Tuesday 14 March 2017

Four young boys kill 40 year old in Pinetown

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KwaZulu-Natal police have revealed that four children at a facility for troubled boys in Pinetown have allegedly killed a

Woman loses car and R400 000 to Uganda charmer

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A convincing scamster allegedly persuaded a KwaZulu-Natal woman to part with her life savings and drove away with her brand-new R750 000 sports car.

PMB Mayor removes vagrants from city pavements

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Msunduzi Mayor Themba Njilo wants the Pietermaritzburg community to take back the city’s streets.

Adults involved in the Carter High video not parents of any pupils

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Reacting to a video of a fight involving a Carter High School pupil in Pietermaritzburg and two women who claimed to be parents of pupils, the Department of Education said two wrongs do not make a right.

Monday 13 March 2017

YMCA PMB celebrate achievement

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The YMCA Pietermaritzburg held a dinner on Monday, which celebrated the strides made by the organisation in partnership with all its stakeholders.

Friday 10 March 2017

Businesses serving Rainbow workers suffer

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The owner of a Hammarsdale supermarket is concerned after spending several million rands on extending and upgrading his Hammarsdale Hyper store.

KZN NPOs in funding crisis

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NON-PROFIT organisations in Kwazulu-Natal are under extreme financial strain as the Department of Social Development plans a 30% cut in their funding to reduce costs.

KZN Health to pay out R23,5m

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THE KZN Health Department is once again set to pay another massive sum, R23,5 million, this time for a medical negligence claim against them.

First smart phone from KZN

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TWO Pietermaritzburg entrepreneurs are set to take the telecommunications industry by storm as they gear up for the launch of their first innovative smartphone this month.

Thursday 9 March 2017

PMB resident loses faith in police

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A resident of France township has raised concerns after his house was broken into more than 8 times, but the police have not done anything about it.

Mgungundlovu firefighters can't serve 1,1m people with one fire engine

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Firefighters are resolute in their complaints that all their equipment is either in poor condition or not working at all, even though district management has denied this.

Two men in court after murder for umuthi

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Gruesome details of the beheading of a KwaZulu-Natal murder victim allegedly for umuthi purposes have emerged in the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

Wednesday 8 March 2017

Fire fighters complain of bad condition equipment

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City firefighters are adamant that their equipment is either in poor condition or not working at all, even though district management has said otherwise.

PMB business owners threaten to stop paying rates

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Business owners on Hoosen Haffajee Street in PMB say they will stop paying their rates if their issues on the street are not resolved.

KZN government departments to pay Izinduna from own budgets

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The budgets of Provincial government departments are to be cut down to pay the salary bill for izinduna.

RCL foods not surviving against imported chicken

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RCL Foods which sells chicken under the Rainbow Chicken brand is selling more than half its farms in KwaZuluNatal, as it struggles against competition from imported chicken mainly from the European Union.

Msunduzi councillor endorses ban on foreign nationals

Abaynhe Alemehu’s shop at Imbali unit two, which was stripped of stock and cash on Wednesday. INSET: The letter sent to Abaynhe Alemehu bearing the ward 19 councillor’s stamp, giving him three months’ notice to leave the ward.
A MSUNDUZI councillor has endorsed efforts by the Imbali business community, to send a clear message to a foreign shopkeeper there, to move out of the area.

Robbers escape with almost R70 000 from Mayor's Walk gas station

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Over R70 000 in cash was stolen during an armed robbery at the Engen garage in Mayors Walk just before midnight on Sunday.

The “xenophobia” term spreads violence

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According to research, the term XENOPHOBIA spreads more violence in the tension among foreign nationals and South Africans.