Critically injured after crashing into the mountains while paragliding on Monday, 25 January, 2010, a man was airlifted to Pietermaritzberg’s Medi Clinic, where he remains in a serious condition.

Saturday, 16 May was host to the 2009 Water for Africa Mnweni Marathon in the Northern Drakensberg. The circular 38Km route begins at the Mnweni Cultural Centre, follows the Mnweni river upstream, then climbs steeply to the Lesotho summit via the Mnweni Pass to the "Source of the Orange".

The Maloti-Drakensberg trans-frontier area was one of the special areas listed for investment and development, starting 2010, at a recent conference held under the Boundless Southern Africa banner involving several countries within the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).