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Ghost towns: The mills in Tongaat, Maidstone and Felixton have fallen silent. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

How sugar’s rise and collapse shaped KZN

Tongaat Hulett, once the pride of the sugar belt and a 134-year-old industrial icon, has collapsed under the weight of mismanagement, scandal and shifting global markets

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Durban’s D’Moss zone

Dispute over ‘unlawful’ development in Durban’s D’Moss zone leads to legal threats

But eThekwini metro says it has approved plans for housing to be built on the environmentally sensitive ‘green belt’

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
A tanker delivers water to Hammanskraal in Tshwane. (Felix Dlangamandla/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Editorial | Water: A matter of life and death

South Africa’s service delivery woes have attracted all manner of violence. As water becomes more scarce, things will get worse

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Many roads in Stanger and surrounding areas were damaged in the floods. Photo: Supplied

Durban again hammered by heavy rain, flooding

A severe storm system left a trail of destruction in eThekwini, KwaDukuza and Ndwedwe

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read