Durban’s central business area was brought to a halt when Durban Waste Removal Agency workers blocked the streets with solid waste. Waste trucks full of garbage were used to dump into the streets. The action is in protest against raising old MK members salaries in the department. MK members ‘salaries are apparently increased from R9,000..
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Dissatisfied waste removal workers bring Durban CBD to a halt by obstructing streets with waste
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Armed gangs now target Health Care centres – Five armed men rob Durban kidney patients undergoing dialysis
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Staff and patients were held up at gunpoint at the Kidney Care Centre in Glenwood, Durban on Thursday. Colonel Thembeka Mbele, a KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, said the complainant alleged that on Thursday at 05:20, he was performing his duties as a hospital security guard at Umbilo area when five suspects alighted from a white Polo..
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SA taxpayers will now have to fork out an extra R9 million over the next three years, in the face of tough economic challenges, to sustain the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini’s lavish lifestyle
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The budget for Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini’s royal household has become a sticking point over the years. As KwaZulu-Natal’s Treasury continues to trim the fat within the provincial fiscus in line with Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s austerity measures, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini’s royal household budget will see an estimated increase of about R9 million over..
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Illegal land grabs take place in Durban after hundreds of people who are fed up with slow pace of housing delivery allocated plots themselves and start building shacks
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Fed up with the slow pace of housing delivery, hundreds of people have invaded vacant state land earmarked for a low-cost housing project in the Cato Crest informal settlement in Durban. The residents descended on land in Mary Thipe Road, which boarders Mayville and Manor Gardens, on Monday and Tuesday and started clearing the bushes..
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What a cheek! These kids want everything on a silver platter for free – UKZN students burn mattresses in protest over ‘uncomfortable’ beds – African mentalism is destroying our country
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Fed up with the poor condition of their beds, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) education students have resorted to setting them on fire. Students at a university residence in Hospital Road, near Durban’s South Beach, burnt the metal frames of their beds on Sunday night to voice their dissatisfaction. On Monday morning, burning mattresses were seen..
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Durban municipal official admits to squandering R36m of taxpayers money in toilet tender saga
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A senior eThekwini municipality official has pleaded guilty to squandering R36m of taxpayers’ money by allegedly approving payments to four companies in connection with a toilet tender. Now, in exchange for his guilty plea, the city’s deputy head for sanitation operations, Sibusiso Vilane, has recommended that he either be suspended for 10 days without pay..
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Hijackings skyrocket in KZN along with scary new trend where victims are now being abducted by attackers
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One Durban hijacking reported every day over the past week.Blue Security has warned motorists to be on high alert following a spike in Durban hijackings, and a new trend of hijackers attempting to abduct drivers in their vehicles. Blue Security operations director Brian Jackson said the company had received reports of five hijackings and two..
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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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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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