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1 week ago | 
sabcnews.com | Khalesakhe Mbhense
Over 200 new members from different political parties have joined the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the Mgayi area of Umzumbe Municipality on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal. They were officially welcomed by IFP President Velenkosini Hlabisa, accompanied by local leaders. The new members say they’ve joined the IFP because they believe it is the only party that can bring change.
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1 week ago | 
sabcnews.com | Khalesakhe Mbhense
The family of Chief Albert Luthuli says it’s still struggling to deal with his unresolved cause of death. The family’s statement comes after the Justice Department announced the reopening of the inquests into the deaths of Chief Luthuli and Griffiths Mxenge. Chief Luthuli, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former ANC president, was killed in a train crash in 1967. Mxenge, a prominent human rights lawyer, was murdered in Umlazi near Durban in 1981.
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2 weeks ago | 
sabcnews.com | Khalesakhe Mbhense
Organisers of a march in support of KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi say preparations are going according to plan. Scores of people are expected to participate in the planned “Hands off Mkhwanazi” march set to take place on Friday. Civil society groups, businesses and various unions are expected to participate.
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2 weeks ago | 
sabcnews.com | Khalesakhe Mbhense
One lane of the N3 at the foot of Van Reenen’s Pass has now been opened to traffic after a crash involving two trucks. All lanes had to be closed after the two vehicles caught alight following the crash at the foot of the pass in KwaZulu-Natal. One person died in the crash. KwaZulu-Natal Road Traffic Inspectorate spokesperson Sindi Msimanga says the fires have been put out but the recovery process is still underway.
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1 month ago | 
sabcnews.com | Khalesakhe Mbhense
There were mixed reactions by opposition parties over the province’s budget tabled in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature today. MEC for Finance, Francois Rodgers, presented the provincial budget of R158,8 billion. He said they had to acknowledge that historic budget cuts had put immense strain on the provincial fiscus.
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1 month ago | 
sabcnews.com | Khalesakhe Mbhense
Deputy President Paul Mashatile, who chairs the South African National Aids Council, says the government is maximising efforts to defeat Tuberculosis. Mashatile was delivering the keynote address at a World TB Day commemorative event at Gamalakhe in Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal. He said South Africa had one of the highest TB burdens in the world. Mashatile says in 2023, 270,000 South Africans were diagnosed with TB and 56,000 lives were lost.
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1 month ago | 
sabcnews.com | Khalesakhe Mbhense
Minister of Health Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi says Tuberculosis (TB) kills ten people every hour in the South Africa. Motsoaledi was speaking in Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal at a World TB Day event. Deputy President Paul Mashatile is expected to address the event in his capacity as the chairperson of the National Aids Council. Motsoaledi says TB is still the leading cause of death in South Africa.
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1 month ago | 
sabcnews.com | Khalesakhe Mbhense
The legal team of Ithala SOC Limited has argued in the Labour Court in Durban that freezing the bank’s accounts was a deliberate systematic collapse of the bank. This emerged in court during the application for leave to appeal brought by the Repayment Administrator on behalf of the Prudential Authority of the South African Reserve Bank. Since 16 January, over R250 000 Ithala clients have not been able to withdraw or deposit funds.
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1 month ago | 
sabcnews.com | Khalesakhe Mbhense
Amaoti residents in the north of Durban have reiterated calls for the SANDF to be deployed to the area. Earlier this week, six community members were shot and killed in separate incidents, allegedly by members of a notorious gang from the area. Residents protested to express their frustrations and anger against what they say is the failure of police to deal with crime in the area. Local schools did not open due to the protest.
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1 month ago | 
sabcnews.com | Khalesakhe Mbhense
The Mayor of the KwaDukuza Local Municipality, Muzi Ngidi, has expressed shock following the death of nine people in a horrific bus accident on the N2 near Mandeni. The accident happened between Mandeni and Stanger. The 88-seater bus is believed to have plummeted down a steep embankment after a tyre burst. The bus was ferrying church members of the Twelve Apostles in Trinity from Richards Bay to Shaka’s Kraal near KwaDukuza.
