Ingonyama Trust threatens legal action against Zulu King

THE INGONYAMA Trust has threatened to take its chairperson, King Misuzulu kaZwelithini to court after the King defied the Land Reform Minister’s directive that the board must continue with its

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Concern over disbanding of political killings task team

MANYANE MANYANE THE uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has described Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s decision to dissolve the task team into political killings as reckless. The party said political assassinations remained

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KZN temperatures soar as areas break 40 degrees Celsius mark

Four areas in KwaZulu-Natal exceeded temperatures higher than 40°C on Saturday. This was revealed by SA Weather Service forecaster Ayanda Nsele who said Mandeni, Mtunzini, Pietermaritzburg and Richards Bay recorded

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Witness describes events before tragic crash in Ndwedwe

An eyewitness has shared what she saw before a fatal bus crash in Ndwedwe on Saturday. A 60-year-old woman Qondekile Khuzwayo died and almost 60 people were injured when a

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Dirks to lead MK Party in KZN Legislature

Former ANC MP and now uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) leader Mervyn Dirks has been appointed as Chief Whip of the party’s parliamentary caucus in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature. Dirks’ permanent

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Government faces backlash over termination of CWP workers

MANYANE MANYANE The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) and Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) have criticised the decision to terminate the Community Work Programme contracts of

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Journalist's body found stuffed in a septic tank in India

India’s media watchdog has demanded a thorough investigation after a journalist’s battered body was found stuffed in a septic tank covered with concrete. Freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, 28, had reported

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Wife wants ownership over dead husband’s sperm

A widow is pinning her hopes on the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, to grant her ownership of reproductive material kept at a fertility clinic after her husband died. She now

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Illegal dumping site plagues Pretoria West residents

RAPULA MOATSHE Residents of Lotus Gardens in Pretoria West are grappling with an illegal dumping crisis at a walkway bridge, where decomposing animal carcasses and waste have created an unbearable

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