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Family devastated after fatal Umhlali home attack
The loved ones of an elderly woman who was attacked & killed in her north coast home - say words can't describe what they're feeling right now. 70-year-old Vee Govender and her husband Maduray had returned home, after their weekly trip to the market on Wednesday, when they were attacked…
Eskom wants to recoup billions in costs, causing tariff hikes
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Owner says protest at Umhlanga development is unfortunate
Durban businessman Vivian Reddy says work was suspended yesterday after a hundred protestors gathered at the site - demanding a piece of the construction pie. He says they won't bow to pressure to shut the project down.
Intensive search for fugitive driver involved in KZN fatal crash
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Correctional Services Choir up their game ahead of global choir contest
Fifty-five correctional services officials are warming up their voices ahead of the World Choir Games - now coming to South Africa.
Teen graduate, Bulelani Mazibuko speaks about being the youngest among his peers, and his what inspires him
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KZN Education says sanitary pads are SANBS aligned
KZN Education has disputed claims that the quality of the sanitary pads it's supplying to hundreds of poor schools in the province.
Resident speaks about two-year wait for VISAs
Frustrated residents have complained about travelling to branches far away from home to get documents at Home Affairs. Germaine Staley from the Western Cape says she had to wait two years to reinstate visas for her children.
Kloof and Highway SPCA releases African rock python back into the wild
The Kloof and Highway SPCA has bid bon voyage to an African Rock Python it took in last month. Inspectors were called out to Embo Valley in mid-March, after receiving reports that a local dog had been killed by a large snake in the area.
NPA raids Gupta family compund in Saxonwold
The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed a raid is currently taking place at the Gupta family's Saxonwold compound in Johannesburg.
Woman killed in Hans Dettman Highway crash
A woman was killed in a three-car pile-up on the Hans Dettman Highway near Shallcross. Rescue Care’s Garrith Jamieson…
Shembe Church welcomes PMB High Court succession ruling
Shembe Church spokesperson, Silindelo Bhengu spoke to Newswatch outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court - welcoming the ruling that the rightful leader of the Shembe Church is the late Vela Shembe.
Analyst, Imraan Buccus describes de Lille's political stance below
A political analyst believes the recent decision by DA member, Patricia de Lille, to honour Winnie Madikzela-Mandela at an EFF-led event was her way of sending a message to her own party.
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.