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A handful of KwaZulu-Natal municipalities have been involved in the passage of this year’s budget.Six municipalities in the province have passed budgets where they indicate that they will spend more money than what they have been allocated.This was expressed by the Minister of Finance in KwaZulu-Natal, Mr. Francois Rodgers.Most of the municipalities that are in conflict with each other are facing financial problems.The municipalities that filled the vacancy are Nkosi Langalibalele, Mpofana, Impendle, Madlangeni, Lundi, and Thukela District Municipality.In a statement, Rodgers revealed that the Ndumeni Municipality has not yet passed its budget.Rodgers said that they had not checked the…
A campaign conducted by the Gugulethu Crime Prevention Unit, in Cape Town, yielded good results in the discovery of an illegal alcohol production facility in Gugulethu, which led to the arrest of five suspects aged between 19 and 50.The police seized liquor bottles, labels, packaging machines, small bottles and large bottles of chemicals believed to be used in the production of illegal alcohol.The suspects are expected to appear at Athlone Magistrates’ Court on charges of illegal alcohol production.In another #OperationLockdown3 operation in Valhalla Park, Bishop Lavis, police arrested two men, aged 45 and 55, after finding 92 mandrax tablets during…
Anderson will become the most expensive British player in history when the transfer is finalised with Nottingham Forest.Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026England midfielder Elliot Anderson joined Manchester City from fellow Premier League side Nottingham Forest on Thursday in a deal reported to be the most expensive transfer for a British player.The clubs did not disclose financial details, but British media said the total deal was worth up to £116 million pounds ($155m), surpassing the package of up to £115 million that Real Madrid agreed to pay Borussia Dortmund for Jude Bellingham in 2023.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend…
Archive photo (Photo: John Wessels/AFP). The deadly outbreak of the ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) claimed the lives of more than 400 people this week, according to official figures released in that country on Thursday. The highly contagious disease has led to 438 deaths among the 1,406 confirmed cases, which amounts to a death rate of just over 31% since the outbreak was announced in May. Recently, Kisangani, the northeastern city, almost 600 km from the epicenter where the virus broke out, also reported its first case of the dreaded virus. According to the national…
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS and labor unions have condemned the competition for the position of the minister who left the government followed by a dark cloud, Mrs. Dina Pule.Human rights organizations and trade unions said that Mrs Pule’s appointment as Minister of Social Development clearly shows that the government is not willing to fight corruption.Mrs Pule was officially sworn in yesterday following her appointment by President Cyril Ramaphosa.Mrs Pule left the government under a dark cloud when she was the Minister of Communications in 2013. He was found guilty of misleading Parliament.The position he was appointed to was held by Mrs.…
It has been observed that this year’s annual Hollywoodbets Durban July horse racing competition has created thousands of temporary job opportunities for the youth and different people of KwaZulu-Natal.One of the ways in which job opportunities will be created is the splendor of The Ascots tent, and there are already plans to continue building programs to help create job opportunities in the field of entertainment in Durban.This tent, which will be the first to come to this competition this year, and which is managed by the company Aline Media Group, has already included large sums of money intended to be…
It is expected that Siyanda “Skhwishi” Ndlovu will sign today from Mamelodi Sundowns, which ended up not being agreed upon for his signing from Orlando Pirates, with whom it turned out that he had finished everything. With the discovery ofof this country, The negotiations reached a dead end between Lamontville Golden Arrows and Pirates due to a disagreement over the amount demanded by Bafana Bes’thende since Ndlovu still had a contract left with this Durban team. “I’m just talking to you. Siyanda is in Chloorkop as negotiations continue regarding his signing. Yesterday he underwent a medical (examination by a doctor),…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP) On Thursday, Israel commemorated the 1,000th day since Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023, with calls for a state commission of inquiry into the unprecedented attack that triggered the war in Gaza. A series of commemorative events are being held across the country, along with protests against the government’s handling of events during and after the attack. The first event began at 6:29 a.m. — the exact time the Palestinian Islamist movement launched its attack on Israel and sparked the war in Gaza. The attack, led by Hamas, led to…
It is estimated that the tourism industry in KwaZulu-Natal will generate a profit of R1.9 billion this winter, as more than 920 000 tourists are expected to arrive during these holidays.This is expected to happen between June 26 to July 20, and it will be an increase in the number of tourists if it ends up happening that way since at the same time last year there were about 860 035 tourists, and a profit of R1.8 billion came into the tourism economy.The Minister of Economic Development, Tourism and Conservation, Mfu Musa Zondi said that their indicators and research at…
The death toll in the Western Cape bus accident has risen to 16.The accident occurred at about 1:30 am near the Touws River when a bus carrying 78 passengers from Cape Town to Idutywa is said to have overturned after swerving to avoid a delivery vehicle. 16 people died.The department noted that two other passengers were seriously injured. Paramedics attended the scene and 20 passengers were injured and taken to Worcester Hospital. 43 passengers refused treatment.The cause of the accident is still being investigated by the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and the police.