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ARSON FEARS GRIP DURBAN CBD
THE recent torching of buildings in the Durban CBD has raised fears that anti-migrant protesters may have shifted strategy to target foreign-owned businesses. At least four buildings, including a house, two tyre shops and a warehouse, have been set...
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MAYOR’S WARNING ABOUT MK PARTY
ETHEKWINI Mayor Cyril Xaba has urged Durban residents not to vote for the MK Party, saying the party will "steal everything in the city". Xaba said that, while there was always a temptation to try something new, Durban residents should not tempt fate...
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Durban’s lower Marine Parade poised for a R100m facelift
DURBAN’S Lower Marine Parade area is set to be transformed through a multimillion-rand redevelopment that will lead to the establishment of several hospitality businesses. The ethekwini Municipality revealed that the redevelopment could cost close to...
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We’ll go online too, says March and March
MARCH and March leaders said if Home Affairs moved the registration of asylum seekers online, the organisation would move its protests online as well. The movement yesterday vowed to intensify its fight against illegal immigration online following...
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The govt is fighting its own people, says Ngobese-zuma
MARCH and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-zuma has criticised the government’s decision to deploy the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to Durban after anti-illegal immigration marches turned violent. Ngobese-zuma said the decision amounted to...
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BLOODY CHAOS IN DURBAN
A NUMBER of vehicles were set alight in Durban as the March and March Movement swept through parts of the CBD yesterday, shutting down businesses owned by people from other African countries. The fire department responded with several vehicles...
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ILLEGAL ALIENS RULING A ‘CAN OF WORMS’
ANTI-ILLEGAL immigration groups are calling on the government to stop issuing undocumented migrants with “permits to be in the country” or risk the situation getting out of hand. Tensions have been high this week following reports that the Department...
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Prize-winning photojournalism exhibition opens at Media House
THE power of photography to transcend borders, preserve human stories and encourage understanding between people was at the centre of Dr Iqbal Survé’s address at the opening of the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest Exhibition in...
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TITLED
Fishing Family, Nyein Nyein Htwe’s award-winning photograph is among the winners of the Andrei Stenin Exhibition, that opens in Durban this week. The exhibit displays the leading entrants from the 2025 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest –...
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R3bn PUMPED INTO FIXING WATER WOES
CLOSE to R3 billion has been invested in stabilising water and sanitation infrastructure by the ethekiwni Metro over the past few years. The money was spent on maintaining water infrastructure, constructing new infrastructure, repairing leaks and...
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REMOVE ‘OFFENSIVE’ BILLBOARD
A LEGAL showdown is brewing between senior City officials and the DA after the party was ordered to remove a controversial local government election billboard — or face the full might of the law. The billboard, erected along the N2, shows the faces of...
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Men take centre stage in march calling for urgent govt action
MEN led a March and March demonstration in Durban yesterday, calling for urgent government action on gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). Alongside GBVF, the demonstration highlighted broader demands, including stricter border controls,...
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CR’S SWEEPING PLAN TO TACKLE GBV
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined four immediate measures to strengthen the fight against gender-based violence. He addressed the nation last night, admitting that what the country has done so far to fight the scourge of gender-based violence has...
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MK PARTY WANTS TO GO IT ALONE
THE MK Party is targeting full control of ethekwini Municipality after the November 4 local government elections, arguing that it would govern more effectively if it held power alone. The party says it would perform better if it secured an outright...
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USE SOLDIERS TO FIGHT KZN CRIME – ANC
THE ANC has called for soldiers to be deployed in the “northern parts” of the city to crackdown on gangsterism and escalating crime. ANC leaders in ethekwini asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to deploy soldiers to the area, including Inanda, Ntuzuma and...
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Ire over double-dipping councillors
COURT papers filed by the Abantu Batho Congress (ABC) in the Electoral Court have raised concerns about the “ethics” of serving councillors who have joined other parties, but continue to draw salaries as representatives of their “previous” party in...
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TOP COP IN THE DOCK ON RAPE CHARGES
SUSPENDED Deputy National Commissioner Lieutenant-general Shadrack Sibiya has appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg, facing five charges, including rape, trafficking in persons and sexual grooming of a child. Sibiya was arrested...
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‘Come clean about R16m deal with this man’, City urged
PRESSURE is mounting on the ethekwini Municipality, with Actionsa calling for an investigation into the municipality’s “business links” with a Zimbabwean businessman facing allegations of threatening to kill women at a Sandton restaurant. Actionsa...
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RECORD TALLY OF PARTIES CONTEST POLLS
CLOSE to 70 political parties and independent candidates are set to contest the ethekwini Metro in the country’s local government elections. The Independent Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has confirmed that 69 parties will contest the metro, along...
