Merrifield School recently organised a charity drive to collect supplies to send up to KwaZulu-Natal, which was recently hit hard by a series of violent protests that resulted in widespread looting, property destruction and even death.…
In response to the food shortages in KwaZulu-Natal brought about by the previous week of violent protests, Stirling Baptist Church is organising a charity drive to collect essential supplies for KZN residents in need. Tracy de Beer, who…
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…
KwaZulu-Natal’s department of health says it is preparing for the worst should the coronavirus spread to informal settlements. Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu said her office was working with the departments of economic development and…
A week after a Chatsworth pensioner was strangled in her prayer room, a fourth person has been arrested in connection with her murder. Police spokesman Brig Jay Naicker said the 37-year-old man was arrested in Lusikisiki in the Eastern…
A KwaZulu-Natal municipal worker has been arrested for allegedly stealing R4m earmarked as a payment to Eskom. The co-operative governance and traditional affairs department (Cogta) in KwaZulu-Natal said in a statement on Tuesday that the…
The KwaZulu-Natal health department wants answers after a nurse was allegedly raped at a hospital in Mahlabathini, in the north of the province. According to the department, the incident took place on Sunday inside the consulting room at…
Mourners pelted police with stones when they tried to arrest a group of men who allegedly fired a volley of gunshots during a funeral in Mpumalanga, outside Pietermaritzburg, on Sunday. According to SAPS provincial spokesperson Brig Jay…
The department of sport, recreation, arts and culture (Dsrac) has led more than 350 Eastern Cape pupils (EC) learners to participate at the National Schools Sport Winter Championships Winter Games, that started on Monday and continues…
Diabetes claims around 2,500 leg amputations a year in KwaZulu-Natal, the department of health in the province said on Sunday. The province’s health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo sounded the alarm and urged citizens to fight back against…
Police on Friday questioned a relative of Siam Lee, whose badly burnt body was discovered in a sugarcane field in New Hanover, KwaZulu-Natal, at the weekend. The 20-year-old’s body was found by a farmer travelling along a district road…
By Matthew Savides Andrew Zaloumis has left the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in KwaZulu-Natal after 20 years at the helm. In a statement issued on Sunday night‚ the park announced that the decision was to allow Zaloumis‚ who was CEO‚ to…
By Jeff Wicks The KwaZulu-Natal education department and the National Professional Teachers Organisation have locked horns as race tensions at the George Campbell School of Technology in Durban rage on. Classes were disrupted on Tuesday…
BY NATHI OLIFANT The principal of the Siyathuthuka Secondary School‚ at which a pupil was savagely assaulted‚ was not allowed to speak to the media on Friday when the KwaZulu-Natal education department visited the school. The meeting with…
The DA in KwaZulu-Natal will be laying criminal charges against Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and his provincial counterpart over an oncology crisis gripping the public healthcare sector. In a statement issued on Tuesday evening‚ the…
