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Premier Thami Ntuli, KZN MEC for Public Works Martin Meyer, and eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba at the ‘Build KZN Better’ conference at the Durban ICC. 1 minute The issue of unutilised, hijacked and abandoned buildings in KwaZulu-Natal will come under the spotlight at a Property Management Conference in Durban today. The conference which property industry…
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1 minute Advocacy group, the Indigenous First Nation Advocacy South Africa, has strongly condemned the newly signed Land Expropriation Act. It has described the Act as a devastating blow to the land restitution rights of the indigenous San and Khoi people. The advocacy group believes the Act prioritises cheap reconciliation over justice, marginalising already vulnerable…
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At least 50 Putco buses were set on fire at the Moloto Bus Depot in Mpumalanga. 2 minutes Mpumalanga police say they are investigating malicious damage to property, attempted murder and assault following attacks on some depots of Putco bus company. Fifty buses were torched and two workers were injured overnight. An unknown group of…
Students inside lecture hall 1 minute There is a high demand for placements as the 2025 academic year at institutions of higher learning is set to start. Ahmed Essop, a research associate at the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies, says there are reports that demand is thirty times higher than in previous years….
1 minute The case of a 25-year-old woman facing charges of possession of child pornography and money laundering will continue in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg.
File image: Putco buses at a depot. 1 minute Putco Bus Company says the number of its buses that have been torched in Mpumalanga overnight has risen to 50. The company says an unknown group of people ambushed security personnel at the Moloto depot and then set buses on fire. Two Putco workers were injured….