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R357m WENT DOWN DURBAN’S DRAIN
THE ethekwini Municipality has spent R357 million on water tankers over the past three years, raising concerns about the city’s reliance on a method meant only for emergencies. The information was revealed by the Department of Water and Sanitation...
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ANC’S 181 CANDIDATES CAN’T STAND
THE ANC will not field candidates in two municipalities in the November 4 local government elections after the Electoral Court dismissed the party’s appeal over 181 disputed candidates. The party will be absent from the ballot in Ngquza Hill and Port...
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Terror strikes as 7th body found
POLICE have confirmed that the death toll in the investigation into the bodies of women found in Gauteng has risen to seven. The latest victim was found in a river in Clayville, next to Tembisa Mall, on September 7. Acting Gauteng Provincial Police...
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Anger after power outage at Deeds Office
A SERIOUS power outage at the Pietermaritzburg Deeds Office has paralysed services with negative repercussions for the property sector. The power went out on Wednesday, 9 September, and restored yesterday. The Daily News understands from people in...
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Call for reprieve for ratepayers
THE Kwazulu-natal Legal Practitioners Association has called on the ethekwini Municipality to delay disconnecting services for consumers whose accounts are in “monthly arrears” by 14 days each month to give them time to pay. The organisation has...
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CITY'S GOOD TIMES BUILDING BOOM
THE ethekwini Municipality has approved building plans worth almost R4 billion during the first six months of the year, signalling a boost in the city's development prospects. The city said a significant portion of the approvals was for...
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SAPREF PLANS MEET PUBLIC OPPOSITION
THE Central Energy Fund (CEF) has unveiled its strategic roadmap for the former SAPREF refinery, featuring a comprehensive proposal to rehabilitate the existing infrastructure and significantly scale up its production output. The Fund said that, at...
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PAY HIKES FOR CITY’S TOP MANAGERS
RATEPAYERS and opposition parties have slammed ethekwini Municipality’s decision to dish out a R3.1 million salary boost to its senior managers. However, the municipality defended the decision yesterday, saying the salary hikes approved during a full...
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‘NO MORE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION’
DURBAN residents are calling for a moratorium on the construction of student accommodation in residential areas following growing unhappiness about overcrowding and the mushrooming of illegal structures. Problem Properties, a non-profit organisation,...
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‘REPATRIATE THEM OR ELSE’, GROUP FLEXES LEGAL MUSCLES
FOR the first time since its establishment, March and March's legal wing has flexed its legal muscles by warning the ethekwini Municipality to address the issue of foreign nationals residing on Che Guevara Road within 14 days. South Africa First...
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Ugly scenes as “clean-up” at refugee camp turns violent
A PLANNED “clean-up” by March and March at the site where refugees and asylum seekers have been living outside the Home Affairs office in Durban descended into violence yesterday afternoon. About 100 people gathered at Che Guevara Road in Umbilo,...
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GO!DURBAN RUNS ON RATEPAYERS’ FUMES
FACING threats of funding cuts from the national government, ethekwini Municipality will now use its own funds to support operations and infrastructure for the embattled Go!durban transport project. The council was briefed and approved a plan, in...
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A-G TO AUDIT HOUSING PROGRAMME
THE continued implementation of the Infill Housing Programme in Phoenix is set to be audited by the Office of the Auditor-general of SA following concerns of irregularities. Actionsa MP Alan Beesley has written to the Kwazulu-natal office of the...
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‘How did you get those millions, Colonel?’
KWAZULU-NATAL (KZN) Hawks Colonel Deena Govender has failed to give the Madlanga Commission a clear explanation of up to R2.3 million in payments deposited into his bank account. These payments were received around the time of a deadly 2023 police...
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‘No more kid gloves over govt debt’
COUNCILLORS and ratepayers are calling for stronger action against government departments that owe ethekwini Municipality billions of rand, following concerns that they are treated with “kid gloves” while ordinary residents face service disconnections...
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Durban race: parties turn up the heat
AS THE Independent Electoral Commission of SA prepares for a flood of last-minute submissions of candidate lists today, major political parties in ethekwini are consolidating their political campaigns in what promises to be a hotly contested local...
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New development company aims to rejuvenate inner city
PLANS by the ethekwini Municipality to establish its own development company to drive economic growth and inner-city rejuvenation have been given the go-ahead. The Economic Development and Planning Committee has endorsed the feasibility study for the...
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‘Cat’ quizzed on R4m given to taxi boss
A R4-MILLION payment has pulled Hangwani Morgan Maumela, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, and the late taxi boss, Jotham “King Mswazi” Msibi, into the same financial spotlight, after Whatsapp evidence showed Matlala forwarding Maumela’s payment record to...
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ANC fears ‘revolt’ over Mayoral list
ANC members in Kwazulu-natal believe that fear of a “revolt” forced party leadership to pull back from announcing the party’s mayoral candidates for different municipalities this past weekend. Ordinary ANC members who spoke to the Daily News yesterday...
