‘KZN ageing farmers not passing skills to younger generation’
The province of KwaZulu-Natal, one of the largest producers of beef, dairy products, sugarcane, bananas, timber, and citrus fruits, is facing a crisis of aging farmers.... Read more.
‘National Treasury mustn’t fund KZN municipalities failing to cut wasteful expenditure’
The KwaZulu-Natal Treasury is persuading the National Treasury to consider stopping transferring financial allocation to municipalities that have failed to come... Read more.
IFP municipality to write off R396m in unauthorised expenditure
The council of the Zululand district municipality in Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal has voted to write off R396-million in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless,... Read more.
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.
Home Affairs official issued bogus death certificate to person who defrauded Capitec
The Department of Home Affairs is finally acting against one of its employees from the Durban office who allegedly issued a fraudulent death certificate that was... Read more.
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.
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.
Firm to score more millions after KZN department extends tender without advertising
A company that has already scored over R100-million in the KwaZulu-Natal sanitary pads drive for rural schools is set to bag even more money after the provincial... Read more.
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.
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.
