Foreign nationals threaten to sleep outside Durban Refuge Centre Some foreign nationals have vowed to spend the night outside a refugee centre in central Durban, after they were dispersed from the local police station earlier on Tuesday. Hundreds of foreign nationals, including young children, spent Monday night outside the Durban Central Police Station seeking protection…
Annual sardine run is expected to move closer to Durban shores in the coming weeks Anticipation is building along the KwaZulu-Natal coast as the annual sardine run is expected to move closer to Durban shores in the coming weeks. The massive marine phenomenon, triggered by winter cold fronts, has fishermen and coastal communities closely monitoring…
SAQA employee engages students. South Africa’s education and training landscape is undergoing its most massive overhaul in over a decade. This is after the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) removed more than 1 100 outdated “legacy” qualifications from the national register. Authorities say this is aimed to phase out some old courses and realign skills…
The word suicide written using paper pieces. The parents of a 12-year-old boy who allegedly died by suicide at his home in the Riet River area in Verulam, north of Durban, have denied claims that the child was neglected. Shivaan Cumberledge died last week, with neighbours alleging that he had been left alone with his…
[File photo] Victims of the Enyobeni tavern tragedy. The evidence leader in the inquest looking into the deaths of 21 young people at Enyobeni Tavern at Scenery Park in KuGompo City has argued for criminal charges to be instituted against the tavern owners; and that the Eastern Cape Liquor Board be held liable for the deaths…
[File Image] It was reported in 2014 that 79 animals, including 58 pigs died at National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise’s farm outside Potchefstroom. The Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture says it is closely monitoring a suspected disease outbreak affecting pigs in parts of the province. Veterinary teams have been dispatched to conduct assessments and collect…
Johannesburg High Court The High Court in Johannesburg is expected to deliver judgment on Wednesday in the urgent application brought by the owner of the Mable Towers building in the city centre. The building owner brought an interdict to stop the City of Johannesburg from demolishing illegally erected structures inside the building. BREAKING: City of…
Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and uMkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) have expressed their dissatisfaction with the cancellation of a Higher Education and Training portfolio committee meeting, that was scheduled for Tuesday. The meeting was set to get a briefing from Minister Buti Manamela on his decision to…
Motorists queue in their cars to buy fuel in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 5, 2023. Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe says the responsibility of reducing or increasing fuel prices falls within the ambit of the National Treasury and not his department. Mantashe was tabling his department’s budget of R2. 86 billion for…
The President to bestow National Orders; recipients include Springboks coach, Rassie Erasmus. LIVE: National Orders 2026
