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“The Durban Council MUST be satisfied with the work done by the contractor and that it was done correctly and completed so that they can be paid.”This is how Mr. Musa Mbhele, the manager of Thekwini, responded when he elaborated on the current issue that has engulfed the council regarding non-payment of contractors.He was speaking at a press conference in Durban recently.”Before we pay, it must be that the contractors have done everything correctly. This helps a lot so that even when we answer to the agencies responsible for the management of taxpayers’ money, such as Scopa, MPAC and the…
Restoring pre-war stockpiles of critical US munitions will take at least two years, according to CSIS report.Published On 28 May 202628 May 2026The United States has enough munitions for any plausible scenario in the Iran war, but rebuilding its depleted inventories will “take years”, according to a new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).Restoring pre-war stockpiles of four critical munitions heavily used by US forces during nearly 40 days of joint fighting with Israel against Iran would take at least two years – and in some cases more than three – the Washington-based think tank said…
Residents of Mayville, Durban, who say they have been waiting for their grandmothers for 19 years, are burning and threatening not to go to the polling stations on November 4.People living in DD Transit Cap, Mayiville say they have not done anything to talk to the Department of Human Settlements in KwaZulu-Natal and the Municipality of Thekwini to remind them of their situation but it is like pouring water off a duck’s back.They stop at the point that they know very well that they are stealing something that they will never get even if they want to.Tell them It is…
A teacher from Mlalazi Primary, Showe, is THINKING about quitting teaching, who says that every Monday, he comes to his teaching room with a headache.The female teacher, whose name has been withheld, said she does not know what to do now to find a solution to this problem.He stated that this thing started happening at the beginning of this year. He said he suspected something was going wrong. But he said he does not know what exactly is happening to him because he came to this school in 2010. He suspects that there are some who are plotting against him…
“I KNOW how difficult it is to choose this squad, I can imagine the disappointment that will be there for those players who are left out, but there is nothing I can do. I have to do this job.”This is what the Bafana Bafana coach, Hugo Broos, said last night at Union Buildings, Pretoria, announcing the final squad of 26 players who will represent South Africa in the World Cup that will be played in three countries, Mexico, Canada and the United States of America (USA) from June 11 to July 19. Apart from the remaining six players, including goalkeeper…
Police stand in front of the station in Winterthur, near Zurich where three people were injured during an attack. (Photo: Arnd Wiegmann / AFP). A 31-year-old Swiss citizen was arrested on Thursday morning after he attacked and injured three people with a knife at the main station in Winterthur, near Zurich. The man apparently repeatedly “God bless you” (God is the greatest) shouted. According to the police in Zurich, the attack took place shortly after 08:30. One of the victims was seriously wounded. All three of the injured – respectively 28, 43 and 52 years old – are Swiss citizens…
He has OTHER fraud charges MKP’s Chief Whip in Parliament, Mrs Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, who has been arrested for defrauding party workers of large sums of money.It turns out that Mrs. Mokoena-Zondi was once convicted of fraud, one of which was withdrawn.This was revealed when he appeared at the Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town yesterday.Mrs Mokoena-Zondi is charged with defrauding MKP employees of more than R200 000. The workers who sued Mrs. Mokoena-Zondi said that she was forcing them to reduce their wages.They said that Mrs. Mokoena-Zondi told them that this money would help with the costs of the cases against…
Dr. Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya and her mayoral committee have reportedly decided to force the city administration to rehire employees who were fired during the metro’s violent, unprotected strike of 2023.
THEY CHALLENGED the leaders of African countries to smell their armpits as to why their people are flocking to this country and not to other countries as they accuse the people of this country of having hatred towards foreigners.These leaders were ordered to collect their people who are in this country illegally as all countries are ruled by law.This call was made by the Minister of Arts, Culture and Sports, Mr. Gayton McKenzie yesterday on the occasion of Africa Day. The message that was burning in these celebrations that spread to other states, is that people from other countries who…
“The fact that 28,000 offenders simply disappeared from our parole system is a huge indictment of the department. Minister Pieter Groenewald simply cannot allow this failure to continue under his watch,” says Hill-Lewis.