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Corruption allegations stymie project to end car smuggling and hijacking in northern KZN

CROSS-BORDER CRIME FILES: PART FOUR

Corruption allegations stymie project to end car smuggling and hijacking in northern KZN

By Daily Maverick Reporters

‘Clash’ between police and soldiers revealed as killer car theft syndicates run rampant

CROSS-BORDER CRIME FILES: PART THREE

‘Clash’ between police and soldiers revealed as killer car theft syndicates run rampant

By Daily Maverick Reporters

Abduction case studies: The horror of being at the mercy of car theft syndicates

CROSS-BORDER CRIME FILES: PART TWO

Abduction case studies: The horror of being at the mercy of car theft syndicates

By Daily Maverick Reporters

Abahlali baseMjondolo president tells SAHRC of ‘food riots’, alleged plot to target Raymond Zondo and police looting complicity

JULY RIOTS

Abahlali baseMjondolo president tells SAHRC of ‘food riots’, alleged plot to target Raymond Zondo and police looting complicity

By Des Erasmus

Legislators want tougher measures and inspections for chemical storage areas to avoid another UPL disaster

AFTER DURBAN CHEMICAL INFERNO

Legislators want tougher measures and inspections for chemical storage areas to avoid another UPL disaster

By Tony Carnie

Were ‘senior people’ involved in planning the unrest? The NPA ‘can’t divulge’ that

JULY RIOTS

Were ‘senior people’ involved in planning the unrest? The NPA ‘can’t divulge’ that

By Des Erasmus

Tiger Brands CFO Deepa Sita sees alarming inflation pressures on the 2022 horizon

CONSUMER CRUNCH

Tiger Brands CFO Deepa Sita sees alarming inflation pressures on the 2022 horizon

By Ray Mahlaka

KZN’s top police officers were ‘missing’ during looting, says Durban chamber of commerce CEO

JULY RIOTS

KZN’s top police officers were ‘missing’ during looting, says Durban chamber of commerce CEO

By Des Erasmus

‘It was like a game to them' — Survivor of Phoenix violence relives the day he was shot multiple times

JULY RIOTS

‘It was like a game to them' — Survivor of Phoenix violence relives the day he was shot multiple times

By Des Erasmus

KwaZulu-Natal public healthcare system plagued by staff shortages and long queues, report reveals

SPOTLIGHT OP-ED

KwaZulu-Natal public healthcare system plagued by staff shortages and long queues, report reveals

By Elri Voigt for Spotlight

Media played role in putting the 'fear of God into everybody’ while police were outnumbered, Phoenix resident tells inquiry

JULY RIOTS

Media played role in putting the 'fear of God into everybody’ while police were outnumbered, Phoenix resident tells inquiry

By Des Erasmus

Road to 2024: EFF makes a splash in local poll, but no red wave

2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS ANALYSIS

Road to 2024: EFF makes a splash in local poll, but no red wave

By Wayne Sussman

KZN hung councils: IFP's hardball stance likely to keep ANC on back foot as coalition talks kick off

ELECTIONS 2021 crunch time

KZN hung councils: IFP's hardball stance likely to keep ANC on back foot as coalition talks kick off

By Des Erasmus

‘We will not fail them’: IFP celebrates after wresting power from ANC in KZN’s Jozini

2021 ELECTIONS: GROUND LEVEL RESULTS

‘We will not fail them’: IFP celebrates after wresting power from ANC in KZN’s Jozini

By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize

DA wins all wards in Phoenix, site of contentious election posters

2021 Elections KwaZulu-Natal

DA wins all wards in Phoenix, site of contentious election posters

By Des Erasmus

A day of voting: A few arrests, some protests and glitches – plus Zille removed from a station

2021 ELECTIONS

A day of voting: A few arrests, some protests and glitches – plus Zille removed from a station

By SandisiweShoba EstelleEllis

Rivals ANC and IFP lay complaints with IEC amid claims of ballot box stuffing and an attack on councillor candidate

2021 ELECTIONS: KwaZulu-Natal

Rivals ANC and IFP lay complaints with IEC amid claims of ballot box stuffing and an attack on councillor candidate

By Lwazi Hlangu Des Erasmus

No water, power, sanitation: Local councils in remote KZN areas might pay at the polls

2021 GROUND LEVEL REPORT

No water, power, sanitation: Local councils in remote KZN areas might pay at the polls

By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize

The fight is on for the heart and soul of Matatiele — can the AIC claw back votes in the town where the ducks have flown away?

2021 ELECTIONS: GROUND LEVEL REPORT

The fight is on for the heart and soul of Matatiele — can the AIC claw back votes in the town where the ducks have flown away?

By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize

Umzimkhulu emerges from looting virtually unscathed, but enters polls beset by stench of corruption

ROAD TO 2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS

Umzimkhulu emerges from looting virtually unscathed, but enters polls beset by stench of corruption

By Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize

RET: Zuma plans big-bang show of popularity at welcome home prayer meeting

2021 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

RET: Zuma plans big-bang show of popularity at welcome home prayer meeting

By Ferial Haffajee