Author: Sihle Mavuso

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Municipal engineer who ordered hit on boss over tenders gets life sentence

A former senior engineer at the Alfred Duma local municipality (Ladysmith) in northern KwaZulu-Natal, who ordered a hit on her boss, has been sentenced to life behind... Read more.
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Cash-strapped tourism site Ushaka Marine World mulls retrenchments to stay afloat

One of the prime tourist attractions on the once lively Durban’s beachfront is considering retrenching some of its staff and outsourcing some of its offerings... Read more.
ANC Youth League told to pay up for illegal march
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KZN ANC Youth League must pay R322K to DA-run municipality for staging illegal march

The KwaZulu-Natal ANC Youth League is in a bad spot after the taxing master ordered it to pay R322 000 to cover the expenses incurred by the DA-run Umngeni local... Read more.
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High Court orders KZN’s Umkhanyakude municipality to pay staff their July salaries

The Pietermaritzburg High Court has ordered the ANC-run Umkhanyakude district municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal to cooperate with the administrator and allow... Read more.
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IFP-run municipality owes service providers R480m, staff use work hours for errands

The troubled Zululand District Municipality, based in Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal, owes service providers R480-million, and this has been the case for almost... Read more.
How ANC leaders scored R10.8m from water project
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ANC leaders took R10.8m from money meant for water project, says contractor

The contractor of the R151-million Nondabuya water project in Jozini in northern KwaZulu-Natal has told investigators that the project failed because some money... Read more.
DUT loses court battle against its worker
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Labour Court orders Durban University of Technology to reinstate dismissed worker

KwaZulu-Natal’s Durban University of Technology (DUT) lost its bid to overturn a Commission for Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration (CCMA) ruling that... Read more.
King Misuzulu cancels annual cultural ceremony
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AmaZulu king halts annual ceremony following deaths of royal family members

Following the deaths of two members of the royal family, AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has ordered that the annual Umkhosi Wesivivane be postponed. The event,... Read more.