Road safety group backs 10-year driver’s licence renewals
Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has welcomed Cabinet’s approval of extending ordinary (light motor vehicle…
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GO! Durban (often derisively called “Gone! Durban”) is eThekwini Municipality’s long-delayed Integrated Public Transport Network
GO! Durban (often derisively called “Gone! Durban”) is eThekwini Municipality’s long-delayed Integrated Public Transport Network…
Teboho Kabayi, a 27-year-old security guard at a BMW dealership in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, was recently gifted a brand-new BMW 1 Series after a viral video showed him being mistreated by a customer.
What Happened Kabayi shared that he forgave the driver and plans to use the R30,000…
Here is a breakdown of the expected fuel price adjustments for August 2026 based on the latest Central Energy Fund (CEF) data
Here is a breakdown of the expected fuel price adjustments for August 2026 based on…
Cabinet appoints new board for embattled PIC
Leadership & Key Appointments Context & Background
Starlink has officially activated service in Iraq while its launch in South Africa remains stalled
Starlink Launch in Iraq Why South Africa is Delayed
The Western Cape High Court ruled that Home Affairs regulations excluding certain children and adults from registering their births are unconstitutional. The government has been given 18 months to amend the regulations under the Births and Deaths Registration Act.
The Western Cape High Court ruled that Home Affairs regulations excluding certain children and adults…
WesBank sued the Gqeberha-based family dealership Your Car Guy
Case Overview In June 2023, WesBank approved financing for a customer (identified as Mr. Rocha)…
42 vehicles impounded in Laudium and Olievenhoutbosch
MEC for Roads and Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela reiterated that law enforcement will continue high-impact operations…
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is currently conducting a criminal fraud investigation centered around the renaming of Schröder Street to Alfred Qayiso Gubula Street in Upington, located within the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality.
Allegations of Fraud: The investigation involves Dawid Kruiper Municipality Mayor David Kazi and stems from…
Gates Foundation Allocates R42 Million for eThekwini Sanitation Project
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is allocating R42 million toward Phase 2 of the…
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…
Crackdown on electricity infrastructure in Durban
The eThekwini Municipality’s Electricity and Energy Directorate continues to intensify its crackdown on electricity infrastructure…
Opposition parties (notably the ATM, joined by the EFF) have approached the Constitutional Court for urgent direct access/appeal against the Western Cape High Court’s interim interdict that paused public hearings by Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment committee into President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala matter; the committee itself is continuing preparatory work while interpreting the order narrowly.
The Phala Phala issue stems from the February 2020 theft of a large sum of…
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…
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…
ILLEGAL TRADER CHARGED FOR UNLAWFUL SALE OF COW HEAD MEAT
Durban Metropolitan Police Service officers have charged an illegal trader found selling cow head meat…
PKTT arrests famous witch doctor in KwaMashu for killing 3
The KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) has arrested a prominent KwaMashu witch doctor for…