Still no public toilets at Durban bus rank
Commuters and street vendors battle as public toilets at three sites still closed for renovations
Brief | 14 January 2026
District Six families ordered to vacate Searle Street cottages
Five families who have fought their eviction for years have lost their court battle
Law | 13 January 2026
Dunoon fire victims rush to rebuild homes as City proposes reblocking
The fire at Doornbach informal settlement left thousands homeless and over 600 structures destroyed
News | 13 January 2026
Court stops Enver Motala’s bid for reinstatement
Motala was removed from the list of insolvency practitioners in 2011 after his handling of the Pamodzi Group’s mining assets
By Justin Brown
Law | 13 January 2026
KZN rolls out controversial circumcision device amid safety concerns
The safety and track record of the CircumQ devices has been questioned
News | 13 January 2026
Philippi residents beat, stone and burn man to death for robbery
“People are fed up and disappointed with the police and the justice system, and are now forced to take the law into their own hands.”
Brief | 12 January 2026
Social housing set to be built at Salt River Market this year
Funding is secured, but about 50 families living in an informal settlement still need to be relocated
News | 12 January 2026
Raising revenue from alien invasives
A pilot project in the Overberg aims to produce useful agricultural products using cleared invasive plants
By John Yeld
News | 9 January 2026
Patients wait four hours for an ambulance in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Rural hospitals’ allocated ambulances park 130 to 150km away
Brief | 8 January 2026