KZN magistrate suspended without pay

Ian Blose was charged with making false declarations and failing to disclose his suspension by the Legal Practice Council

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Law | 18 December 2025

Durban mayor urged to investigate assaults on homeless people

People we spoke to describe being beaten with sjamboks by Ensure Security’s masked guards. The company denies this.

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News | 18 December 2025

In photos: Homes destroyed in KZN storm

“I saw the corrugated iron roof blowing off”

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Photo Essay | 11 December 2025

Community fights to reopen primary school

Policy to close small schools forces children to walk far to get to school

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Brief | 9 December 2025

Special Tribunal hammers KZN education officials for corrupt contract

Company ordered to repay money. Disciplinary action must be taken against 16 officials.

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Law | 9 December 2025

Flood victims’ homes demolished by Ethekwini Municipality

Municipality says the shacks are built unlawfully and bylaws need to be enforced

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Brief | 5 December 2025

Nkandla villagers demand a police station

Mfongosi Satellite Police Station has been abandoned

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News | 4 December 2025

In photos: St Lucia’s hippo celebrities

While tourists take excursions to see them on the lake, these semi-aquatic mammals wander into town every night

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Photo Essay | 3 December 2025

In photos: The turtle trackers of Sodwana Bay

The iSimangaliso Wetland Park’s turtle monitoring programme runs from October to April, monitoring the nesting season of these reptiles

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Photo Essay | 29 November 2025

Naidoo family breaks down in court as police brutality case postponed yet again

National Director of Public Prosecutions comes under fire for causing delay

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Brief | 28 November 2025

EThekwini blames Shembe Church for delays in housing project

Burlington development has been stuck since 2022

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News | 27 November 2025

Durban residents demand tap water and an end to water tankers

People in Ngoqokazi and Amatikwe, near Inanda, have been without running water since 2017

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Brief | 24 November 2025

Hundreds of incomplete homes stand empty in KwaZulu-Natal housing project

Provincial government has spent more than R101-million

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News | 17 November 2025

Storm-damaged schools still not repaired after four years

KwaZulu-Natal government says a contractor started work last week, but we saw no evidence of this when we visited the schools on Monday

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Brief | 11 November 2025

Families living in temporary housing for 13 years accuse eThekwini of neglecting them

They were moved to make way for a housing project that is yet to be built

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Brief | 10 November 2025

Official implicated in corruption appointed head of KZN social development

Onkemetse Edwin Kabasia is implicated by multiple forensic investigations into procurement irregularities in Gauteng

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News | 5 November 2025