Move to house mooted wealth fund within Ithala sets off alarm bells
An announcement that the controversial KwaZulu-Natal-based Ithala Bank will house the newly launched public wealth fund has been met with skepticism, with economists... Read more.
Distraught family battling to come to terms with daughter’s death
The distraught family of 24-year-old Luyanda Cele, who was brutally murdered and her tongue cut out, is battling to come to terms with her tragic death. According... Read more.
Nehawu in KwaZulu-Natal leads call to walk out of alliance
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) might be wishing for a breakaway from the ANC, but the union has no mandate to discuss such a delicate... Read more.
Still grieving Lindsay Myeni not giving up on quest for justice
Failing health notwithstanding, the widow of slain rugby player Lindani Myeni is prepared to go to the ends of earth to ensure that her late husband, gunned down... Read more.
Revitalising rural economy and villages high on Salga agenda
Although most rural parts of the country are endowed with vast tracts of arable land, it often lies fallow and is not translating to tangible economic assets for... Read more.
KwaZulu-Natal unleashes first-of-its-kind public wealth fund
KwaZulu-Natal has unleashed a social wealth fund to stabilise the provincial economy and generate wealth for future generations. The fund is modelled around the... Read more.
Embattled Zandile Gumede seeks to get off on a technicality
Corruption-charged former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede might get off on a technicality should the legal arguments by her lawyer Jay Naidoo hold water. Gumede... Read more.
‘Offering financial incentives encourages men to test for HIV’
Researchers and HIV experts have always highlighted that men’s reluctance and hesitancy to test for the virus has complicated the war against the pandemic. There... Read more.
IFP’s upward trend continues after it snatched ward from ANC
The ANC’s electoral decline in KwaZulu-Natal continued on Wednesday when the governing party lost a crucial ward in the Msunduzi local municipality in Pietermaritzburg.... Read more.
Nehawu blocks ambulance ferrying critically ill child
Striking health workers at General Gizenga Mpanza Hospital have reportedly blocked ambulances ferrying patients from leaving or entering the health facility. This... Read more.
