The Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) says 407 pupils were caught cheating during the 2024 matric exams. Umalusi held a media briefing on Monday before the results’ release on Wednesday.…
At least 45 people have lost their lives during devastating rains that have battered KwaZulu-Natal‚ leaving destruction in their wake since Sunday. In a statement on Tuesday‚ co-operative governance and traditional affair MEC Sipho…
Persistent heavy rain over large parts of KwaZulu-Natal has resulted in widespread flooding‚ school closures‚ roads collapsing and several accidents. The province has been pounded by rain since Saturday‚ causing damage‚ injuries and loss…
The bodies of two school rugby players‚ aged 17 and 18‚ were recovered at two Durban beaches on Monday morning ahead of a rugby tournament in which they were meant to play. SAPS spokesperson Lt-Col Nqobile Gwala said “an inquest docket…
SA’s largest crude-oil refinery‚ Sapref‚ has shut down operations amid the ongoing violence in KwaZulu-Natal. The refinery‚ in the South Durban Basin‚ sent out an alert on Tuesday citing force majeure linked to the violence‚ which started…
Two members of the same family were killed by lightning in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. A survivor of the lightning strike in Nongoma, 300km north of Durban, was taken to hospital, co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Sipho…
A concerned sugar cane farm owner on KwaZulu-Natal’s south coast is offering a R20,000 reward to anyone with concrete information about the murders of five women, three of whose bodies were found on his land. Owner Siyabonga Gasa told…
ANC eThekwini region leader Zandile Gumede has implied that the killing of ward councillors is happening because of the coming local government elections. Gumede was speaking at the funeral of slain eThekwini ward councillor Bhekithemba…
A Pietermaritzburg man was arrested after he allegedly hijacked an ambulance at a local hospital where he was to be admitted on Saturday. Police spokesperson Capt Nqobile Gwala said the 38-year-old man allegedly threatened paramedics, who…
