Unrest July 2021: Personal notes from a KZN reporter
“On Wednesday night for the first time in days, I went to bed with a little bit of hope”
Opinion | 16 July 2021
Durban volunteers and workers clean up en masse
“People are here knowing there is nothing to gain personally. They are doing it for the Umlazi community”
Brief | 15 July 2021
KZN unrest: Old age homes running out of food
Facilities for the elderly in Durban are battling with staff shortages and are not getting food deliveries as looting continues
News | 13 July 2021
Health services in KZN struggle to function amidst looting and violent unrest
Ambulances grounded, hospitals on skeleton staff, vaccination programme halted and clinics close in eThekwini
News | 12 July 2021
Fire kills one man and destroys 200 shacks in Cato Manor
Residents say this is the third devastating fire in eight months at Marikana informal settlement
Brief | 9 July 2021
“Mice, cockroaches, mosquitos and flies were attracted to the dumping site”
eThekwini Municipality warns of fines of up to R5,000 for illegal dumping
Brief | 9 July 2021
Man accused of stealing a cellphone and set alight recovers in hospital from severe burns
At least three people killed every day by vigilantes according to latest quarterly crime stats
News | 5 July 2021
How the R350 Covid-19 grant helped an artist open his own food stall
#PayTheGrants campaign members renew calls for government to reinstate the grant
News | 2 July 2021
Justice delayed is justice denied: Court frees man convicted of rape after it took seven years to prosecute him
Magistrate and prosecutor “deserve censure of the strongest kind” rule two KZN judges
Law | 28 June 2021