Durban students protest housing crisis
Hundreds of Thekwini College TVET students say they haven’t been able to pay for residences due to funding bungle
Brief | 25 February 2025
Patients have to get water brought to them at this Durban hospital
Municipality is rationing water to large parts of the city
Brief | 10 February 2025
KZN flood victims housed in leaking building
Landlord battles with inconsistent payments from eThekwini Municipality
Brief | 4 February 2025
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