DA and teacher unions disagree on delay in re-opening schools

Winston Mfeka|Published

The DA in KwaZulu-Natal have opposed the delay in reopening schools, saying when they conducted oversight visits to marking centres across the province, they observed ...

Shallcross residents seek long-term solution to water issue

Winston Mfeka|Published

Shallcross Civic and Ratepayers Association want the eThekwini Municipality to invest in replacing the broken infrastructure that has resulted in intermittent water ...

Calls for prisons boss, Arthur Fraser to resign

Winston Mfeka|Published

The call comes after complaints that since Fraser's appointment to the position in 2018 he has done very little to change how the department operates

KZN family furious after woman’s body sent to father’s funeral

Winston Mfeka|Published

The family’s wish was to give her father a proper send-off and they wanted to dress him up for the occasion, only to discover the body of a woman in her thirties ...

Some KZN teaching staff not paid for December

Winston Mfeka|Published

The teaching candidates began working in December last year, but they are yet to be paid – despite reports that funds of up to R5 billion would be made available ...

Residents brave long queues in bid to renew temporary disability grants

Winston Mfeka|Published

Residents have been queuing for long hours, in the heat, waiting to renew their temporary grants.

How the cold hand of Covid-19 added a black mark to 2020

Winston Mfeka|Published

Starting out on the usual note of dreams, plans, targeted achievements, 2020 began with promise, but amid the revelry and hope, a global health storm was brewing ...

Virtual concerts help to keep lockdown blues away

Winston Mfeka|Published

Live events and the entertainment industry have been particularly hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic leaving artists in great uncertainty

Glebelands residents fear return of violence after group of men demand R50

Winston Mfeka|Published

RESIDENTS of Glebelands Hostel say that they are living in fear of the return of violence and bloodshed that plagued the hostel between 2014 and 2016 after a group ...

How transport operators will manage festive season travelling as second wave of Covid-19 hits

Winston Mfeka|Published

One of the popular modes of public transport for the festive season are minibus taxis and the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) KwaZulu-Natal said they ...

Sugar cane farming is the lifeblood of rural communities

Winston Mfeka|Published

Sugar cane industry is facing a crisis as it has been shown in reports that sugar production in South Africa has declined by 25% over the last 20 years

City set to meet with angry eThekwini municipal workers who downed tools over safety

Winston Mfeka|Published

Staff from the eThekwini Roads and Stormwater Department downed tools to highlight the dangers they faced while working alongside busy roads in the municipality

Former editor launches book in Durban

Winston Mfeka|Published

Former Cape Argus and Cape Times editor Gasant Abarder launched his book Hack with a Grenade in Durban this week.

Flare-up over student accommodation in Clare Estate

Winston Mfeka|Published

Clare Estate residents are up in arms over the proliferation of student accommodation in the area claiming a developer was unlawfully building accommodation in a ...

Opposition parties concerned over 'acts of sabotage' as eThekwini taps run dry

Winston Mfeka and Thobeka Ngema|Published

Opposition parties expressed their concern over the lack of security at reservoirs, while the eThekwini mayor suspected contractors sabotaged infrastructure

KZN businesswoman trail-blazes as first black woman in SA to own a hardware store

Winston Mfeka|Published

Zamandwandwa Shozi was born in Hammarsdale and worked as personal assistant at the Msunduzi Municipality for 20 years before plunging into the world of business ...

Umlazi mum swept away by river was set to marry

Anelisa Kubheka and Winston Mfeka|Published

Mcwilikazi had been coming home from work in Chatsworth with two others and had been trying to cross the river near Umlazi’s F section to get to her C section home ...

Addington Hospital lift saga: No end in sight

Winston Mfeka|Published

Last Wednesday, hospital staff staged a protest after four of the hospital lifts had to be shut down for repairs after water from an overflowing basin flooded the ...

Bluff ratepayers angry over soaring ‘estimated’ amenities bills

Winston Mfeka|Published

Ethekwini Municipality says estimates are allowed by council by-laws and the accuracy is as good as the consumption pattern of a customer, provided that there are ...

Three people hurt as gunmen open fire on Wentworth drug den

Zainul Dawood and Winston Mfeka|Published

Two teenage boys and a woman were shot in yet another shooting incident in Wentworth, south of Durban

UKZN student scoops bronze at International Olympiad

Winston Mfeka|Published

Aaron Naidu became one of two South African contestants to scoop a bronze at this year’s International Olympiad in Informatics

Magnitude of dumping out of hand in Durban suburb

Winston Mfeka|Published

Municipality and Greenwood Park community told to provide solutions

eThekwini municipality has to improve delivery, say those in the dark

Winston Mfeka|Published

Resident Ashnie Bisoonpersad said she had been without power since Saturday morning.

Durban residents fed up with rotten refuse collection services

Winston Mfeka|Published

Durban Solid Waste workers from the Springfield depot downed tools for over a week because of a management dispute

Residents urged to report crime to police

Winston Mfeka|Published

Residents are being urged to refrain from complaining about crime on social media but rather to report it to police.