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Durban's Indian Diaspora: How KwaZulu-Natal Became Home to a Community That Never Forgot India

The Crossing That Was Never Meant to Be PermanentIn November 1860, a ship called the Truro docked at Port Natal carrying 342 Indians from Madras. They had signed five-year indenture contracts to work the sugar cane fields of the Natal colony. The British needed labour after emancipation freed enslaved Africans.…

Ubuntu matters: rural South Africans believe community care should go hand-in-hand with development

Ubuntu matters: rural South Africans believe community care should go hand-in-hand with development

The failure of many development initiatives has led some scholars, especially those associated with the post-development and decolonial schools of thought, to call for alternatives to development.

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Jacob Zuma: South Africans have five theories about why he’s still popular

Jacob Zuma: South Africans have five theories about why he’s still popular

A number of theories are being touted in South Africa about why and how former president Jacob Zuma retains his appeal as a leader. And why the party he formed – uMkhonto we Sizwe – to contest the recent elections managed to get 14.58% of the vote in the national…

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Can Jacob Zuma emerge as kingmaker in South Africa’s election?

Zuma’s MK party is gaining in polls while ANC support slips. But is he still as influential outside the ruling party?

South Africa's ANC Kicks Off Election Season As Zuma Lurks

South Africa's ruling ANC kickstarts its election campaign Saturday for polls on May 29, facing its worst result ever amid high unemployment, a sluggish economy and a challenge from its former leader.

International Business Times

Why did South Africa’s ruling ANC suspend ex-President Jacob Zuma?

It’s the latest move in the ongoing feud between Jacob Zuma and current President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Long walk to school: 30 years into freedom, many kids in South Africa still walk miles to class

Thousands of children in South Africa's poorest and most remote rural communities still face a miles-long walk to school, nearly 30 years after the country ushered in democratic change

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New floods in eastern South Africa displace more than 300

New floods in eastern South Africa displace more than 300

More than 300 people have been evacuated from their homes as a result of renewed heavy rains, flooding and mudslides in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, weeks after severe flooding killed more than 400 people and displaced more than 40,000 others

The Independent UK

Floods hit South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province again

The floods come only a month after torrential rains killed 435 people in KwaZulu-Natal.

Hundreds evacuated amid renewed flooding in South Africa's coastal province

Hundreds evacuated amid renewed flooding in South Africa's coastal province

Hundreds of people have been evacuated to safety after heavy rains once again hammered South Africa's coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, flooding roads and houses and damaging properties, a government official said on Sunday.

South Africa braces for more heavy rain after floods kill hundreds

South Africa braces for more heavy rain after floods kill hundreds

President describes ‘catastrophe of enormous proportions’ as more than 300 people die in Durban area

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