Author: Sandile Motha

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Mapaila is no Slovo, says Mtolo
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Mapaila is no Slovo, says Mtolo 

Bheki Mtolo, the firebrand KwaZulu-Natal ANC secretary, has not sparred the rod for SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila, labelling him a “confused” individ... Read more.
Construction mafia warned
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‘Mafia business forums shouldn’t be treated as foes’ – KZN mayor

Thobani Shandu, the mayor of Ilembe district in the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal, believes the so-called business mafias who have over the years kept municipali... Read more.
Murder
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Girl, 5, testifies how father butchered pregnant mother to death

A five-year-old girl has successfully testified in court about witnessing her father hacking her mother to death. The brave young girl had witnessed her pregnan... Read more.
Sugar levy
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‘Sugar levy was final nail in the coffin’ – sugarcane farmers

Hundreds of small sugarcane growers in KwaZulu-Natal face ruin due to cheap sugar imports and rising operational costs resulting from the imposition of a govern... Read more.
Willies Mchunu plots downfall of ANC
Politics

ANC bigwig Willies Mchunu serves party with divorce papers

Former Kwazulu-Natal premier and ANC and SACP icon Willies Mchunu has served the party with divorce papers in an unexpected move. Mchunu, 76, was regarded as a ... Read more.
KZN hitmen shot dead
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Two alleged hitmen shot dead during raid in Ntuzuma

In an ongoing gun battle between police and criminals in KwaZulu-Natal, two alleged hitmen were cornered and shot dead in Durban’s Ntuzuma township in the ear... Read more.
Spaza shops' expired food
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eThekwini council rejects idea to audit foreign-owned spaza shops

The eThekwini council, led by the ANC, has voted against a full-scale investigation into the number of foreign-owned shops in the only metro in KwaZulu-Natal. Z... Read more.