ODDS OVERCOME Sithengile Senior Secondary’s matric triumph is a lesson in conquering learning challenges 6 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
ANALYSIS Instability is the norm in KZN — an MK government would follow the trend 8 min 0 By Cyril Madlala
COALITION POLITICS ‘We will take over’, vows MK party in KZN, claiming it’ll improve service delivery 5 min 1 By Nonkululeko Njilo
ANCIENT KNOW-HOW KZN team finds ‘oldest evidence’ of arrow poison use by humans on 60,000-year-old arrowheads 5 min 1 By Shaun Smillie
BEACH SAFETY ‘You basically live on the beach’ — Cape Town lifeguard describes rescue at Miller’s Point and busy festive season 8 min 1 By Victoria O'Regan
Wandile Sihlobo Lush veld and cheaper feed boost KZN agriculture, but foot-and-mouth disease remains critical threat 3 min 1 29 December 2025
CUPPA INITIATIVE Local hobbyists turn curiosity into a growing coffee collective in Winterskloof 5 min 0 By Derek Alberts
STATE OF OUR BEACHES Blue skies, clean seas: most SA beaches are ready for the summer rush, but some are not easy to gauge 19 min 0 By Kiara Wales, Reid Donson, Hannah Abrahams, Tamsin Metelerkamp, Tony Carnie, Riaan Marais and Kyran Blaauw
TANGLED FOOD WEB Endangered dolphin’s diet shift provides worrying hint about SA coastal waters’ health 5 min 0 By Shaun Smillie
BILINGUAL EDUCATION If unfixed, new school language policy could derail SA’s literacy 6 min 3 By Sakhile Dube
NOVEMBER BY-ELECTIONS Ward poll beatdown — ANC loses seats to MK, PA and independent candidate as it bleeds support 18 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY KZN’s destitute schools sound the alarm after National Lotteries Commission defaults on funding 5 min 2 By Naledi Sikhakhane
HEALTH IN PROVINCES Ritshidze monitoring unmasks severe service slide in Gauteng, KZN, and Eastern Cape post-Pepfar cuts 6 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
PROVINCIAL POLITICS KZN government on shaky ground after National Freedom Party threatens to quit coalition 5 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
SERVICE (NON)DELIVERY VISUAL STORY: SA's unfinished water projects are years late and billions over budget 2 min 0 By Daily Maverick Reporter
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Alarming surge in police killings highlight leadership chaos and deep flaws in law enforcement 7 min 1 By Greg Ardé
‘LEADER AND REVOLUTIONARY’ From youth activist to ambassador — South Africa says goodbye to Nathi Mthethwa 6 min 0 By Suné Payne
BOOK EXCERPT ‘Bring us magic’ — the story of Brahman Hills in the KZN Midlands 5 min 0 By Michele Magwood, Iain Buchan and Tim Steyn
MADLANGA COMMISSION Inside Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s Document Zero, the cop who detonated SA’s policing crisis bomb 1 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
