The Auditor General of South Africa said the project cost had ballooned by R143 million because of poor planning and project management
The team’s work was previously torpedoed by resistance from ANC eThekwini councillors
ANC mayoral candidate Cyril Xaba has already replaced Mxolisi Kaunda as a councillor
It is not clear whether the ANC will vote with its government of national unity partners
Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda is expected to deliver the city’s consolidated budget, as well as announce property rates, electricity and water price increases for 2024-25, on Friday This…
Many if not most South Africans welcome the decline of electoral support for the ANC. But the alarming reality is that the alternatives could be far worse
Filth, frequent electricity and water outages and grotesque E-Coli levels in rivers have angered businesses and residents
Vehicles were stoned on Umgeni Road on Monday morning, while reports of workers sabotaging water pipelines were also received
Opposition from the ANC eThekwini region and a lack of clarity from above put paid to the attempt to intervene in the city
The slow pace of development in eThekwini was raised at a meeting with Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel
Angry ratepayers stormed out of a meeting to discuss the reasons for their rates boycott when mayor Mxolisi Kaunda declared it closed
Families who were relocated in November 2019 said they were told the project would take 18 months
The team brought in to deal with the financial and administrative morass will present a report once it has been introduced to councillors
Security companies, community policing forums and the police have drawn up contingency plans to stop looting and public violenc
Although the city seems to be stabilising politically, it is heading for an uncertain financial future
Governing party says it cannot be ‘arrogant’ and try to run Durban alone
The protector of the suspended public protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, was targeted by a retired American colonel
Opposition parties plan to strip the ANC of its control of the city
The former KwaZulu-Natal chairperson fails to make the cut for the 30-member PEC
Feeling sorry for the president’s new spokesperson? Spare a thought for eThekwini’s public reps
