At least 45 people have lost their lives during devastating rains that have battered KwaZulu-Natal‚ leaving destruction in their wake since Sunday. In a statement on Tuesday‚ co-operative governance and traditional affair MEC Sipho…
Persistent heavy rain over large parts of KwaZulu-Natal has resulted in widespread flooding‚ school closures‚ roads collapsing and several accidents. The province has been pounded by rain since Saturday‚ causing damage‚ injuries and loss…
The bodies of two school rugby players‚ aged 17 and 18‚ were recovered at two Durban beaches on Monday morning ahead of a rugby tournament in which they were meant to play. SAPS spokesperson Lt-Col Nqobile Gwala said “an inquest docket…
Former ANC Youth League (ANCYL) deputy president Andile Lungisa says he was interrogated for allegedly “assembling an arsenal” for the purposes of overthrowing the state. According to Lungisa‚ officials who identified themselves as…
SA’s largest crude-oil refinery‚ Sapref‚ has shut down operations amid the ongoing violence in KwaZulu-Natal. The refinery‚ in the South Durban Basin‚ sent out an alert on Tuesday citing force majeure linked to the violence‚ which started…
A 16-year-old girl accused of assaulting another girl has been sentenced to three months in jail for failing to appear in court, the KwaZulu-Natal education department said on Sunday. The teenage girl was charged with assault with the…
Yellow rubber ducks, a bagpipe player and dinosaurs made an appearance at a tongue-in-cheek “fishing” competition held at the weekend on a road ridden with potholes in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. The competition was the brainchild of…
Two members of the same family were killed by lightning in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. A survivor of the lightning strike in Nongoma, 300km north of Durban, was taken to hospital, co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Sipho…
A KwaZulu-Natal family is longing for answers after the murder and mutilation of a three-year-old boy, allegedly at the hands of his father. Zazi Nzama’s mutilated body was found by members of the Majozi family in the community of…
Four years of frustration over the lack of water and electricity for a northern KwaZulu-Natal community reached a climax this week when residents dug up the road in protest. The community of Pomeroy has been submitting memorandums to the…
Several families lost their belongings and have been displaced after a fire ripped through an informal settlement in Durban on Friday. Residents from the Lacey Road informal settlement in Sydenham were forced to flee their homes when the…
The majority of Covid-19 positive people in KwaZulu-Natal are aged between 25 and 39. Premier Sihle Zikalala made the announcement in Durban on Sunday, highlighting the 3,016 confirmed cases, 61 deaths and 1,378 recoveries in the province…
Crates of sardines which were netted on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast beaches of Ramsgate and Margate on Monday are selling for between R1,000 and R1,500 each. Scores of fishermen and fans of the silvery fish, which usually make an annual…
While many other cities across SA will downgrade to level four on Friday, there is a good chance that eThekwini will not. KwaZulu-Natal’s economic hub has been deemed the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic in the province with 579…
ORRIN SINGH, JEFF WICKS AND NIVASHNI NAIR The KwaZulu-Natal woman who referred to President Cyril Ramaphosa as an “ape trying to act like a first-world president” has apologised and said the incident was “blown out of proportion”. The…
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