GOOD Party premier candidate has ‘good news for youth’

Bongani Hans|Published

GOOD Party KwaZulu-Natal premier candidate Wendy Nare said helping the youth out of poverty was the only way the country could win the battle against violent crime ...

MK Party founder Jabulani Khumalo snubs manifesto launch

Bongani Hans|Published

Former president Jacob Zuma delivered the key address and outlined the MK Party’s election promises to the supporters who filled the Orlando Stadium, which has the ...

Lawyer slams police for abandoning graft probe

Bongani Hans|Published

Jagath Singh had for years been battling to recover his Leliesfontein Farm in Thornville outside Pietermaritzburg, which was subdivided and sold to “wealthy” people ...

Parties send in the big guns

Sibusiso Mboto and Bongani Hans|Published

Former president Thabo Mbeki was at Heroes Acre in Imbali in KZN on Saturday.

Schools and parents should stop corporal punishment

Bongani Hans|Published

National Freedom Party (NFP) KwaZulu-Natal chairperson Mbali Shinga said schools and parents should instead look for non-violent means when dealing with children. ...

Nhlanhla Ngidi to remain in the MK Party despite demotion

Bongani Hans|Published

Former KwaZulu-Natal director-general and ANC activist Nhlanhla Ngidi has been kicked out of his leadership position.

Help alleviate plight of single moms

Bongani Hans|Published

RISE Mzansi KZN premier candidate, Nonkululeko Hlongwane-Mhlongo, said her government would put policies in place that would alleviate single mothers’ hardships ...

Cogta MEC ordered to pay costs in case over postponement of six by-elections

Bongani Hans|Published

KZN Cogta MEC Sithole-Moloi erred in failing to authorise the by-elections within 90 days after six wards had declared their councillors’ positions vacant.

Football pitch tug-of-war

Bongani Hans|Published

Following their relegation from the PSL last year, Maritzburg United lost their R27 million seasonal grant from the Msunduzi Municipality, which has since been diverted ...

Parties wringing out the votes

Bongani Hans|Published

Mbuso Nene and two ANC comrades did exactly this while campaigning in the Mzala Nxumalo (Vryheid) region where they were videoed helping an elderly woman with her ...

Landowner prepares to tear down illegally built houses

Bongani Hans|Published

Jagath Singh, the owner of Leliefontein Farm in Thornville, previously obtained a Pietermaritzburg High Court order to evict the occupants and have the illegally ...

‘Christians are betraying God by not voting for the ACDP’

Bongani Hans|Published

ACDP KwaZulu-Natal premier candidate, Archbishop Sipho Eric Manqele, believes the lack of unity among Christians has stagnated the ACDP’s growth.

Politicians ‘should respect king’

Bongani Hans|Published

University of KwaZulu-Natal Zulu cultural expert Dr Gugu Mazibuko was reacting to recent events that have seen the relationship between the ANC in KZN and the office ...

Mavundla says KZN should be an independent state

Bongani Hans|Published

Abantu Batho Congress (ABC) leader Philani Mavundla believes the province would be better governed under the Zulu monarch and the economy would flourish because ...

Mncwango: target rich to help poor

Bongani Hans|Published

Zwakele Mncwango says that should he become the premier of KwaZulu-Natal, his government would tax big business to provide better opportunities for black children. ...

Zuma may still be barred from Parliament

Bongani Hans and Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Jacob Zuma’s political future hinges on South Africa’s highest court after the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) made an “urgent and direct appeal” on Thursday ...

Fruit and veg drive a multibillion-rand success

Bongani Hans|Published

Durban-born Raj Balmakhun grew up in Clare Estate and worked for his family business, transporting fresh produce from farms to the local Bulk Produce Market using ...

MKP axes youth leaders

Bongani Hans|Published

MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela confirmed that Khanyile was sacked, Gauteng co-ordinator Philani Gazuzu Nduli was also removed and Thabelo Maisha was stripped ...

Notable candidates on MKP list

Bongani Hans|Published

Although former KwaZulu-Natal director-general Nhlanhla Ngidi and Kwazi Brian Mbanjwa held various senior positions in the ANC-led administration, their political ...

Ramaphosa’s plan to fix Durban cautiously welcomed

Bongani Hans|Published

Local business associations are hoping President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Presidential eThekwini Working Group (PEWG) will take the city back to its former glory.

IFP will turn KZN around if it wins poll, says Ntuli

Bongani Hans|Published

In an interview with the Sunday Tribune, Thami Ntuli, the IFP KZN chairperson, vowed to restore the province to its former glory if it won the elections, and promised ...

Praise for Durban businessman

Bongani Hans|Published

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the keynote address on Thursday at Durban Bayhead where Raj Balmakhun introduced his multibillion-rand massive new Newlyn Park ...

Hlaudi to Zweli – a look at some of the 14 000-odd national election candidates

Bongani Hans|Published

So far 14 662 candidates have been nominated to contest 887 seats available in the National Assembly and the nine legislatures, writes Bongani Hans.

EFF does not have premier candidates, says its KZN chair

Bongani Hans|Published

While Mongezi Twala, the chairperson of the party in KwaZulu-Natal, was listed as the first person, it did not mean that he would become the province’s first citizen ...

MKP celebration may be short-lived – court may rule against trademark

Bongani Hans|Published

Legal analyst Mpumelo Zikalala did not say whether the MK Party had the prospect to successfully defend the trademark case but said if the judgment was in favour ...