Concern Over Nkandla Municipality Renting Out a Community Warehouse

Bongani Hans|Published

RENTING out a community facility in Nkandla Municipality to a foreign national to run a hardware store has caused anger as some of the residents believe it should ...

SACP to Face Challenges for Election Support

Bongani Hans|Published

HAVING sealed its decision to contest future elections, the South African Communist Party (SACP) might be confronted by the reality that it lacked a support base ...

SACP decision throws Alliance into Disarray

Bongani Hans|Published

THE South African Communist Party (SACP)’s turning-point move to seal its decision to contest the next local elections in 2026 has put the alliance into disarray ...

HIV is still spreading among young women because Sugar Daddies

Bongani Hans|Published

WHILE South Africans now seem less concerned about HIV than in previous years, a young professor from the University of KwaZulu-Natal has raised an alarm about escalating ...

RAF wins a Case Against a KZN Woman’s Baseless Compensation Claim

Bongani Hans|Published

A WOMAN’s expectation that a lobola payment and years of living with her partner were enough to constitute a customary marriage was proven wrong this month at the ...

MKP rally brings fortune to Durban’s hospitality industry

Bongani Hans|Published

CHRISTMAS has arrived early for holiday establishments in Durban which have been fully booked by ...

Police Probe Security Boss About Firearms Recovered at Shauwn Mkhize’s Property

Bongani Hans|Published

POLICE are putting pressure on a taxi boss to explain what were loads of high-calibre firearms, including automatic machine guns believed to be registered under ...

Canaan Mdletshe, the journalist-cum-politician dies in car crash

Bongani Hans|Published

THE death of former National Freedom Party (NFP) Canaan Mdletshe in a car accident late this week has sent a shock wave to his former colleagues in the media industry ...

Guns, cars confiscated from Shauwn Mkhize’s mansion

Bongani Hans and Zama Ngcoya|Published

More than 40 firearms, loads of ammunition, and luxury vehicles were some of the items confiscated from Shauwn Mkhize’s properties in Durban, Pietermaritzburg, and ...

ANC top brass to meet with KZN PEC

Bongani Hans and Sibusiso Mboto|Published

THE troubled ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is expecting to hear from its mother body during a special meeting to be held in Gauteng tomorrow about how it would be assisted ...

MK Party infighting over by-election campaign

Bongani Hans|Published

A vacant ward councillor position caused by the IFP expelling its allegedly rogue councillor in Msunduzi Municipality has exposed the division within the Umkhonto ...

Jacob Zuma's Fundraising Gala Invites Deep Pockets for MKP Anniversary in Durban

Bongani Hans|Published

AS part of his all-out fundraising campaign, Jacob Zuma has invited deep-pocket dignitaries to fork out millions of rands just to rub shoulders with him during Umkhonto ...

Anger over luxury car hire while assigned vehicles lie idle

Bongani Hans|Published

JUST less than a month in office, ANC-led KwaDukuza Municipality Mayor Muzi Ngidi and his deputy Njabulo Cele are already at the centre of a controversy involving ...

Pressure on Msunduzi Municipality Speaker over illegal rental

Bongani Hans|Published

THE EFF has vowed to mount pressure to hold ANC-run Msunduzi Municipality Speaker Eunice Majola accountable for continuing unabated to breach state policies prohibiting ...

Rubbish crisis a rat-breeding health hazard

Bongani Hans|Published

PILES of household-produced rubbish, which are rich breeding grounds for rats, are an eyesore in many parts of Pietermaritzburg townships. Msunduzi Municipality ...

Expelled IFP councillor demands reinstatement

Bongani Hans|Published

In a dramatic turn of events within the ranks of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), former councillor Babasha Ntuli is preparing to take legal action against the party ...

School governing bodies back Bela clauses

Bongani Hans|Published

SCHOOL governing body associations want the disputed school language and admission clauses, which President Cyril Ramaphosa “parked” after the DA and Freedom Front ...

Zulu/British royalties confronted by craziness

Bongani Hans|Published

THE Zulu and British royal families, including King Misuzulu, experienced drama in South Africa when women attempted to lodge attacks in unrelated separate events ...

New union federation calls for truce between MK Party and its ex-MPs

Bongani Hans|Published

In a remarkable turn of events, a newly formed workers' union federation, the Radical Action Federation of Trade Unions (Raftu), has expressed sympathy with a group ...

Slain councillor’s widow disappointed with police investigation

Bongani Hans|Published

THE family of Nhlalayenza Ndlovu, the slain chief whip for the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Umngeni Municipality, has expressed deep disappointment and frustration ...

Pupils failed by Eskom storm outages

Bongani Hans|Published

School exam markers will have to consider that some pupils could not prepare for their final papers because bad weather led to electricity outages this week.

MECs must deliver on their calls to reduce consultants’ services

Bongani Hans|Published

THE call by KwaZulu-Natal public works and infrastructure MEC Marten Mayor and his Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs counterpart Thulasizwe Buthelezi ...

Zulu King Moving Towards Uniting the Royal Family

Bongani Hans|Published

IN a significant stride towards unity within the Zulu royal family, King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has carved out a space for reconciliation amidst past discord.

ANC, IFP, EFF vote removes KwaDukuza Mayor

Bongani Hans|Published

EMBATTLED ANC councillor Lindi Nhaca has suffered the first phase of the consequence of her hostile relationship with her KwaZulu-Natal party leaders after she was ...

Zuma deployed to KZN to stabilise MKP amid tensions

Bongani Hans|Published

JACOB Zuma is hard at work in KwaZulu-Natal quelling tensions that have wrecked and threatened to factionalize his Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) as a result of disgruntlement ...