“K” word rant sparks protest

17-year-old learner has been suspended from school

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Brief | 9 June 2017

Municipality stops electricity deductions after protests

Residents in Pietermaritzburg say 40% has been deducted on prepaid electricity for years with no indication of what is still owing

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Brief | 5 June 2017

Nquthu residents explain why they gave ANC the boot

“We have suffered enough and we hope we won’t have to experience this again.”

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News | 26 May 2017

“No-fee” school charges parents R207 a year

Crisis brewing: evidence suggests the problem is widespread

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News | 18 May 2017

Blind students terrorised by dog

College boarders allege headmaster’s dog has attacked them

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News | 17 May 2017

Medics protest as KZN health care system collapses

“Management in the Department of Health is incompetent, especially at the hospital level”

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News | 16 May 2017

Pietermaritzburg police organise march against crime

But some residents sceptical of cops

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Brief | 12 May 2017

Pietermaritzburg residents fetch water from a dirty river

Still no water supply in spite of new reservoir

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Brief | 10 May 2017

Pietermaritzburg housing project remains incomplete four years later

Beneficiaries of R2.1 billion project believe construction has stopped because of poor quality structures

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News | 4 May 2017

Court orders senior municipal managers to pay costs out of their own pocket

Judgment should worry state employees who make incompetent decisions

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Law | 3 May 2017

Durban march for science

Youth, women encouraged to join science industry

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News | 24 April 2017

Woman, 78, accused of witchcraft and beaten to death

Pietermaritzburg couple assaulted by mob, house burned down

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News | 12 April 2017

88-year-old woman lives in house destroyed by fire

Emily Pukujoe has been asking for help for months

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Brief | 5 April 2017

The learners who cross a lake with hippos in it to get to school

Department of Education provides a boat at last

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News | 3 April 2017

Student undergoes surgery after alleged corporal punishment

Education Department says it will investigate

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Brief | 31 March 2017

Family of mutilated woman still waiting for an arrest

Zodwa Madlala was killed on 14 January

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Brief | 30 March 2017