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THE race to lead the DA in KwaZulu-Natal has begun, as a member of the House of Provinces Council in Parliament, Mr. Mzamo Billy, has announced that he will enter the race to lead the party in the province.The DA will hold a conference to elect the provincial leadership next month and members have already started putting forward the names of the people they want to run for office. Yesterday, Billy announced that he accepted the nomination of his name to enter the race to lead the province. He said this in a text posted on social media.”It is a…

File photo of DA delegates during the party’s 2023 federal election. (Photo: MICHELE SPATARI / AFP)When Democratic Alliance delegates gathered for the party’s triennial federal congress at the Gallagher Convention Center in Midrand in April 2023, the party was not part of the national government.It was just a dream at that stage.John Steenhuisen was re-elected federal leader of the party in 2023 at this congress.When delegates reconvene at Gallagher this coming weekend for the party’s triennial federal congress, they will elect a new federal leader with a view to securing an absolute majority in the upcoming municipal elections and finally…

Conflict upends flow of critical raw materials for manufacturing, aviation and technology.The United States and Iran may have agreed to a ceasefire for now, but the world’s supply chains will continue to feel the effects.Beyond oil and gas, Iran’s near closure of the Strait of Hormuz has blocked shipments of critical raw materials from the Gulf.Petrochemicals, helium and aluminium are just some of the products that have not been able to reach manufacturing hubs around the world.Many everyday items are affected, from plastic packaging to the advanced semiconductors in our smartphones.How will our supply chains recover, and can they become…

There will be celebrities who don’t care about fans who will join hands to present the show at the annual Metro FM Awards, which will be held at the Nkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban on Saturday April 25.Metro FM revealed that the program will be hosted by the broadcaster, Lerato Kganyago and the amazing actor Lawrence Maleka. The event will be broadcast live on SABC 1. Lerato and Lawrence, will be assisted by rapper Nomuzi “Moozlie” Mabena, and television presenter Siyabonga “Scoop” Ngwekazi, who will focus on the Green Room, which means they will be talking to artists…

AI Chatbot For Farmers: ‘Kisan e-Mitra’ AI powered chatbot has been introduced to help the farmers. It is a voice based chatbot. Available in many local languages. Farmers can ask questions about any scheme.Kisan e‑Partners: Nowadays people use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their everyday work. Gradually, its use has now moved towards helping in good farming in the fields. Even today, there are many farmers in India who do not have the necessary knowledge for farming. To provide various important information to the farmers quickly and easily, the Government of India has introduced AI chatbot under a new initiative named…

(Photo: Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels)The Western Cape police confirmed that two men, aged 21 and 30 respectively, were arrested on Wednesday for possession of stolen property following an incident in which paramedics were robbed in Bonteheuwel.According to the police, the incident took place in Bluegum Avenue when the personal belongings of the medical staff, who were on duty, were grabbed from their ambulance.Angus Mackenzie, DA councilor from Bonteheuwel, says paramedics were loading an elderly patient into the ambulance when the attackers struck and grabbed a bag.The police launched a search shortly after the incident and located the two suspects with the stolen…

THE ORGANIZER of the Uvukile Gospel Music Festival, Pastor Mjosty has revealed that everything he did at the event on Sunday, at the Sports and Leisure Stadium, in Port Shepstone, he did with his own pocket, which made other things less than expected.Mjosty spoke as follows that some people who attended the event, wrote on social media that the stage and seating areas were not up to standard for this event. Speaking toOf this country Mjosty said that he doesn’t even know how he should feel since people are criticizing him for the efforts he has made.”I announced right from…

9 April 2026 Elisma van der WattHow would you like to share the article?Kenisha (Niesha) Thompson was last seen on Saturday when she was playing with her friends at a spaza shop. (Photo: Missing Person South Africa/ Facebook)A 45-year-old man who is linked to the rape, kidnapping and murder of a seven-year-old girl is expected to appear in the East London Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.The charges against him follow after he allegedly kidnapped Kenisha (Niesha) Thompson on Saturday. Her body was found later the same day in a landfill in Second Creek in Parkside in KuGompo (formerly East London).Brig. When…

CANE FARMERS have come forward and said they want to know about their future in the sugar company, Tongaat Hullets.They said this yesterday as they were on strike outside the company’s gates, along with some of the employees who work in sugarcane.They said that now is the time for them to be told about their future as everything is at a standstill, there is no progress with the purchase of their products, which makes them unable to release the sugarcane harvest, and there is no money coming in and the workers are not getting paid.One of the sugarcane growers, Mr…

Firoz Cachalia, the Acting Minister of Police. (Photo: South African Police Service / Facebook). When Senzo Mchunu, the beleaguered minister of police, ordered in December 2024 that the police’s special task force for political murders in KwaZulu-Natal should be disbanded, this meant that 63 political murder cases were left unsolved. Prof. Firoz Cachalia, the Acting Minister of Police, provided this figure in response to a recent parliamentary question from the uMkhonto weSizwe party (MKP). Wesley Douglas, an MKP MP, asked Cachalia to provide him with the total number of unsolved political murder cases since 2011. In response, Cachalia confirmed that…