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Mam' Winnie suffered immensely - Duarte
The ANC's deputy secretary-general, Jessie Duarte has been paying tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela - saying the country has lost a powerful voice as far as the land issue's concerned. Duarte says Mam' Winnie endured so much during apartheid.
Community input needed, says Camperdown business owner
Police and security personnel have intervened and quelled the chaos that erupted earlier at the launch of a gave reserve in Camperdown by government. Some community members claim they weren't consulted about developments on the land. This local business owner says he empathizes with the locals.
Police yet to identify woman linked to human head found in Mandeni
Police say the body recovered from a sugarcane field in Mandeni is yet to be identified. Police in northern KZN found the headless body of a woman whose head was found in Mandeni earlier in the week.
SASSA introduces new social grant cards
Social security agency - SASSA will launch the new SA Post Office card on Monday.
2019 fully booked for Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ladysmith Black Mambazo will be in SA until next week, before jetting off to London, where they'll perform for Queen Elizabeth at her 92nd birthday celebration. Founding member, Albert Mazibuko…
Medics try to save victims of PMB house fire
Kaylim Naidoo, who is with Daymed Ambulance Services, was one of the first paramedics on the scene of a fatal fire at a PMB home. He says firefighters had pulled the bodies of the family members out of the home earlier.
Owner says safety precautions followed in CBD fire
The owners of the old Lonsdale Hotel say the student accommodation on the upper levels of the multi-storey edifice was not affected by a blaze there earlier today. The Dass Group's Shamim Ramjeewon says safety precautions were followed during the incident.
KZN school earns top spot in Nelson Mandela Debating Challenge-Part2
A KZN school has been crowned the winners of the Nelson Mandela Debating Challenge 2018.
KZN school earns top spot in Nelson Mandela Debating Challenge -Part1
A KZN school has been crowned the winners of the Nelson Mandela Debating Challenge 2018.
Orlando West High School teacher, class attend Madikizela-Mandela memorial
The 37 000 seater Orlando Stadium is still filling up, as mourners stream into the venue ahead of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's memorial service. Rose Zingitwa, a teacher from Orlando West High School in Soweto, is there with her matric class.
Phoenix assault case - Residents stand behind five-year-old victim
Residents have gathered outside the Verulam Magistrates Court this morning, where a woman and her boyfriend are due to appear over the brutal assault of the woman's 4-year-old daughter.
Students evacuated after fire breaks out at Durban CBD building
A huge fire that tore through part of the ground floor of the old Lonsdale Hotel in the Durban CBD has been extinguished. Rescue Care's Garrith Jamieson says people from inside the building were evacuated earlier and no injuries have been reported. An MUT student was one of them.
N3 crash near Shongweni claims one life
A man has been killed in a collision on the N3 near the Shongweni off-ramp. A medical chopper was dispatched to transport the two people who were badly hurt. Rescue Care's Garrith Jamieson…
Shallcross crash: Parents prepare for daughter's memorial
The grieving parents of a five-year-old girl who was hit and killed by a car in Shallcross say they're preparing for her funeral in Zimbabwe. Her father says he'll collect his child's body from the mortuary today.
Graca Machel pays tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Nelson Mandela's widow, Graca Machel has paid a moving tribute to the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Durban police officers targeted in early morning hijack drama
Two Durban police officers who stopped to help what they thought was a couple in distress have instead found themselves at the centre of an early morning hijack drama.
DA Federal Executive Chairperon, James Selfe explains reasoning behind 'recall clause'.
The DA's Federal Executive Chairperson, James Selfe says the recall clause adopted at the party's federal congress yesterday has nothing to do with Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille.
Rescuers use hoist system to reach man who crashed off the Maidstone bridge, near Tongaat north of Durban.
A man whose car plunged 30 metres from a bridge in Tongaat, north of Durban only had one person on his mind while waiting to be rescued from the chilly waters.
Motorist plunges 30 metres off a bridge in Tongaat, calls out for daughter from vehicle wreckage.
A man whose car plunged 30 metres from a bridge in Tongaat, north of Durban only had one person on his mind while waiting to be rescued from the chilly waters.
'Land should be returned to rightful owners'
Economic Freedom Fighter leader Julius Malema has told supporters outside the Bloemfontein Magistrate court that the Freedom Charter should be upheld, and land in South Africa returned to its rightful owners.