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DA eThekwini mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen. (@DeanMcpherson/X)

DA eThekwini mayoral candidate says black politicians are failing their communities

DA eThekwini mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen has criticised black political leadership, saying it has failed residents amid service delivery crises including chronic water…

Deliberating: Solly Msimanga is mulling over whether to join the
leadership race before he makes a decision. Photo: X

Msimanga weighs bid for DA leadership

The Gauteng leader said provincial officials had approached him to pursue the national position

Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

KZN DA not moved by claims of clandestine ANC-MK party talks

The DA has refused to partner with the ANC in eThekwini because of its role in the removal of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink

Nhlalayenza Ndlovu was shot multiple times in December 2023. Photo supplied

Man accused of murdering KZN DA councillor Ndlovu abandons bail bid, for now

Thobane Hlongwa is believed to have evidence that could expose the masterminds behind the assassination plot

DA leader John Steenhuisen, with provincial DA leader Francois Rodgers in the background, during door-to-door campaigning in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. Photo: Democratic Alliance

DA leader Steenhuisen sees KZN as ‘wide open’ for coalition win

The leader of the official opposition has been working key wards in north and west Durban ahead of the party’s close of campaigning on Sunday

Civil servants demonstrate during a public sector strike.

KZN faces R4bn budget deficit because of national public sector wage agreement

The Democratic Alliance said key provincial departments such as health and education do not have the funds to meet the wage increases

The late uMngeni municipality Chief Whip, Nhlalayenza Ndlovu, who died on 5 December 2023.

Assassinated uMngeni DA councillor knew he was in danger

The municipality has offered a R100 000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of councillor Nhlalayenza Ndlovu’s killers

Umngeni mayor Chris Pappas greets a woman and her child at the KwaMevana NPO, where support materials were handed over. Photo supplied

Pappas calls out ‘desperate’ ANC and its poor polling results

The Umngeni mayor said the ANC’s behaviour wasn’t surprising, given recent polls placed them in a weakened spot ahead of the general elections

Challenge: Christopher Pappas, mayor of the uMngeni local municipality, is ready to take on the ‘scary’ and ‘difficult’ position of KwaZulu-Natal premier should he be elected. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images

Fraud claims fly as Pappas hits the KZN campaign trail

The uMngeni mayor says he is up to the ‘mathematically difficult’ challenge

The Democratic Alliance  will name uMngeni local municipality mayor Christopher Pappas as its premier candidate for KwaZulu-Natal. (Gallo Images/Rapport/Deaan Vivier)

uMngeni’s Pappas to be named DA premier candidate for KZN

The 32-year-old is known for his work ethic and people skills

(John McCann/M&G)

What exactly is the DA’s problem?

The Democratic Alliance’s federal congress must decide not only who should lead the party during the critical phase in the democratic evolution, but how it should be led, and…