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Durban Metro Police Service commends the excellent work by our Umlazi members who successfully recovered two (2) stolen vehicles today Vehicle 1: Reported stolen in Chatsworth (Bayview) Recovered in Umlazi P Section – Mpendulo Shazi Walk Vehicle 2: Reported stolen in Mayville area Recovered in Umlazi Z Section – near Emafeyizini Drive Teamwork between the […]

Villagers in northern KwaZulu-Natal are preparing for the rainy season by repairing damaged roads, digging trenches, and installing storm drains themselves. They say government help is slow or absent. In Abaqulusi and Msinga, infrastructure has not been fixed since the last floods. In Nquthu, communities are paying for their own repairs to roads. Most weekends,

Protesters blocked the busy Saxondown Road in Mfuleni with charred debris and large stones to prevent anti-land invasion officials from evicting them from Sqawunqawu informal settlement. People first moved onto the land, which is owned by Shoprite, in March 2019, but the settlement grew during 2020 and 2021 when many people lost their jobs as

Gauteng resident Andre Djelatovic has waited nine years for the Compensation Fund to finalise his claim after manganese was found in his brain. He was exposed while working at South32 Metalloys, but the Fund only approved compensation for a lung condition, rejecting his neurological claims. Despite new medical evidence and tribunal hearings, his case remains

The “Coloured” community in Gauteng, South Africa’s economic heartland, continues to face barriers to full economic and social inclusion. Despite progress in post-apartheid South Africa, this historically oppressed community continues to experience significant socio-economic challenges. The term “Coloured” is initially placed in quotation marks to acknowledge its contested nature. Historically, the formation of Coloured identity

Despite a much higher violent crime rate, South Africa has fewer police per 100,000 people than the US, UK, France, Italy and China. But we do have a higher police per person ratio than developing countries like Kenya, India and Nigeria. We also have more police per population than Canada and Japan, though they have

The South African Pharmacy Council wants to allow trained pharmacists to be able to initiate people with HIV on antiretroviral treatment. A doctor’s organisation, the IPA Foundation, has been attempting to stop this in court. First the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruled in favour of the pharmacists. Now the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA)

The University of Fort Hare in Alice and East London descended into chaos amid students protests this week. The institution temporarily suspended academic activities after several of the buildings on campus, including the main administrative office, were torched in petrol-bomb attacks. Protests started on Monday. In a statement, the University of Fort Hare spokesperson JP

The extension of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) and the Lesotho Exemption Permit (LEP) by another 18 months is a relief for many families. The validity of the ZEP was, last year, extended to November 2025. This caused concern among the 180,000 permit holders who are trying to remain legally in South Africa but have

The University of Fort Hare has been forced to close its doors and evacuate students following a four-day protest that escalated into significant violence, leaving key university buildings torched and causing an estimated R250 to R500 million in damages. The unrest, which has left scores of students displaced and academic progress in jeopardy, stems from