in november 2011, angela quintal took over the reins as editor, previously having worked as editor of "the mercury". the witness then expanded in kwazulu-natal by launching an edition to durban and coast in august 2013. a semi-autonomous durban office was set up in media house, durban, to provide more durban content. the durban and pietermaritzburg editions share some content while focussing on their respective local news. shortly after the launch of the durban and coast edition, quintal resigned to take editorship of the mail & guardian newspaper.