KwaZulu Natal

Things are not looking good for South Africa’s unemployment rate, particularly the youth unemployment rate. The unemployment rate is now 27.6%, up by 0.9% from the first quarter in 2018. This is according to Statistics South Africa’s…

DORIS GUMEDE from Inanda, Durban, has been a taxi driver for over 30 years and has now decided to retire. She told the Daily Vox what it’s like to be a female driver and taxi owner in this male-dominated industry. I started off with…

The Inkatha Freedom Party have retained the Nkandla municipality, despite claims from a senior member of the African National Congress early on Thursday that ruling party had prevailed there. Earlier today, the ANC made a major mistake by…

Jenny Boyce, a 48-year-old from Mariannridge, Durban was one of the very first patients at the Aids Healthcare Foundation's Ithembalabantu Clinic in Umlazi, since it started rolling out free HIV/AIDS treatment in 2001. She told the Daily…

Political killings have claimed more than 50 lives since 2011, and the number continues to rise as municipal elections are looming and infighting over strategic positions increases. Kwazulu Natal has the highest rate of political killings,…

The maiden bursary, which was introduced by Kwazulu Natal's uThukela municipality in January was found to be unconstitutional earlier this month by The Commission for Gender Equality. The bursary was open only to young women who are still…

Nineteen-year-old MFUNDO RADEBE, from Durban’s township of Umlazi, has been awarded a scholarship to study at Harvard University in the USA after obtaining eight As in matric. Radebe will study at Harvard for four years, thanks to the…

Young people sometimes feel the pressure to stay rooted in one place and go for the "safe" options. But the dynamic SIHLE NDABA proves that it doesn't have to be that way. The actress, who plays Smangele Maphumulo on Uzalo, shared her love…

On 4 May, Minister of Human Settlements, Lindiwe Sisulu, gave a speech in Parliament highlighting the progress that the ministry has made in terms of housing. She claimed that 1,003 new houses are being built each day, and that the number…

On Wednesday night, a fire burnt down several shacks in the Hoffman Place informal settlement near Overport. As a result of this, some 29 families were displaced. Those who can afford it have started rebuilding while many more wait for…

It has been almost a year since xenophobic violence swept through Kwazulu Natal, killing seven and displacing thousands. China Ngubane spoke to QUEEN YAA ASHANTEWAA, who is involved in training and development in the province, about issues…

It's been almost a year since xenophobic violence broke out in Kwazulu Natal. China Ngubane returned to Durban and spoke to AMUR JEREMIAH, originally from the DRC, about his thoughts on living among xenophobic neighbours and the role of the…

It has been almost year since the outbreak of xenophobic violence in Kwazulu Natal, which killed seven and displaced about 5,000 others. China Ngubane returned to Durban and spoke to WILLY KANA CHIKURU, originally from the DRC, about how…

Alongside the tall city buildings, fancy-dressed city dwellers and flashy cars, the homeless are the bitter end of the inequality scale. It's easy for most of us to discard them as lazy people, criminals and drug addicts without knowing…

After the April-May 2015 xenophobic outbreak in South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal farmer Andrew Wartnaby assisted 139 victims mainly from DRC and Burundi, by providing them with shelter on his farm. Refugees worked on the farm in exchange for the…

In March 2015, the otherwise sunny city of Durban was hit by series of violent attacks on foreign nationals. The violence moved on to other parts of the country and by May, seven people had died and some 5,000 others had been displaced.…

A series of sensational newspaper headlines and the dissemination of false information on social media contributed to the deadly outbreak of xenophobia-related violence last year, a new government-commissioned report says. KHADIJA PATEL…

On Thursday, the eThekwini municipality tabled its draft budget and announced service tariff increases across the board, including water, electricity, sanitation and refuse removal tariffs.  KWAZI DLAMINI spoke to Durbanites to find out…

Members of ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO held a conference in Durban last weekend to discuss the progress of the organisation and to elect a task team to oversee a participatory development project that aims to improve the lives of shack dwellers.…

The ongoing drought hitting various provinces in SA has left farmers and fresh produce vendors struggling to make ends meet. Farmers are increasing prices to keep their businesses running and customers are the ones paying the price. Vendors…