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When she was six-years old, her aunt's boyfriend tricked her into getting inside a shack with him, where he raped her.

You would have expected eThekwini municipality to have learnt its lesson after the massive scandal that cost mayor Zandile Gumede her job.

When Madala Simon Mhlanga signed up to fight in the army in 1941 he was ready to die. Nearly 80 years later Mhlanga is still going strong, dancing and celebrating life at 101 years old. And what a life it has been.

When Simon Mhlanga came home from war in 1945 he had no family and no place to stay. Rather than drowning in poverty he had to make a plan.

Ntate Elias Tsoamotse said that when he came back from war after four years’ service the government said thank you very much and gave him a bicycle and a jacket.

The brutal murder of 19-year-old schoolgirl Jabulile Nkosi has rallied the people of Alexandra into rising up against violent crime in the township.

Nolitha Mazolo is a South African citizen born and bred, though her father originally came from Mozambique. Last year she was evicted from her house in Alex by local residents who called her a foreigner. Now, a tough report from Human Rights Watch says those found guilty of persecuting foreigners should face the full weight of the law.

A 14-year-old Nigerian boy is wowing social media with his superhero outfits made from cardboard.

Twenty six years into democracy, residents of the village Ndumo in Mhlabuyalingana, KZN, still don’t have running water and electricity.

The community of Qaga village in King Williams Town is up in arms. A 23-year-old woman who saved a one-year-old child from a rapist was jailed and has been charged with murder.

Club DJ and electro music artist Sbi Techn moved from Krugersdorp to Durban to be closer to his fans. After all, Durban, or eThekwini, has become a home for some of the most exciting music in SA. But then the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown changed everything.

Jabulile Nkosi was due to turn 19 years old this Friday, September 11. But a week before her big day, the Grade 12 pupil from East Bank High School was found murdered with three bullet wounds on her body.