Charitable acts cross many divides in KwaZulu-Natal
What was once a point of contention became a place of help and relief for the residents of a suburb in Durban, proving that humaneness crosses boundaries – real and imagined.
Stories by: Chris Makhaye
Reality bites as food shortages and rations remain
Although companies affected by the riots are working round the clock to get supplies to shops, South Africans are facing long hours in queues to get basic staples to their families.
No trucks, no supplies is the harsh SA reality
The burning of cargo trucks in KwaZulu-Natal just days before riots broke out appears to be an act of sabotage in a coordinated effort to stop essential supplies from reaching people.
LGBTQIA+ people live in fear in KwaZulu-Natal
Being queer in impoverished areas means facing the threat of murder or violent assault daily. As activists rally to make this discrimination a hate crime, it is too late for many.
The women who led the Ingonyama Trust case to victory
It started with land activist Sizani Ngubane and the women who put their names on the court application, but this landmark ruling will benefit women in rural areas for years to come.
The plight of female farm workers
After decades of enduring threats, eviction, violence and sexual abuse, women in rural KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga are banding together to advocate for their rights.
Residents breathe easier as Engen refinery to close
Long-suffering South Durban Basin communities have welcomed the decision to convert the oil refinery to a storage facility but activists worry the polluting will continue.
Dockers and pro-Palestinians unite in Durban
The anti-Israel protests in the harbour city are the latest in a long line of strikes at the port against colonisation and apartheid.
LGBTQIA+ people in South Africa ‘are under siege’
Murders of queer people in and around Durban recently again highlight their daily struggle to survive, let alone find acceptance, which only rarely are they fortunate enough to find.
Usethubeni prison school shows that education works
South Africa’s prison system is fraught with irregularities, with many institutions failing to rehabilitate offenders. One, however, is proving rehabilitation is possible.
Migrant truck drivers remain fearful
Although attacks on migrant drivers and their trucks have subsided, drivers remain in fear of their lives with no concrete solution to the violence and killing in sight.
The end for Durban’s iconic rickshaw pullers?
Beachside sellers and rickshaw pullers say it will take years to recover from the devastation of the Covid-19 restrictions, with many fearing their businesses will have to close.
KZN overrun by Covid-19 bodies
From health centres to crematoriums, the province is struggling to keep up with the logistics of death.
Rural women take the Ingonyama Trust to court
Forced to sign lease agreements and pay rent for land they have been living on for years, residents have had enough and are taking the Ingonyama Trust to court.