The closure of these beaches is due to damage caused by heavy rains yesterday, 13 January, which affected beach water quality.

Here’s how to find out which eThekwini ward you live in, with a useful PDF map that anyone can download and view.

Durban’s tourism sector is at risk with fewer tourists visiting the city. It’s no longer the tourist beacon it once used to be.

Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality has declared most beaches fit for tourists, but what happens if you get sick swimming in polluted water?

Durban’s Mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda, assured residents and visitors that the city’s beaches are safe for swimming.

Durban beaches take an unexpected timeout as E. coli crashes the seaside party. Here is a list of the beaches that remain closed.

A Durban mother has shared how her young daughter contracted the Shigella virus from beaches contaminated with E. coli.

eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda has said the City is ready for the festive season with all but one beach remaining closed

Despite Natal Sharks Board giving the all clear to reopen Durban beaches, some have been found with high levels of E.coli

The eThekwini Municipality has made the decision to open the city’s beaches once more. Here are the details…

Five popular Durban beaches have been flagged by scientists for contamination with critical levels of e.coli in its waters

Watch news in a minute for a summary of Concerns arise over water quality at Durban beaches ahead of Summer season.

Concerns arise over water quality at Durban Beaches ahead of the summer season amid high E. coli levels.

A dead juvenile whale has washed up at Umhlanga Beach. The area has been cordoned off to keep the public away.

The eThekwini Municipality has weighed in on claims that it is pumping sewage onto its beaches as suggested on social media.

Bathers will be left disappointed better yet than swimming in contaminated sea waters with high levels of E.coli across major beaches.

More people have reportedly drowned in Durban. People have also been warned against visiting Isipingo and South beaches.

Swimming pools at the Durban beachfront are a sore sight, however, the eThekwini Municipality says this will soon be a thing of the past.

Deceptive? Durban residents are calling out eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda for encouraging the public to swim in beaches infested with E.coli.

Improvements in the water quality has saw eThekwini Municipality reopen majority of its beaches and swimming pools ahead of the busy season

eThekwini Mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda accused the DA of driving tourists to Cape Town. The party is challenging him to swim at uMhlanga Main beach.

Durban beaches are set to open for the festive season – but residents are disgusted after a video of faeces in the water has gone viral…

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None of the Durban beaches under the eThekwini Municipality obtained the iconic Blue Flag status for 2022/23.

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