Dean Macpherson said the Ray Nkonyeni local municipality had failed dismally to manage the leases to the properties, putting the livelihoods of business owners in jeopardy

Heavy downpours on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast have broken four rainfall records, one of them dating back to 1964, and claimed at least four lives.

A concerned father checking up on his holidaying daughter called her cellphone only to be told she had been murdered, said police. The 16-year-old girl had only minutes earlier…