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Durban drug wars – bodies keep piling up, while crime lab delays mean bloodshed continues

GANGSTER SCOURGE

Durban drug wars – bodies keep piling up, while crime lab delays mean bloodshed continues

By Greg Ardé

ANC, DA reassert dominance with big wins in KZN and Gauteng

MAY BY-ELECTIONS

ANC, DA reassert dominance with big wins in KZN and Gauteng

By Wayne Sussman

‘Here they get whipped’ – this is life on the street for Ulundi’s ‘amaphara’

THE HIGH PLACE, PART THREE

‘Here they get whipped’ – this is life on the street for Ulundi’s ‘amaphara’

By Chris Makhaye

Thonga Beach Lodge builds enriching and abiding partnership with the people of Mabibi

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Thonga Beach Lodge builds enriching and abiding partnership with the people of Mabibi

By Angus Begg

How a working democracy can ensure state accountability in school feeding programme failures

SECTION27 OP-ED

How a working democracy can ensure state accountability in school feeding programme failures

By Dr Faranaaz Veriava, Dr Demichelle Petherbridge and Baone Twala

NPA won’t get involved in Ramaphosa and Zuma legal squabble, high court hears

PRESIDENT VS EX-PRESIDENT

NPA won’t get involved in Ramaphosa and Zuma legal squabble, high court hears

By Dianne Hawker-Kalubi

The capital question – returning power to Ulundi lights a fire under electoral battle

THE HIGH PLACE, PART TWO

The capital question – returning power to Ulundi lights a fire under electoral battle

By Chris Makhaye

ANC firmly on the ropes in KwaZulu-Natal — rescue mission launched

PARTY IN DISARRAY

ANC firmly on the ropes in KwaZulu-Natal — rescue mission launched

By Chris Makhaye and Queenin Masuabi

Tortured Durban, a city with a gun to its head

LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR

Tortured Durban, a city with a gun to its head

By Heather Robertson

EFF records famous victory over ANC in Free State as IFP turns tables on ruling party in KZN

APRIL BY-ELECTIONS

EFF records famous victory over ANC in Free State as IFP turns tables on ruling party in KZN

By Wayne Sussman

Fighting the filth – meet the people leading the charge against river pollution in South Africa

TOXIC INC

Fighting the filth – meet the people leading the charge against river pollution in South Africa

By Takudzwa Pongweni

KZN Homestead massacre – police arrest 2 suspects after 10 family members shot dead

AGE OF THE ASSASSIN

KZN Homestead massacre – police arrest 2 suspects after 10 family members shot dead

By Chris Makhaye

SA’s multiple murders a mark of nation’s spiralling gun and organised crime crisis

ISS TODAY OP-ED

SA’s multiple murders a mark of nation’s spiralling gun and organised crime crisis

By David Bruce

KZN schools send hungry pupils home as National School Nutrition Programme fails to deliver

SCHOOL MEALS CRISIS

KZN schools send hungry pupils home as National School Nutrition Programme fails to deliver

By Lungi Langa

Key Tshwane win gives ANC a motivation boost while DA suffers low-turnout blow

APRIL BY-ELECTIONS

Key Tshwane win gives ANC a motivation boost while DA suffers low-turnout blow

By Wayne Sussman

Luthuli House assets in crosshairs as firm aims to claw back R102-million from ANC

GROUNDUP

Luthuli House assets in crosshairs as firm aims to claw back R102-million from ANC

By Tania Broughton

No major incidents in KZN after police shadow EFF protesters through Durban’s streets

'SHUTDOWN' SHOWDOWN

No major incidents in KZN after police shadow EFF protesters through Durban’s streets

By Chris Makhaye

Concern and apprehension in KZN ahead of Monday’s ‘national shutdown’ attempt by the EFF

FEAR, LOATHING

Concern and apprehension in KZN ahead of Monday’s ‘national shutdown’ attempt by the EFF

By Chris Makhaye

Community care model improves uptake of TB preventive therapy, KZN study finds

SPOTLIGHT

Community care model improves uptake of TB preventive therapy, KZN study finds

By Elri Voigt for Spotlight

KZN rural residents beg high court to save their homes and livelihoods and rein in rampant Tendele coal mining

COAL VS COMMUNITIES

KZN rural residents beg high court to save their homes and livelihoods and rein in rampant Tendele coal mining

By Tony Carnie

IFP gives ANC wake-up call as it makes huge inroads in KwaZulu-Natal wards

MARCH BY-ELECTIONS

IFP gives ANC wake-up call as it makes huge inroads in KwaZulu-Natal wards

By Wayne Sussman