Thursday, 10 September 2026

Durban’s months-long refugee camp will move to temporary accommodation after an agreement with the municipality; officials said transportation to the site is being facilitated.

A Limpopo community said municipal tanks took weeks to fill and emptied within days; the district municipality blamed illegal main-line connections and promised more tanks while seeking infrastructure funding.

The Teddy Bear Foundation marked 40 years of supporting abused children, expanding from sexual-abuse services into physical abuse, trafficking, education, court preparation and policy advocacy.

The foundation’s annual operating costs are R10 million to R13 million, with a typical R3 million to R5 million funding gap that it must raise from donors.

A political analyst said the MK Party’s rapid removals may appear decisive but also signal instability and weak internal dispute mechanisms ahead of local government elections.