the beginning of 2011.

  • David Bruce
4 min read
Zuma takes in IFP areas on campaign trail
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Zuma takes in IFP areas on campaign trail

President Jacob Zuma exhorted voters to go to the ballots on May 18 at an ANC rally at KwaMashu’s Rotary Sports Ground on Monday.

  • Niren Tolsi
2 min read
DURBAN

Top judge slams Zuma court protests

KwaZulu-Natal Judge President Vuka Tshabalala has criticised protests by ANC president Jacob Zuma’s supporters at courts across the province.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
KWAMASHU

Police offer reward after top cop slain

Police are offering a R200 000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the men who gunned down a senior police officer in KwaMashu.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
KWAMASHU

SA must ‘recognise Zulu kingdom’

Inkatha Freedom Party leader and traditional prime minister of the Zulu nation Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Saturday called for the recognition of the Zulu kingdom. Addressing an…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read