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D-day for SAFTU national strike

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SAFTU is today leading a nationwide shutdown - calling on workers to down tools in support of a higher minimum wage - among other things. SAFTU says it wants to make a statement today but has promised that today's events will be peaceful. Spokesperson Patrick Craven…
25 Apr 2018 1AM 1 min

Thorough investigation into Moses Mabhida pitch violence

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The Premier Soccer League says it's shocked and extremely concerned by the violence that broke out at Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday during a cup semifinal between Kaizer Chiefs and Free State Stars. Chairperson Irvin Khoza said action was being taken.
23 Apr 2018 8AM 1 min

KZN farm attacks - DA calls for police units in rural areas

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A 72-year-old uMhlali farmer who was attacked with his wife on their property this week is being released from hospital. The DA's spokesperson for Community Safety, Rishigen Viranna says they're calling on the department's portfolio committee to address the issues of farm attacks and land invasion.
20 Apr 2018 10AM 1 min

Cash-strapped customers affected by vat increase

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A local NGO's calling for food prices to be regulated. It says the VAT increase from 14 to 15% this month has dealt a blow to already cash-strapped consumers. The Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action has been reflecting on its research into how much low-income earners pay for a…
20 Apr 2018 6AM 1 min

Search for two suspected murderers in northern KZN

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Two suspected murderers are on the run with another suspect who escaped from police custody in Ekombe, in northern KZN. Officers are still investigating exactly how the men broke out of their holding cells on Wednesday.
20 Apr 2018 4AM 1 min

Family devastated after fatal Umhlali home attack

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The loved ones of an elderly woman who was attacked & killed in her north coast home - say words can't describe what they're feeling right now. 70-year-old Vee Govender and her husband Maduray had returned home, after their weekly trip to the market on Wednesday, when they were attacked…
20 Apr 2018 1AM 1 min

Owner says protest at Umhlanga development is unfortunate

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Durban businessman Vivian Reddy says work was suspended yesterday after a hundred protestors gathered at the site - demanding a piece of the construction pie. He says they won't bow to pressure to shut the project down.
19 Apr 2018 1AM 1 min

KZN Education says sanitary pads are SANBS aligned

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KZN Education has disputed claims that the quality of the sanitary pads it's supplying to hundreds of poor schools in the province.
17 Apr 2018 5AM 1 min

Resident speaks about two-year wait for VISAs

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Frustrated residents have complained about travelling to branches far away from home to get documents at Home Affairs. Germaine Staley from the Western Cape says she had to wait two years to reinstate visas for her children.
17 Apr 2018 2AM 1 min

Kloof and Highway SPCA releases African rock python back into the wild

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The Kloof and Highway SPCA has bid bon voyage to an African Rock Python it took in last month. Inspectors were called out to Embo Valley in mid-March, after receiving reports that a local dog had been killed by a large snake in the area.
16 Apr 2018 10AM 1 min
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