Articles for Bongane Motaung

People fight for water as infrastructure crumbles

uMzinyathi District Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal is failing to supply water

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Feature | 6 October 2025

Mondlo township quiet after minister’s visit

Last week residents burnt down their municipal offices

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Brief | 16 September 2025

Municipal buildings torched as electricity protest descends into chaos

Residents of Mondlo township want an end to load reduction implemented by Abaqulusi Municipality

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Brief | 11 September 2025

School children help repair granny’s flood-damaged home

Dozens of families affected by floods in January are still without shelter. The KZN human settlements department fails to answer our questions

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Brief | 15 August 2025

School girls march for better policing

Girl Guides want officers to be better trained to handle GBV cases

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Brief | 23 June 2025

“Where is our water?” protesters ask mayor

Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal shut down by protest

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Brief | 10 June 2025

Protest over unsafe dirt roads in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Nquthu and Mzinyathi Municipalities promise to fix roads next week

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Brief | 5 June 2025

Disabled man’s bucket urinal system keeps Joburg streets clean

Thabo Khumalo makes R70 a day renting out his buckets to passers-by

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Photo Essay | 28 March 2025

KZN activist shot dead

Vusi Banda – Mondlo Township Civic Organisation chairperson – was murdered on Thursday

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Brief | 21 February 2025

Mondlo residents want to leave their municipality

Hundreds of people marched to the Abaqulusi Municipality offices to demand services

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Waste management project is changing lives in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Kenneth Shelembe says he makes a living wage through the Nquthu Waste Management Project

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Brief | 20 February 2025

Pensioners queue for hours to replace expiring SASSA cards

“If I don’t change my card there will be no income in my house,” says 84-year-old KZN pensioner

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News | 14 February 2025

Storms damage hundreds of homes and schools in northern KZN

Homes damaged across Msinga and Abaqulusi municipalities

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Brief | 5 February 2025

Villagers block roads in northern KwaZulu-Natal

Silonjane villagers say they’ve been sidelined

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Brief | 29 January 2025

Video: Zulu victory over British commemorated

Mayor says the Isandlwana battlefield will be used to develop the local economy

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Video | 24 January 2025