Gates Foundation Allocates R42 Million for eThekwini Sanitation Project
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Gates Foundation Allocates R42 Million for eThekwini Sanitation Project
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is allocating R42 million toward Phase 2 of the Non-Sewered Sanitation (NSS) Technologies Project…
Three Nabbed in Kingsburgh with R1m Rock Cocaine Haul
Members of the KZN Provincial Drugs and Firearms Unit executed a successful intelligence-driven raid on Tuesday, July 28, targeting a…
Southern Sun has officially launched a R250-million, three-year phased makeover
the iconic Golden Mile landmark, following the securing of a new 50-year lease with the eThekwini Municipality. Renovations officially kicked…
Taxi wars
KwaZulu-Natal. In KwaZulu-Natal (including Durban and Chatsworth), high-profile shootings involving taxi drivers, owners, or operators are frequently investigated by law…
South Africa’s municipal water crisis involves systemic governance failure
large-scale financial mismanagement, corruption, and infrastructure collapse. Funds intended for water services are diverted or lost while non-revenue water (leaks,…
Fauci watched a children lost years of childhood
Children lost years of childhood. Families watched businesses they had built over a lifetime disappear. And while the country suffered,…
Three Nabbed in Kingsburgh with R1m Rock Cocaine Haul
Members of the KZN Provincial Drugs and Firearms Unit executed a successful intelligence-driven raid on…
Southern Sun has officially launched a R250-million, three-year phased makeover
the iconic Golden Mile landmark, following the securing of a new 50-year lease with the…
Taxi wars
KwaZulu-Natal. In KwaZulu-Natal (including Durban and Chatsworth), high-profile shootings involving taxi drivers, owners, or operators…
South Africa’s municipal water crisis involves systemic governance failure
large-scale financial mismanagement, corruption, and infrastructure collapse. Funds intended for water services are diverted or…
Fauci watched a children lost years of childhood
Children lost years of childhood. Families watched businesses they had built over a lifetime disappear.…
Crackdown on electricity infrastructure in Durban
The eThekwini Municipality’s Electricity and Energy Directorate continues to intensify its crackdown on electricity infrastructure…
The SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation) is actively planning to scrap/replace the current TV licence system, but it has not been abolished yet and no firm immediate end date exists. The process is underway through a new funding model and revised legislation, with the current system remaining legally in force for now.
The process is underway through a new funding model and revised legislation, with the current…
Mount Edgecombe Hotel
There is no well-documented standalone historic hotel specifically named “Mount Edgecombe Hotel” in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal with…
Bunny @ La Mercy Beach Hotel
Bunny chow (often just called “bunny”) at La Mercy Beach Hotel is a well-known local…
Business confidence in Durban (eThekwini) fell below the neutral 50-point mark for the first time in two years in Q2 2026, driven especially by a sharp construction-sector decline, higher operating costs, and weaker sentiment in several key industries.
The Durban Business Confidence Index (DBCI)—compiled by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Macroeconomics Research Unit (with…
Wessel van Dyk, a Durban cyclist, died after a head-on collision with a vehicle allegedly driven by a drunk driver travelling the wrong way (contraflow) on a popular beachfront training route.
The incident occurred on Saturday, 25 July 2026, while van Dyk was cycling on the…
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi, placed all provincial disaster management teams on high alert on 27 July 2026 in response to updated severe weather warnings from the South African Weather Service
This covers disruptive rainfall expected primarily from Tuesday 28 July (starting around midday) into Wednesday…
Durban beach community want to give Nantha his BEST birthday ever! (see Shane’s post below). Gifts or contributions can be dropped off /eft to Surf Hq & we will make sure everything gets to Nantha on his birthday.
Share the love WhatsApp Surf Hq 083 2736792. It’s only 13 days left, till we…