South Africa|Kwazulu-Natal

Payment delay leaves KwaZulu-Natal charities struggling

Last week the Department of Social Development notified non-profit organisations that payments will be delayed

Constitutional challenge to ARTsolar’s gag order

Whistleblowers argue their right to freedom of expression has been violated. AmaBhungane has applied to join the case.

Solar company changed its story just before gagging whistleblowers

Whistleblower alleges he was tricked into believing he was buying locally made material

There are taps and flush toilets in this Durban township - but no water

Ntuzuma families buy water from nearby KwaMashu

Solar manufacturer ARTsolar gagged a reporter. So we asked the owner some tough questions

Court victory for freedom of expression: IDC ungags itself

“There is no absolute right to be protected from being the subject of defamatory allegations” says acting judge

IDC challenges court order preventing it from interviewing whistleblowers

R90-million awarded to ARTsolar under investigation

Legal battle to remove occupiers from land in Ballito

KwaDukuza Municipality says the land is earmarked for a school and clinic, but occupiers say they can’t move away from job opportunities

Deaths spark protest over unsafe bridge outside Pinetown

Umngeni River claims two lives

Durban judge gags journalist

Reporter prevented from exposing claims that a solar panel company misled a client

PRASA can’t say when Durban’s Northern Coast line will open again

Agreement not yet reached between Transnet and PRASA

Long-suffering Durban residents could wait years for end to water crisis

Finance Minister on Wednesday said construction of Mkhomazi Water Project, which includes a new dam, will only start in November 2027

More than 20 dead and hundreds displaced in KZN floods

Sithembiso Mbutho died crossing the Mthwalume River. Residents have been pleading for the government to build a bridge

“Startling ruling” lets Judge Anton van Zyl escape impeachment for late judgments

The Judicial Conduct Committee has ruled that the retired judge, who is the main offender for late judgements, cannot be referred for impeachment

Durban residents threaten to stop paying rates

More than half of eThekwini municipality’s water revenue is lost to leaks, theft and unbilled consumption

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