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Smaller parties to play kingmaker
AS SMALLER parties are gearing up for the kingmaker role in the ethekwini Municipality after the local government elections, they have warned potential coalition partners that they will not be enticed by positions to join alliances. They have outlined...
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Dept halts KZN water restrictions
THE umngeni-uthukela Water Board heaved a sigh of relief following the Department of Water and Sanitation’s decision to halt water restrictions that impacted major municipalities in Kwazulu-natal. However, the board has urged municipalities to...
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Parties brace for age of coalitions
KWAZULU-NATAL’S electorate should prepare for coalition governments, as major political parties are already positioning themselves to form alliances in a bid to gain control of key municipalities after the November elections. The IFP has openly...
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Ire at SADC leaders’ jet-setting lifestyle
AS THE SADC Heads of State Summit concluded its business in Durban yesterday, pressure groups and international relations experts have called out African leaders for their display of opulence while their citizens suffer. The March and March movement,...
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MKP ethekwini mayoral race hots up
AS THE Umkhonto wesizwe Party (MKP) prepares to unveil its mayoral candidates this week, speculation in ethekwini has reached fever pitch, with three names emerging as the frontrunners for nomination. Former ethekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede, MKP first...
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Call to ‘pay councillors equally
KWAZULU-NATAL MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has called for the standardisation of councillors’ remuneration, saying the current model is unfair to smaller municipalities. Buthelezi said it does not...
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ethekwini leads SA in job creation
THE ethekwini Municipality is creating jobs for its residents, with close to 90,000 people having been employed in the past few months. A report by the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the second quarter of 2026, released by Statistics SA, has...
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Explosive claim about SAPS 'hit squads'
LEN John, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) Deputy Director for Investigations in Kwazulu-natal, has alleged that SAPS "hit squads", operating under the guise of task teams, have been killing suspects linked to cash-intransit...
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‘Violence, intimidation driving women from local govt’
THE representation of women in leadership positions in local government is on a steady decline, with the threat of violence and intimidation discouraging them from assuming political office. This is according to a report titled Gains Made, Gains Lost,...
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Anger and fear in Durban after ANC councillor’s murder
SHOCK and outrage have gripped the Klaarwater community after an ANC councillor was gunned down yesterday, sparking fears of escalating political violence in the province. Cedric Khwela, a Ward 17 councillor, was shot dead at his office in Klaarwater...
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Mchunu’s alleged involvement in IDAC probes revealed
SUSPENDED Police Minister Senzo Mchunu allegedly told Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) former head Advocate Andrea Johnson that he intended to “clean up” the SAPS Crime Intelligence unit, which is led by Lieutenant-general Dumisani...
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Death by water tanker reignites anger
THE death of a 39-year-old man in Umbumbulu, who was run over by a water tanker, has reignited anger over using these vehicles to deliver water to communities. Several organisations have criticised this practice following the death of Celani Zungu on...
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Crime time bomb ticking as Metro Police budget gets tighter
FEARS of an escalation in crime are mounting in Durban because the ethekwini Metro Police wants to cut its overtime budget by millions of rands. There are concerns that police visibility will be compromised and crime-fighting efforts...
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Service delivery hopes rise
DURBAN businesses have demonstrated growing confidence in the ethekwini Municipality’s ability to respond to service delivery challenges, despite a sharp decline in the overall business confidence in the city. The latest report on the Business...
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‘ANDREA JOHNSON LIED ON THE STAND’
A STATE Advocate from the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), Drushantha Ramsamy, has accused former IDAC head Advocate Andrea Johnson, of lying under oath and fabricating documents related to an affidavit by MP Fadiel Adams. Ramsamy...
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CITY INVESTS R11.3m FOR SADC SUMMIT
THE ethekwini Municipality will spend R11.3 million to upgrade Durban’s ICC for the 46th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit. The Durban ICC is hosting the SADC industrialisation week until tomorrow. President Cyril Ramaphosa is...
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ZUMA SHAKES UP MK PARTY TOP BRASS
THE umkhonto wesizwe (MK) Party says it has established a new Strategic Presidential Team (SPT) as its highest decision-making and strategic leadership body. This comes as party president Jacob Zuma dissolved the previous Presidential Task Team (PTT)...
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YOU DON’T SCARE US, ANC TELLS MKP
THE ANC in ethekwini said it was not bothered by the acquisition of ‘politically dormant’ Zandile Gumede by Jacob Zuma’s umkhonto wesizwe Party (MKP), despite popular sentiment being that the former Durban mayor could be their trump card in the...
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I I QUIT, QUIT, SAYS UNDER FIRE IDAC BOSS
INVESTIGATING Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) head Advocate Andrea Johnson has asked to be released from office. Johnson, a career prosecutor with three decades of service, made the request in a letter to the national director of public...
