KwaZulu-Natal meat producers are concerned about the effect of the ban on the export of South African red meat after a strain of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) was discovered in Limpopo last week. SA’s FMD-free status was suspended after the disease was confirmed by the FMD laboratory and the matter was reported to the World..
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KZN meat producers affected by panic over foot-and-mouth disease – Neighbouring countries have banned the import of SA’s red meat until they get proof the outbreak is contained
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Popular holiday destination in KZN, Umhlanga drowns in rubbish this festive season as waste piles up as strike intensifies
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Tourist hotspots such as uMhlanga and the beaches on the north coast have been drowning in piles of rubbish since refuse has not been collected for the past two weeks. It is believed that the disruptions to refuse collection was due to Durban Solid Waste (DSW) workers being on strike. Municipal spokesperson Msawakhe Mayisela urged..
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Durban beachfront still in disrepair ahead of holiday rush
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With Durban preparing to receive millions of visitors over the festive season, many of its beachfront showers are not working. Njabulo Zondi, who works along the promenade as a sand sculptor, said they had not been operational for a few months. “It’s the festive now and these showers must be working,” he said. Zondi said..
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Wyebank family living in fear after land invaders illegally built and moved into six informal dwellings on their property last week
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Durban – A Wyebank family is living in fear after land invaders built and moved into six informal dwellings on their property last week. Gopaul Pillay, of Dahlia Road, who lives on the 2.4hectare property, which belongs to his family, said he was considering selling his portion of the land as more than 20 people..
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R27 million of taxpayers money missing in thin air and now KZN’s traditional councils can’t explain how and where it went
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KwaZulu-Natal’s traditional authorities have failed to account for more than R11-million in levies collected by the province’s amakhosi from their subjects during the past financial year. They were also unable to account for more than R15-million in property under their control, according to the 2017-2018 annual report of the Traditional Levies and Trust Account. The..
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Exclusive auction – Anger as Durban car auction reserved for township blacks only
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Durban – ETHEKWINI Municipality’s attempts to improve the spending power of Africans – under the age of 35 – by excluding Indians and coloureds from an official car auction drew widespread criticism this week. The event was officially dubbed a radical economic transformation (RET) auction. It involved the selling off of various used municipal vehicles..
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Victim of armed robbery and hijacking fights back, shoots and kills suspected robber
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A Durban driver, who was being robbed with a knife to his throat, fought back and killed one of his assailants, police said on Monday. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane said the driver was accosted in Pinetown, just before 07:00, on the corner of Anderson and Josiah Gumede roads. “It is alleged that one..
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Bedrieër steel R95 miljoen wat bedoel was vir die sink van boorgate in droogte geteisterde gebied in Natal
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Hy dra die indrukwekkende name, “Prince Ishwar Ramlutchman Mabheka Zulu”en het selfs ’n mooi gebaar betoon teenoor Koning Goodwill Zwelithini op Erfenis dag iewers in Durban. Die Valke het egter nou begin met ’n ondersoek na die bewerings dat hy sowat R95 miljoen ontvang het wat bedoel is vir boorgate wat gesink moes word in..
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Durban beach-front degeneration exposé – “Guess Carte Blanche’s camera footage is blowing it out of proportion then” is the typical response from ANC Mayor’s office!
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Durban – The city’s Golden Mile – stretching 6km along the beachfront from Blue Lagoon to uShaka – came under the spotlight this week in a Carte Blanche exposé showing how drug addicts and vagrants have hijacked some of the city’s most valuable sites. With about 1million visitors expected to descend on the city this..
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