Author: Sandile Motha

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KZN housing project
News

Uproar as housing project remains incomplete six years later

The KwaZulu-Natal department of human settlements has been hauled over the coals over a housing project in which only 11 units are under construction. The proje... Read more.
Child marriage and uMzimkhulu
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uMzimkhulu families encourage forced marriages to escape poverty

A new phenomenon is emerging in uMzimkhulu, a predominantly rural village situated on the foothills of Drakensberg Mountains in KwaZulu-Natal, where older men h... Read more.
Nehawu
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Nehawu bays for UniZulu vice-chancellor’s blood

The alleged misgovernance and corruption at the University of Zululand, on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast, has reached fever pitch. The National Education, Healt... Read more.
boxers
Sports

Plans to stop boxers dying as paupers

Boxing SA (BSA), a body that governs boxing in the country, is considering to introduce drastic changes that will curb the scourge of professional boxers who, d... Read more.
Boxing SA
Sports

‘Cultural attitudes block women from taking part in boxing’

Culture and patriarchal attitudes that perpetuate the notion that boxing is preserved for men stand in the way for women to become professional boxers in KwaZul... Read more.
Buthelezi
News

Buthelezi hospital visits limited

The security detail of IFP founder and president emeritus Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has been beefed up to ensure that only close family members visit him duri... Read more.
News

Top executive at University of Zululand linked to R30m kickbacks

A University of Zululand executive has allegedly benefited from R30-million in kickbacks paid out by a moribund construction company rendering services to the i... Read more.