Teachers and unions slam plan to improve matric results
A plan to improve matric results at schools that performed below average under the Umlazi district has backfired.
Woman sleeping outside ANC’s Durban offices ’is demanding an RDP house in Cornubia’
ANC leaders in KZN have been accused of being heartless for ignoring a member who has been sleeping outside its Durban offices. But party representatives said this is untrue as the woman refuses to be helped.
Cultural and religious leaders rubbish polyandry conversation
The polyandry legalisation is one of several wide-ranging proposals contained in the Green Paper, which the Department of Home Affairs has gazetted and since invited public comments.
Police truck hijacking result of alleged hit on inmate
The 31-year-old man, whose name cannot be published for fear of being killed, told the Sunday Tribune that five armed men with rifles shouted his name after breaking the door lock.
Another KZN prison official embroiled in love affair with prisoner
The suspension of the member who cannot be named comes at a time when a female prison warden who was filmed in a sex romp with a male prisoner at Ncome Correctional Facility was fired
’Humble and hardworking’ farmer in wheelchair killed for cash
Neil McKay, 46, of Skietrif Farm in the Midlands was described as a humble and hardworking man who was completely independent.
Meet the woman who owns a petrol station, has an MBA and is also a qualified chemical engineer
Thandi Mathabethe-Ngxongo was so inspired by cars and the smell of gasoline that she is now the proud owner of the busy Glenwood BP fuel and service station.
KwaZulu-Natal school principal, girlfriend slain in brutal village ambush
The killing of a KwaZulu-Natal school principal and his girlfriend has sparked fears that a ’village war’ could break out to avenge their deaths.
Mhlathuze Water hailed as one of the leading SOEs
SUNDAY TRIBUNE: Mhlathuze Water CEO Mthokozisi Duze said the recent appointment of a chartered accountant and also choosing board members with qualifications had played a pivotal role in strengthening internal controls through instilling good governance.
’I was humiliated’: Hospital patient accuses guard of beating her
A woman who was allegedly beaten by a security guard at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital has demanded justice from the Department of Health for failing to protect her.
A year of Covid-19 in SA: KZN Health MEC longs for well-deserved break
KwaZulu-Natal's Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu has been working non-stop since the first case in the country of a person being infected with Covid -19 was recorded in KwaZulu-Natal.
Another eThekwini bus driver shot dead
Another bus driver was shot dead in an apparent ambush on Friday morning, bringing the number of killings to three in as many months. All the drivers worked for Tansnat.
Report: eThekwini metro cops deeply embedded in mire of corruption
Metro police officers have abused the eThekwini City fleet, gone on booze-buying sprees, jaunts to Joburg without permission, and appointed friends into the metro service, a damning report shows.
Family devastated after matriculant drowns in Umfolozi River
Nimrod Mphathiseni Bophela was looking forward to celebrating his daughter’s matric results next week, but instead he is mourning her death.
Community ’angry and confused’ after farmer bulldozes family’s unfinished house
Some allege that the farmer had given the Nguni family permission to build, however he has denied the claim.
We are living in fear, says Durban shop owner after store torched by mob
He narrowly escaped death when his shop was set alight in Durban’s CBD this week, but Pakistani businessman Altaf Hussain is not giving up.
Netcare helicopter that crashed ‘came apart mid-air’
A Netcare 911 helicopter plummeted into open veld in Winterton, northern KZN after the craft’s tail-end broke away from the fuselage mid-air, and burst into flames on impact on Thursday.
Beheaded men once worked for Teddy Mafia, says witness
The two men shot, beheaded and set alight in Shallcross had worked for alleged drug lord Yaganathan Pillay, aka Teddy Mafia, until they switched loyalties, according to a witness to this week’s triple killing.
Load shedding could hit SA until September 2021
Eskom has cancelled load shedding for today, but the chances are very good that electricity supply will be on the blink this festive season.
‘I will fight GBV with last drop of blood’
Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini has pledged to protect women and children against gender-based violence with his last drop of blood. #16Days #DontLookAway
Midlands farmers outraged after one of their own tied to tree and shot
Mpoza Khumalo had been checking on the family cattle, sheep and goats grazing on the leased Springwater farm when he was attacked on November 17. He died ten days later.
Family puts farming on hold after Glen and Vida Rafferty’s murder
The family of Normandien couple Glen and Vida Rafferty have decided to evacuate the farm following the couple’s heinous murder.
Ndwedwe residents forced to use urine-contaminated water for the past 8 years
Clean water is a luxury for Ndwedwe residents, a village, just outside Verulam on the KwaZulu-natal North Coast, who are forced to share storm water with livestock.
Prince Lethukuthula Zulu's death rocks Zulu monarchy
Police confirmed that Zulu was with a friend who was sleeping in another room at Graceland residential complex when a security guard discovered his body.
Suspended KZN prison boss: I have been forced and bullied to stay at home
Suspended Kwazulu-Natal prison boss Mnikelwa Nxele has demanded to be reinstated after he was barred from entering his office in Pietermaritzburg on Monday.