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One person died in a fire that broke out in a slum on Malacca Road, near the Red Hill cemetery in Durban, early Saturday morning. It is said that 81 people were left homeless after their shacks burned down.The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Indigenous Affairs Trustee Thulasizwe Buthekezi has sent a disaster team to the area to assist in the situation. The department blames the winter wind that fueled the fire that destroyed 44 buildings and slightly damaged four others. As a result, the disaster department in Durban built a temporary shelter and distributed emergency food, blankets, and mattresses to…

5 Julie 2026 Maroela editorial/AFP How would you like to share the article?United Kingdom: Rufus, a Harris falcon, sits on the arm of falconer Donna Davis on the third day of the 2026 Wimbledon tennis tournament at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. The hawk is used to keep pigeons away from the tennis courts. (Photo: Henry Nicholls/AFP)South Africa: Thousands of South Africans took part in nationwide protests against undocumented foreigners on Tuesday. The marches follow a weeks-long campaign by various groups demanding stricter immigration control and the deportation of undocumented immigrants. The photo was taken…

The Secretary General of the ANC, Mr. Fikile Mbalula, opposes the call of the leader of the March and March, Mrs. Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, to hold protests every Thursday until all the illegal immigrants leave and the efforts of the Prime Minister of KwaZulu-Natal, Mr. Thami Ntuli, to deal with the issue of the influx of illegal immigrants.Mbalula said that he does not agree with the call made by Jacinta during a large protest in Durban, on Tuesday, for the protests to continue because not all the immigrants who are in the country illegally have left.Mbalula also stated that he is…

Armed groups in military-run Mali have launched renewed coordinated attacks in several towns across the country.The assaults on Saturday targeted army positions, including a base used by its troops and Russian forces.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listA separatist Tuareg-led group and a regional al-Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility for the attacks, which took place more than two months after the capital, Bamako, and several other locations were targeted in a coordinated ⁠assault by the same groups.Here’s what to know:Where did the attacks take place?In an initial statement, the Malian army confirmed attacks on five positions: in Aguelhok, Anefis and…

A 31-year-old woman has been remanded in custody after appearing at Orkney Magistrates’ Court in connection with the murder of her 44-year-old boyfriend.It is reported that on Thursday, July 2, at approximately 03:00, the Kanana police received a report of a case of domestic violence in Kanana. When he arrived, it is said that the suspect, who is the deceased’s girlfriend, had an argument with her boyfriend where he is said to have stabbed her with a knife.After this incident, it is said that the suspect ran away to their home. The police followed him there, and he led them…

“As soon as I’m at the top of my run, I pray for calmness and I remind myself that I’m prepared,” says Ansumé de Beer. The 18-year-old from Cape Town improved the national pole vault record – which had stood for 26 years – by a full eight centimeters at a Swiss event on Tuesday.

Six people died and one was injured in an accident involving two VW Polo cars and a truck on the R34 Memel Road near Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday afternoon.One of the cars burst into flames after the collision, trapping two people inside.Authorities say the death toll is subject to change pending an investigation by the SAPS.The Road Traffic Inspectorate and SAPS are investigating the cause of the accident. KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements Commissioner Siboniso Duma is urging motorists to be more careful during the busy winter holidays, warning that weekends are always the worst time on South African roads.

The cameras are long gone, but life just got better for Niel and Cheréze Bruwer. With three young daughters, a new house, a new career and the challenges of farming, they tell how they still make time for each other and for what matters most.

The different situations and problems that happen in the world every day indicate that many men are facing the burden of what is bothering them emotionally and in life, but they do not have the motivation to talk about it or to take advantage of it.It is the realization of all that in the community and in the work he does every day as a social worker that made Mr. Andile Nduli rebuke it with Bafo Unload, a gathering that rebuke it for the third time and a year for men only.In this gathering which will be held at House…

THEY lashed out at King Simphiwe Erick Zuma’s act of not disclosing in court that the taxi he said he had just sold belonged to the brother of the bull whose name he did not mention when he confessed to murdering those he was arrested for.The chief prosecutor, Advocate Elvis Gcweka, said that the king showed disloyalty by not telling the court who he sold his taxi to.He said this while the king continued to apply for bail in the case of the murder of Mr. Xolani Ntombela/Ndlovu at the District Court in Pietermaritzburg yesterday.It turns out that the taxi…