‘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 government... Read more.
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 unifier... Read more.
KwaZulu-Natal municipality shuts water tankers mafia’s taps
The gravy train of the so-called water tankers mafia, who over the years have amassed riches from supplying water tankers services to various municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal,... Read more.
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 early... Read more.
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. Zwakele... Read more.
KwaZulu-Natal to phase out ‘unnecessary’ consultants
In a drastic move, the KwaZulu-Natal department of public works and infrastructure has announced its plan to phase out consultants, saying it was an unnecessary... Read more.
‘Embrace law abiding foreigners, like Shaka did,’ says King
AmaZulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has ordered his subjects to protect and live side by side with foreign nationals to emulate the aspirations of the fallen and... Read more.
Mr Price gives cotton farmers a lifeline
Small-scale cotton growers in Makhathini Flats, a village in Jozini under the uMkhanyakude district, northern KwaZulu-Natal, who have struggled to translate their... Read more.
Unisa embarrassed as Shembe leader slights honorary doctorate
The University of South Africa (Unisa) has been embarrassed after Mduduzi “Unyazi” Shembe, who leads the biggest faction of the Nazareth Baptist Church, turned... Read more.
DA questions plan to build AmaZulu king a new palace
Plans to construct a new multi-million rands palace for AmaZulu King MisuZulu kaZwelithini, who already receives a substantial budget for his lavish lifestyle, have... Read more.
