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Independent Online
March 23, 2018
The Ingonyama Trust is a corporate body established in law and is the registered owner of about 60% of land in KwaZulu-Natal, which have always historically been part of the Zulu Kingdom dating back to various Zulu kings. Initially, the king opened a bank account for this purpose with Absa bank.
AllAfrica.com
March 23, 2018
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu told his majesty that Mabuza had earlier on Thursday told him that it was his view that the land issue should be dealt with at presidential level. "He viewed the issue as a matter that should be discussed at a top level. He said the president (Cyril Ramaphosa) and himÃâà...
Citizen
March 23, 2018
Burger, who works with victims of violence at Glebelands, was responding to the report, 'The rule of the gun', which examined contract killings and attempted hits in South Africa between 2 000 and 2017. The collaborative 36-page report is part of the 'Assassination Witness' project, and was produced by theÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 23, 2018
They‚ along with their 19-year-old neighbour Themba Xulu‚ were arrested when police received “intelligence” that the Saunders' had gone missing while on a tour of the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal. The elderly botanists‚ of Cape Town‚ remain missing. Startling allegations that the vanished couple mayÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 23, 2018
Restrictions in one of KwaZulu-Natal's biggest water systems are on the brink of being lifted as good rains over the past two weeks replenish the province's dams. The vital Mgeni system had "significantly improved", said Umgeni Water spokesperson Shami Harichunder on Thursday. "Total water resourcesÃâà...
Independent Online
March 23, 2018
PIETERMARITZBURG - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo has come under fire from Members of the Provincial Legislature over his absence when his department appeared before the finance committee on Friday as part of budget hearings. Committee chairperson Sipho Nkosi toldÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 22, 2018
Cordoned off with razor wire, the whitewashed bungalow serves as a macabre monument to the long history of political violence that has plagued this picturesque region of rural KwaZulu-Natal's Midlands since before the end of apartheid. In 1997, Phoswa's parents and two of her siblings were shot dead inÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 22, 2018
There will be Easter eggs and hot cross buns‚ but don't count on the familiar sight of KwaZulu-Natal traffic officers on freeways at night. On the eve of one of the busiest holiday weekends‚ the KwaZulu-Natal Transport department is scrambling to ensure that Road Traffic Inspectorate officials are patrollingÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 21, 2018
A man in his 40s was killed by a train as he crossed the railway tracks near Shaka's Head on KwaZulu-Natal's north coast on Tuesday, Netcare911 paramedics said. Spokesperson Shawn Herbst said the pedestrian and train collision was reported on Tuesday afternoon and paramedics were sent to theÃâà...
BBC News
March 2, 2018
They had been travelling in a remote region of KwaZulu-Natal. The BBC has declined to comment on reports that, shortly before they were kidnapped, they had been working with a film crew from the television programme Gardeners' World, looking for rare plants. The couple's blood-stained car was laterÃâà...
Independent Online
March 2, 2018
Cape Town - A carjacking suspect was killed and four others arrested following an operation conducted in Ntuzuma, KwaZulu-Natal. According to KZN police, on Thursday, at 6:30 pm, police officers from the provincial task team conducted an operation at Ntuzuma following up on intelligence with regardsÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 2, 2018
A 30-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man was killed after his motorcycle collided with a minibus taxi, emergency services said. KwaZulu-Natal emergency service spokesperson Robert McKenzie said the Friday morning crash occurred in Pietermaritzburg and left eight passengers in the taxi injured. "UnfortunatelyÃâà...
Farmer's Weekly
March 2, 2018
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN DARD), there was a recent increase in rabies in the province. ... According to Dr Faffa Malan, managing director of the Ruminant Veterinary Association of South Africa, any infected animal that bites could transmit theÃâà...
eNCA
March 1, 2018
Pupil dead in KZN school taxi crash. South Africa; Thursday 1 March 2018 - 9:04am. Scene of a fatal school taxi accident in Molweni, KwaZulu Natal on 1 March 2018. Photo: Meditech ER. DURBAN – One person was pronounced dead on the scene after a fatal school taxi crash in Molweni, KwaZulu Natal on ThursdayÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 1, 2018
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu has weighed in on the sensitive land debate‚ and has vowed that the province will not support any attempts to scrap the Ingonyama Trust. Delivering his state of the province address at the Royal Agricultural Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday‚ MchunuÃâà...
Times LIVE
March 1, 2018
Two children have died from rabies in KwaZulu-Natal. The provincial agriculture and rural development department said the children were bitten by a rabid dog and cat. "Unfortunately and regrettably‚ these two cases have resulted in the loss of lives‚" said departmental spokesman Khaye Nkwanyana.
News24
February 27, 2018
Durban – KwaZulu-Natal, where the Moerane Commission is currently investigating political killings, has the highest number of by-elections in the country, said the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). IEC provincial electoral officer Mawethu Mosery made the statement during his submission beforeÃâà...
Citizen
February 27, 2018
The Maphumelo Regional Court has sentenced a 30-year-old man to life behind bars for repeatedly raping a 22-year-old woman in 2016. Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Thulani Zwane on Tuesday said Phendu Zondi was handed four years for kidnapping the victim which will run concurrentlyÃâà...
