May

• A Successful Africa’s Travel Indaba 2025 Reinforces The Tourism Tourism Sector Sector’s Economic Impact

• EThekwini Municipality special full council meeting decisions - Special debt relief programme to assist households and businesses struggling with old debt

• Extended call for the application: start-up support programme 2025

• EThekwini Municipality awards Grant-In-Aid funding to 111 NPOS in 2024-25 financial year

• ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY’S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING DECISIONS 

• Two municipal employees arrested for diesel theft

• *City Leadership Leads Albert Park Clean-Up Ahead of the 2025 Nedbank Cup Final*

• City Sets Up Free Fanparks for The Nedbank Cup Final

• Planned Interruption of Water Supply In Areas Supplied Through The Ntuzuma 2 Pumpstation

• Ukuvalwa Kwamanzi Okuhleliwe Okuzophazamisa Izindawo Ezihlinzekwa Yintuzuma 2 Pumpstation

• Planned interruption of water supply in areas supplied through the Ntuzuma 2 pumpstation

• EThekwini Municipality’s executive committee meeting decisions

• Delay In Filling Up Chatsworth 4 Reservoir Due to Threats Against Staff Members

April

• City’s emergency teams remain on high alert amid continuous disruptive rain

• EThekwini Weather warning alert for Friday, 25 April

• City kicks off 2025/26 draft budget/integrated development plan (IDP) consultations

• Ethekwini Municipality council meeting decisions

• City unveils easter preparation plans to ensure a memorable experience

• City to unveil easter and winter plans to ensure a memorable experience

• EThekwini Municipality rolls out ambitious project to revitalise inner city precinct

• City probes alleged abuse incident described in viral video

• Planned shutdown of wiggins water treatment works gravity system

• Full Council Decisions

March

• North Regional Durban business fair empowers entrepreneurs

• Executive committee pledges swift and decisive action following engagement with public protector

• Buffelsdraai landfill site to reopen tomorrow

• Two fatalities following collapse of a retaining wall

• EThekwini municipality warns businesses of bogus license inspectors

• REMINDER - Notice of full council meeting

• City rebranding project aims to improve service delivery and organisational culture

• Westown square opening ushers in a new dawn of more investment, jobs, and rates revenue

• Executive Committee Meeting Decisions

• Apply for informal trading stalls and retail market spaces

• Notice of full council meeting

• Media statement by eThekwini Municipality Mayor, Cllr Cyril Xaba, 23 March 2025

• INK-KASI Xperience Boosting Local Economy and Township Tourism

• Trading services committee meeting resolutions on water and sanitation infrastructure

• Westown Square Opening Signifies ‘New City of West’

• EThekwini Municipality unveils fleet for employees with disabilities

• City to unveil vehicles for employees with disabilities

• Executive Committee Decisions

• Break-In At City Integrity and Investigations Unit’s Offices Reported to Police

• Exco remarks by eThekwini Municipality mayor Cllr Cyril Xaba, 18 March 2025

• Break-in at City Integrity and Investigations Unit’s offices reported to police

• R10bn allocated to rebuild municipal infrastructure

• EThekwini ready to host north regional Durban Business Fair

• Tourists urged to be cautious when booking accommodation

• Premier Ntuli and Mayor Xaba visit flood-stricken communities

• EThekwini Municipality clarifies responsibility for drainage systems on private property

• City implements emergency response following floods

• Flood update: Second body recovered

• City to reopen the buffelsdraai landfill site

• City to reopen buffelsdraai landfill site

• EThekwini weather warning alert for Thursday and Friday

• Interruption of water supply in prospecton industrial

• Kings Park swimming pool gets facelift

• ESKOM implements stage 3 load shedding

• EThekwini to honour the achievements of furniture manufacturing trainees

• Human settlements relief for displaced flood victims

• Statement by eThekwini Municipality Mayor, Cllr Cyril Xaba on the recent storm disaster

• Efforts underway to assist residents affected by recent floods

February

• EThekwini Municipality council meeting decisions

• REMINDER-EThekwini municipality to launch monthly jazz sessions and jazz development workshops

• City launches reinvented toilets to improve sanitation in informal settlements

• City responds to flooding incidents as six fatalities are confirmed

• EThekwini electricity responds to outages following heavy rains

• EThekwini Municipality’s executive committee meeting

• EThekwini Municipality’s executive committee meeting

• EThekwini municipality clarifies national treasury notice on conditional grants

• Residents urged to switch off appliances to avoid overload trips

• City’s water and sanitation unit to launch reinvented toilets

• Public consultation meetings on city’s draft 2023-24 annual report ongoing

• Entries now open for the DFF mentorship programme

• Umbiko wakamuva ngokuphazamiseka kwamanzi eThekwini

• Update: Stage 6 load shedding implemented by Eskom

• Update on Water Supply Disruptions in eThekwini

• Umbiko wakamuva ngokuphazamiseka kwamanzi eThekwini

• City engages on plans for Clairwood- a world-class logistics park

• Five employees suspended for alleged misuse of municipal resources

• EThekwini Municipality to launch monthly jazz sessions and jazz development workshops

• Joint visit by MEC duma and mayor Xaba to flood victims

• City implements water rationing to manage water demand

• Review of tariffs for domestic and business waste removal

• Register now to showcase at the North Regional Durban Business Fair

• Durban maintains lowest unemployment and highest employment rates compared to other metros

• Four fatalities reported and mop-up operations continue following heavy rains

• Entries closing soon for the 4th Durban Tourism Business awards

• Metro police’s successful operation closes home-based drug lab

• Positive strides made in women management positions in the city

• City clamps down on corruption following arrest of employee for diesel theft

• EThekwini Municipality’s executive committee meeting

• City collaborates with business to boost investment in Durban

• City calls for calm following hand, foot, and mouth disease cases

• Water restored at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital

• Asebuyile amanzi esibhedlela i-Prince Mshiyeni

• Water restored at Prince Mshiyeni memorial hospital

• Asebuyile amanzi esibhedlela i-Prince Mshiyeni

• Interventions To Stabilise Water Supply System At Prince Mshiyeni Hospital And Other Areas Continue

January

• Jazz bands encouraged to audition for eThekwini jazz sessions

• Ethekwini Municipality council meeting decisions

• Encouraging turnout as spaza shop owners continue to register their businesses and 250 receive business licenses

• EThekwini municipality maintains an unqualified audit opinion

• Pipeline shutdown may lead to water supply restrictions in various parts of the city

• Executive committee decisions

• Executive committee decisions

• Media briefing on the status of wastewater treatment works in the city

• Investigation finds no evidence of raw sewage dumping by municipal employees

• Water restrictions from uMlazi system and central water network due to emergency repairs

• Ukulungiswa kwepayipi elivuzayo kuzophazamisa ukuhlinzekwa kwamanzi emlazi nasezindaweni ezimaphakathi netheku

• City closes two bathing beaches in uMhlanga pending an investigation of unidentified "balls" found in beach sand

• Update: City’s uMhlanga beaches to open following investigation

• Disaster teams on high alert following level 8 weather warning

• Water supply interruptions in the city due to high demand and intense heatwave

• Ukuphazamiseka Kwamanzi Emlazi 2 Reservoir Ngenxa Yomsebenzi Wokulungisa Ophuthumayo