Articles for Joseph Bracken

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President visits shoddily built homes for flood victims

KZN flood victims from April 2022 who moved to the Cornubia housing development this year complain of poor workmanship

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News | 3 November 2026

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EThekwini won’t say what it pays plumbing middlemen

Plumbers question the value and sense of the appointment of a panel of companies to manage them on behalf of the municipality

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News | 3 November 2026

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SASSA’s Umlazi office declared unsafe, shuts down

Hundreds of beneficiaries now forced to find their way to alternative offices

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News | 30 October 2026

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March and March protests against immigrant delivery drivers

The group’s leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma singled out a GroundUp journalist who was then threatened by the crowd

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Brief | 27 October 2026

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Man beaten to death in central Durban

50 people murdered the man in broad daylight on Thursday morning

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Brief | 22 October 2026

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Elections 2026: Midlands municipality claws back millions in electricity revenue

uMngeni has installed nearly 1,900 smart meters to curb electricity losses

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Feature | 19 October 2026

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Homeless people demand answers from parties ahead of local elections

National Homeless Manifesto is a platform for the voices of homeless people to be heard, says Denis Hurley Centre director

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News | 16 October 2026

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Court bars anti-immigrant protesters from going near Home Affairs

24 people appeared in the Durban Magistrates Court on Monday

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Brief | 12 October 2026

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Anti-immigrant mob threatens to burn women and children

Home Affairs backtracks on reopening the asylum system after violent clashes

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News | 9 October 2026