KwaZulu-Natal's new Premier Zweli Mkhize has announced his new Cabinet at a ceremony in Pietermaritzburg.
KwaZulu-Natal has been battered by natural disasters which have claimed many lives and ravaged the province's infrastructure, the MEC for local government says.
The KwaZulu-Natal local government ministry will monitor all municipalities after receiving reports that municipal resources are being used for political activities.
KwaZulu-Natal is the only province attempting to deal with the problem of slums, Judge President Justice Vuka Tshabalala has said in a landmark judgment.
Another freak storm devastated a KwaZulu-Natal settlement at the weekend, leaving six people, including a nine-month-old infant, dead and more than 50 injured.