Telkom boss Maseko convicted over unfiled tax returns for 5 companies
Former Telkom CEO Sipho Nkosinathi Maseko was convicted on 9 October 2026 in the Palm…
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The Johannesburg High Court (Gauteng High Court) ruled on 9 October 2026 that ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s removal of ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member Andile Lungisa from the party’s proportional representation (PR) candidate list for Nelson Mandela Bay was unconstitutional, unlawful, invalid, and of no force or effect.
Judge Nelisa Mali (also referred to as Judge NP Mali in some reports) issued the…
Absolute Chaos in Durban Central as protest against migrants turns violent
Demonstrators carrying sticks and sjamboks clashed with public order police and asylum seekers outside the…
March and March protest in Durban turned violent, with vehicles set alight in the CBD.
Protesters linked to the March and March movement (an anti-illegal immigration group led by Jacinta…
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) confirmed that a 45-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his 5-year-old niece in the Gowan Lea policing precinct near Umzimkhulu.
Incident: The offense occurred on December 28, 2025, when the child was playing at a…
Private investment to drive Golden Mile redevelopment
The eThekwini Municipality’s initiative to attract private capital to Durban’s beachfront has reached a major…
Former president and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jacob Zuma was reportedly admitted to a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal late on Tuesday night, October 6, 2026, after falling ill while attending an event in Msinga
Incident: Zuma reportedly became unwell while on the campaign trail during a hot day in…
Immigration tensions have escalated in Durban, South Africa, with activists from the anti-illegal immigration group March and March (and related protesters) disrupting operations at the Department of Home Affairs Refugee Reception Centre on Che Guevara Road (also referred to in some reports in connection with Moore Road)
This is a developing situation as of early October 2026, involving protests, queues of asylum…
Fathma Bee Bee Khan (also referred to as Fathima Bibi Khan), a 67-year-old grandmother from Camperdown in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, was found murdered in her Bishop Road home after a home invasion/burglary. The incident occurred around the weekend of 27–28 September 2026 (discovered on Sunday morning), and it has been covered by local outlets including IOL/The Post and The Witness
Police are investigating it as a murder case. An unknown suspect (or possibly more than…
The ANC in the Moses Mabhida region (KwaZulu-Natal Midlands) has condemned the attack on former Richmond mayor and senior ANC figure Siminenkosi “Samora” Ndlovu as a “cowardly assassination attempt” and is demanding a thorough police investigation.
Ndlovu, 43, a former ANC regional secretary in Moses Mabhida and currently a member of…
The estate of the late Dudu Myeni (Duduzile Cynthia Myeni), former chairperson of the South African Airways (SAA) board, has been placed under provisional sequestration by the Pietermaritzburg High Court as the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) pursues recovery of at least R6.1 million in unpaid legal costs.
This stems from cost orders awarded against Myeni after she lost a long-running case in…
Recent parliamentary disclosures and related reporting highlight ongoing issues with paid suspensions at the RAF
Labour law generally requires paid suspensions pending disciplinary outcomes, which contributes to the expense when…
In a recent South African case, the Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) secured convictions leading to heavy sentences for two people involved in human trafficking, rape, and operating a brothel in Durban’s Malvern area
Ifeanacho Ifeanyi (40) received life imprisonment for trafficking in persons and a further life sentence…
eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba has publicly defended the municipality’s record on water security, emphasising multi-billion-rand infrastructure investments and turnaround measures, against the backdrop of Democratic Alliance (DA) protests and campaign activity tied to the final council meeting of the 2021–2026 term.
This exchange forms part of a broader, high-stakes political contest over service delivery in Durban…
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has stated that, should it win control of the eThekwini Municipality in the 4 November 2026 local government elections, it will prioritise a campaign—via intergovernmental relations—to ensure the deportation of all undocumented foreign nationals from the metro.
This formed part of the party’s eThekwini election manifesto, unveiled in Durban. IFP mayoral candidate…
Residents living near Addington Hospital on Durban’s South Beach have accused the facility of releasing toxic, foul-smelling smoke that is affecting their health and damaging homes, prompting demands for answers from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health.
The issue was reported by eNCA on 30 September 2026. Locals who have lived in…
recent Ipsos poll (conducted June–July 2026, released around early September 2026) showing the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party at 55% support in eThekwini among registered voters who expressed a party preference, ahead of South Africa’s local government elections on 4 November 2026
Key poll findings for eThekwini Ipsos (via its Pulse of the People / Khayabus survey…
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality has lost its bid for leave to appeal a December 2025 High Court order requiring it to address untreated sewage spills, publish weekly beach E. coli results, obtain water-use licences for certain wastewater treatment works, and develop a detailed remedial action plan.
A full bench of the Pietermaritzburg High Court (KwaZulu-Natal High Court), including Judge President Thoba…
A Democratic Alliance (DA) election billboard in eThekwini (Durban) accusing city officials of enabling a “water tanker mafia” was taken down in early October 2026 after the mayor and senior officials threatened legal action over alleged defamation.
The billboard was unveiled on 28 September 2026 along the N2 highway near Newlands East…
The closure of Surf Riders Café’s popular South Beach (Durban beachfront)
eThekwini Municipality issued a formal 30-day notice to vacate on 1 September 2026, requiring the…
President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to address the nation this evening, Tuesday 29 September 2026, at 19:00 (7pm
The Presidency has stated that the President will speak on: The SABC will provide a…
The SABC has long outsourced recovery of unpaid TV licences (and associated penalties) to registered debt collectors. Authorised agencies commonly named in coverage and SABC-related materials include Hahn Collections Debt Recovery, VVM, and NuDebt Management. Compliance rates are extremely low (often cited around or below 20% of obligated households), leaving large arrears and prompting aggressive recovery campaigns involving SMS, calls, and “settlement” offers
Authorised agencies commonly named in coverage and SABC-related materials include Hahn Collections Debt Recovery, VVM,…
On Saturday, 26 September 2026, police confirmed the discovery of another woman’s body in Tembisa (specifically the Vusimusi section of Tembisa South, at or near Mooifontein Cemetery), east of Johannesburg in Gauteng’s Ekurhuleni municipality.
This brings the number of women’s bodies found in the Ekurhuleni area since mid-July to…
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and several individual activists have applied for leave to appeal a Western Cape High Court judgment (delivered 4 September 2026) that interdicted them from making specific claims linking Cape Union Mart International (Pty) Ltd
its brands (including Poetry, Old Khaki and K-Way), and its executive chairperson Philip Joseph Krawitz…