More than 800 have been arrested in connection with the flash mobs, officials say, which have rattled the interim government of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as he oversees the South Asian nation of 170 million until the polls.
KZN Premier Thami Ntuli, Deputy Minister of Transport Mkhuleko Hlengwa and KZN MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, Mntomuhle Khawula, said Mthethwa played a critical role in bringing the ANC and IFP together in the province.
The archipelago is vulnerable to climate change and is facing rising sea levels, the deterioration of the marine ecosystem -- particularly its coral reefs -- as well as landslides, flooding and drought.