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Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Police confirm arrest of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla

The daughter of former president Jacob Zuma will appear in court on Thursday on charges of domestic terrorism

The politicians won’t save us. We will save each other if we begin to engage and just try. (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)

Economic recovery and political instability challenges for KZN

The province lives with the constant threat of renewed political violence

Polarisation: During the riots in KwaZulu-Natal last July, 36 people were killed when armed community members patrolled the streets in Phoenix. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)

Phoenix murder trials still to start

Three separate murder cases involving alleged racial killings have reached the high court

Mooit River’s shops were looted in the riots last July. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Uneasy peace in Mooi River after riots brought town to its knees

The KwaZulu-Natal town’s strategic location on the N3 corridor brings with it the danger of renewed unrest

KwaZulu-Natal residents in riot-affected areas such as Umlazi, southwest of Durban, now have to travel far to banks and shops after their local malls were looted or damaged. (Rogan Ward)

Looters remorseful as daily life gets tougher

Some residents in areas affected by the July riots have lost their livelihoods, have to travel far to get to the jobs that remain and walk long distances to unaffected shopping…

Deputy President David Mabuza.

Mabuza says state insurance payouts will help rebuild businesses in violence-hit KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng

The deputy president said the government’s resources were not enough to address all of the problems created by the week of looting and arson

South African National Defence Force soldiers and South Africa Police Services (SAPS) members line up in front of the Phoenix Police Station in Durban, on July 21, 2021. File photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Security forces remain on alert as ‘national shutdown’ fails to materialise

Only a handful of attempts to blockade roads took place in response to Monday’s shutdown call

A member of SAPS shoots rubber bullets to disperse a crowd looting outside a warehouse storing alcohol in Durban on July 16, 2021, after protestors clashed with police following a week of unrest in South Africa.   (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP)

Visible and invisible violence in present day South Africa

The relations of social domination are reproduced in our habitual ways of talking

Armed community members gather around a fire to keep warm at a road block set up in Phoenix Township, North Durban, on July 15, 2021 to prevent looters from reaching the community. (Photo by GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP)

Phoenix killings: 22 suspects held

A total of 36 murder charges are being probed in the wake of vigilante attacks in the area during last month’s riots

Provincial government says it cannot deal with the magnitude of the damage to infrastructure alone.  (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)

State of disaster declared after bloody KwaZulu-Natal riots

Provincial government says it cannot deal with the magnitude of the damage to infrastructure alone