“Chocolate City”, where houses melt in the rain

Hundreds have lived in mud homes for decades in Dambuza

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Brief | 1 March 2018

Waiting beside the railway line for ten years

Camperdown residents say houses promised for a decade

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Brief | 26 February 2018

Elderly couple abandoned in mud house with grandchildren

Councillor’s promises came to nothing

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News | 21 February 2018

Anger as striking Durban university workers find pay slashed

Lectures at Durban University of Technology have been suspended indefinitely

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Brief | 20 February 2018

Jail officials, demand hundreds in Pietermaritzburg march

“We are tired of corrupt employees who abuse the community to feed their stomachs”

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Brief | 20 February 2018

Court finds municipality corrupt

Endumeni Civic Association wins housing battle

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News | 13 February 2018

Endumeni housing judgment is a warning to municipalities

Court finds allocation process irregular and corrupt

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Law | 13 February 2018

Mealie sellers taste success

Working six days a week, 12 hours a day, women braai and sell corn to put their children through school

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News | 9 February 2018

Clean air vs industrial development: Durban court case explained

South Durban environmental alliance brings case to court

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Law | 8 February 2018

Generations of Shackville residents abandoned by government

“Even my toilet is better than the house I’m living in”

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News | 7 February 2018

Living in the hell of Whoonga Park

Murder, rape, crime, homelessness, abuse by police … daily life for whoonga users

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News | 6 February 2018

Pietermaritzburg community waiting since 2013 for guard rails on deadly road

Ward councillor says he has “sent a letter” and can do nothing more

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News | 5 February 2018

Municipality finally gives councillor office 18 months after being elected

Residents suspect he was treated badly because ANC candidate was not elected

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News | 1 February 2018

Grandmother murdered: community furious at police response

Mpophomeni residents claim police failed to investigate earlier break-in and threat by suspect

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News | 31 January 2018

Gay men beaten in church

“He took a huge stick and started beating me”

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News | 31 January 2018

We can’t afford a bigger salary increase, says DUT management

Negotiations between unions and university management stalled

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Brief | 25 January 2018