SARS paid pensioners rebate into a ‘falsified’ TymeBank account

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“I don’t know who opened the account with TymeBank as it was not me and not any member of my family,” said Jairaj Sathdav.

White South Africans warned about Trump’s greener pastures offer

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Visa Immigration SA managing director Ross Viljoen was reacting to Trump’s executive order opening a floodgate for Afrikaners, aggrieved by their government passing ...

Durban businesswoman Shaun Mkhize sufferers another legal setback

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This is after the North Gauteng High Court struck her urgent application seeking an order that its curator issues a letter assuring the National Soccer League (NSL) ...

Scores of shareholders, including pensioners and widows, demand their investments be returned

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Investors alleged that Amaanat Investment Holdings (AIH), which had been created to ensure financial security for members of the Muslim community, but refused to ...

Msunduzi Municipality to decide whether Royal AM backing gets the boot or not

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When asked if the municipality was reconsidering whether or not to continue with the sponsor, municipality spokesperson Ntobeko Ngcobo said that would be the decision ...

Vote rigging: IEC man in hot water

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“The State has provided sufficient evidence that constitutes prima facie evidence and in this circumstance, the application for discharge is dismissed,” said Magistrate ...

SACP to Face Challenges for Election Support

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HAVING sealed its decision to contest future elections, the South African Communist Party (SACP) might be confronted by the reality that it lacked a support base ...

SACP decision throws Alliance into Disarray

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THE South African Communist Party (SACP)’s turning-point move to seal its decision to contest the next local elections in 2026 has put the alliance into disarray ...

HIV is still spreading among young women because Sugar Daddies

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WHILE South Africans now seem less concerned about HIV than in previous years, a young professor from the University of KwaZulu-Natal has raised an alarm about escalating ...

RAF wins a Case Against a KZN Woman’s Baseless Compensation Claim

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A WOMAN’s expectation that a lobola payment and years of living with her partner were enough to constitute a customary marriage was proven wrong this month at the ...

MKP rally brings fortune to Durban’s hospitality industry

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CHRISTMAS has arrived early for holiday establishments in Durban which have been fully booked by ...

Guns, cars confiscated from Shauwn Mkhize’s mansion

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More than 40 firearms, loads of ammunition, and luxury vehicles were some of the items confiscated from Shauwn Mkhize’s properties in Durban, Pietermaritzburg, and ...

MK Party infighting over by-election campaign

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A vacant ward councillor position caused by the IFP expelling its allegedly rogue councillor in Msunduzi Municipality has exposed the division within the Umkhonto ...

Anger over luxury car hire while assigned vehicles lie idle

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JUST less than a month in office, ANC-led KwaDukuza Municipality Mayor Muzi Ngidi and his deputy Njabulo Cele are already at the centre of a controversy involving ...

Pressure on Msunduzi Municipality Speaker over illegal rental

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THE EFF has vowed to mount pressure to hold ANC-run Msunduzi Municipality Speaker Eunice Majola accountable for continuing unabated to breach state policies prohibiting ...

Rubbish crisis a rat-breeding health hazard

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PILES of household-produced rubbish, which are rich breeding grounds for rats, are an eyesore in many parts of Pietermaritzburg townships. Msunduzi Municipality ...

Expelled IFP councillor demands reinstatement

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In a dramatic turn of events within the ranks of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), former councillor Babasha Ntuli is preparing to take legal action against the party ...

School governing bodies back Bela clauses

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SCHOOL governing body associations want the disputed school language and admission clauses, which President Cyril Ramaphosa “parked” after the DA and Freedom Front ...

Zulu/British royalties confronted by craziness

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THE Zulu and British royal families, including King Misuzulu, experienced drama in South Africa when women attempted to lodge attacks in unrelated separate events ...

New union federation calls for truce between MK Party and its ex-MPs

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In a remarkable turn of events, a newly formed workers' union federation, the Radical Action Federation of Trade Unions (Raftu), has expressed sympathy with a group ...

Slain councillor’s widow disappointed with police investigation

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THE family of Nhlalayenza Ndlovu, the slain chief whip for the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Umngeni Municipality, has expressed deep disappointment and frustration ...

Pupils failed by Eskom storm outages

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School exam markers will have to consider that some pupils could not prepare for their final papers because bad weather led to electricity outages this week.

MECs must deliver on their calls to reduce consultants’ services

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THE call by KwaZulu-Natal public works and infrastructure MEC Marten Mayor and his Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs counterpart Thulasizwe Buthelezi ...

ANC, IFP, EFF vote removes KwaDukuza Mayor

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EMBATTLED ANC councillor Lindi Nhaca has suffered the first phase of the consequence of her hostile relationship with her KwaZulu-Natal party leaders after she was ...

Zuma deployed to KZN to stabilise MKP amid tensions

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JACOB Zuma is hard at work in KwaZulu-Natal quelling tensions that have wrecked and threatened to factionalize his Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) as a result of disgruntlement ...