Judge bars lawyers from collecting fees for “vexatious” land claim case

For years, law firm Sinama and Associates pursued a land claim with “no shred of evidence”, ending in a loss for the claimants

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Law | 18 March 2020

Covid-19: Caluza clinic is bad enough in normal times

During an epidemic it may be much worse

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News | 16 March 2020

Love dispute blamed for 66 families displaced by shack fire

“We are suffering for arguments between people we don’t know” says victim

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Brief | 16 March 2020

“I am living in a toilet,” says eThekwini resident

Residents want the municipality to fix a sewage leak which they say has been overflowing since early January

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Brief | 16 March 2020

“People are dying and getting injured everyday on this road,” says Cornubia resident

EThekwini Municipality says it is considering erecting a temporary steel pedestrian bridge on the R102

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Brief | 12 March 2020

Parents lock principal out of school

Willowfontein Intermediate school is in a dire state and issues are not being addressed, say community members

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Brief | 11 March 2020

KZN TVET students arrested for protesting released on bail

“We will fight even if we get arrested” says student

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Brief | 6 March 2020

Students shutdown TVET colleges over unpaid NSFAS funds, accommodation

College management and students agree to meet on Thursday

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News | 3 March 2020

Families demand speed bumps after car crashes into house

Pietermaritzburg road has been the scene of many accidents

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Brief | 28 February 2020

“Sisi, what’s the use of voting?” asks Pietermaritzburg resident

Impassable roads, no tap water, no clinic, no community hall and their municipality placed under administration for irregular expenditure

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News | 27 February 2020

Armed men assault clinic workers

Pietermaritzburg clinic closed after attack; patients turned away

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Brief | 25 February 2020

After being excluded for two years, Wandile, 8, starts school

KZN child was denied education because he has no birth certificate

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Brief | 25 February 2020

Abahlali marches in support of land expropriation

“We want government to give us title deeds for the land that we are already occupying”

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News | 24 February 2020

Black women married under apartheid act win court victory

Judge rules that Black Administration Act marriages are, by default, in communion of property

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Law | 14 February 2020

Taps ran dry four years ago in Pietermaritzburg neighbourhood

Residents depend on a water tanker

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Brief | 14 February 2020