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‘STATE WITNESS WAS RUDE TO FERREL’
FERREL Govender’s legal team yesterday claimed that the State witness whom their client allegedly threatened routinely used derogatory language during their telephone conversations. The claim follows the playing of recorded phone calls in the Durban...
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'YOU’RE GOING TO DIE!’ COURT HEARS
“YOU’RE going to die! I’m coming for you.” Those were the words allegedly uttered by former Pro Secure CEO Ferrel Govender to a Durban businessman who had previously been in a relationship with Govender’s then-girlfriend, Varushka Maharaj, the Durban...
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COURT SLAMS BRAKES ON ARRESTS
THE Durban High Court on Monday stayed the execution of arrest warrants issued in June 2026 against controversial Kwazulu-natal taxi boss Siyabonga Thomas Getsemane, his daughter, and two other applicants. The order followed an urgent application...
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Cops raid notorious Durban crime den
IN AN ONGOING effort to curb crime and improve the image of Durban’s city centre, a multi-departmental operation spearheaded by police was conducted at a notorious building in the early hours of yesterday. The squalid building, located on Lancers Road...
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WE FLED VIOLENCE, BUT ARE SUFFERING
FEARING for their lives, many documented refugees have been living on the pavements on the edge of Durban’s CBD for eight weeks, including women and children, who fled from their homes around the city when they were threatened with violence. Rights...
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DURBAN CBD CRIME DROPS 28%
THE City is winning its war on crime and grime in the Durban's Central Business District precinct. Through a strategic partnership between Ensure Ubuntu, a private security, cleaning, and urban management firm, the municipality has made significant...
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‘JUSTICE HAS FINALLY PREVAILED’
THE mastermind behind the hijacking of a Chester Butcheries meat truck, during which metro police officer Errol George Ogle was killed, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Durban High Court yesterday. Ogle’s wife Faith welcomed the court...
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KING FIRES HIS TOP AIDE AGAIN
AMAZULU King Misuzulu kazwelithini has once again removed Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi from the position of Traditional Prime Minister, ushering in a fresh leadership change within the Zulu Nation’s traditional structures. The announcement was made...
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MK PARTY LANDS MAJOR BLOW TO ANC
JACOB Zuma's umkhonto wesizwe Party has scored one of its most significant political recruits in Kwazulu-natal, appointing former ethekwini mayor Zandile Gumede to a senior provincial leadership position as it intensifies efforts to challenge the ANC'S...
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CHURCH HEAD PARDONS KING’S SLUR
NAZARETH Baptist Church leader Mduduzi Shembe has called for an end to the circulation of a viral video in which Amazulu King Misuzulu kazwelithini referred to him as an idiot. Shembe said he had already forgiven the monarch. The video clip, which...
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COUNCILS SCRAMBLE TO AVOID CRISIS
KWAZULU-NATAL municipalities impacted by National Treasury’s decision to temporarily withhold the current month’s equitable share transfers due to non-compliance with financial governance standards are pressed to get their houses in order. The...
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R240m PSYCH HOSPITAL FOR S COAST
A NEW 28-bed mental health inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art psychiatric hospital in the pipeline for Port Shepstone on Kwazulu-natal’s South Coast, will not only be a boost for healthcare in the region, it also promises economic growth and...
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CITY AIMS FOR LUCRATIVE WORLD CUP
ANOTHER money-spinning opportunity is looming for Durban through the staging of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup next year. According to the report, the ethekwini Municipality will submit a non-committal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to negotiate and...
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‘IT WILL BE OUR BLOOD OR VICTORY’
FOLLOWING its special National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on Friday, July 3, the March and March Movement has officially adopted a comprehensive threemonth action plan to address the complexities of irregular migration in South...
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MINISTER SLAMS ZUMA’S INDIA VISIT
THE recent private visit of former president Jacob Zuma to India has reignited a fierce debate within South African political circles, prompting contrasting reactions from key government figures. Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, did...
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WE SENT HOME 20 000, SAYS MAYOR
THE ethekwini Municipality has effectively managed the large-scale repatriation of undocumented immigrants from sites in Sherwood and the Durban drive-in, overseeing the departure of over 20000 individuals through a co-ordinated strategy. Mayor Cyril...
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JULY TO PUMP R1bn INTO DURBAN
AS ANTICIPATION builds for Africa’s premier horse racing, the city’s economy is set to receive a massive boost, with the projections nearing R1 billion for this year alone. This marks an extraordinary turnaround for an industry that faced potential...
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GOVERNMENT MUST ACT NOW!
IN A DAY of dramatic tension as South Africa held its breath while marches against illegal immigration took place countrywide, the leader of March and March yesterday spoke about the issues of youth unemployment and immigration challenges in Durban...
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