Multi-million rand housing project at a standstill for weeks
The Bridge City Housing development was approved in 2019 but due to delays and financial problems the project remains largely incomplete
News | 28 January 2025
From hustling on the streets to recovery: a young man’s triumph over drugs
Harm reduction centre succeeds where rehabs often fail
Feature | 19 December 2024
From caps to needles: Durban’s whoonga drug culture is changing
People who use heroin in Durban are increasingly switching from smoking to injecting, causing public health concerns
News | 3 December 2024
Hundreds left homeless after shack fire at one of Durban’s oldest informal settlements
About 150 shacks at Kenville informal settlement were gutted on Wednesday afternoon
Brief | 28 November 2024
Durban families abandoned in 2010 World Cup transit camp
The eThekwini municipality says there is no budget to help residents of Zamani transit camp
Brief | 28 November 2024
Homeless conference hears harrowing stories of street life
The 8th National Homeless Conversation was held in Durban this week
By Greg Arde
News | 22 November 2024
NERSA officials forced to call off electricity tariff hearing
Hundreds of Durban residents showed up at the venue on Thursday but the room could only host about 100 people.
Brief | 21 November 2024
Workers have slept outside City Hall for a month, hoping to get jobs back
Their contracts were terminated in July and the eThekwini municipality says it is only considering applicants 35 or younger
Brief | 21 November 2024
EThekwini faces backlash over last-minute invites to homeless workshop
The invite was a “sop to inclusivity and disrespectful” to stakeholders and homeless people, says Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre
By Greg Arde
News | 16 November 2024