Zuma’s MK Party to lead in KZN, says pre-election poll

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The poll by Mark Data, commissioned by eNCA predicts a whopping 46. 4% for MKP in the hotly-contested coastal province, where 5. 7 million people have registered ...

Zuma unshaken by Concourt ruling, says brother

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In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, Jacob Zuma’s brother, Khanya, said the former president is relaxed and if anything, the ruling has motivated him to ...

‘Watch out!’ mayor warns syndicates extorting businesses

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A criminal syndicate is demanding protection fees from small businesses for them to operate in Isipingo and uMlazi. The fees could be anything from R5 000 to R20 ...

Dube-Ncube in hot seat at imbizo on crime and jobs

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KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube held an imbizo in uMlazi to address the long-standing issues of rampant crime and service delivery.

‘Hoodwinked’ Izindunas threat to polls over being short-changed

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While the KwaZulu-Natal government claims to have paid the Izinduna, some told the Daily News they have been waiting since 2013 for the backpay, which collectively ...

KZN deploys 17 000 cops for elections

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KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport, Community Safety and Liaison MEC Sipho Hlomuka says they are leaving nothing to chance in the polls.

Zuma disqualified from seat in Parliament

Willem Phungula and LUNGANI ZUNGU|Published

The Constitutional Court concurred with the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) that section 47(1)(e) bars former president Jacob Zuma from holding public ...

Duduzile Zuma is a ‘rotten potato’ in MK Party, says expelled Khumalo

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In a wide-ranging interview with a local community radio station, Jabulani Khumalo, founder of the MK Party, said Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla pitted him against Jacob ...

ANC banking on eThekwini votes

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ANC regional election co-ordinator Mthandeni Dlungwana told the Daily News that out of 1. 9 million registered voters in eThekwini alone, the party was adamant that ...

Patriotic Alliance comes to the rescue of water-starved schools

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Patriotic Alliance deputy president Kenny Kunene donated two Jojo tanks each to 12 schools in a bid to counter the long-standing issue of water shortages in Phoenix ...

Six gunmen die after shooting at police

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Crime analyst Dr Johan Burger said that if the police warned the suspects before pulling the trigger and the suspects ignored the warnings, then the police should ...

IFP vows to reclaim KZN from the ruling party

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IFP veteran Narendh Singh, who has been an IFP member for more than three decades, told the Daily News that the IFP would reclaim KZN from its main rival, the ANC’s ...

Gap Fixers of South Africa backing MK Party

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Gap Fixers of South Africa and its allies, were likely to throw their weight behind uMkhonto weSizwe Party.

Al Jama-ah vows to be KZN kingmaker

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Despite the Al Jama-ah Party having no members in the 80-member provincial legislature, its premier candidate, Asghar Khan, is adamant the party will emerge as the ...

Zulu prince is in MK Party’s corner

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Prince Mandlakapheli Zulu has officially joined the MK Party ahead of the May 29 election.

Patriotic Alliance invades KZN ahead of elections

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Kenny Kunene, the flamboyant and charismatic deputy president of the party, will be at Lenham Primary School in Phoenix on Thursday.

‘Painful to see the city in ruins’

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IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa says he wants to return cities like eThekwini to their former glory. The city has been dilapidated unabated under the incompetent ...

IFP leader cleans up ‘squalid’ transit camp

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IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa got his hands dirty during a clean-up campaign at the eMathinini Transit Camp in Lamontville.

It’s terrible, say workers as more bodies clog morgue

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A facility certified to hold 500 bodies contains many more, some from the July 2021 riots.

MUT suspends two senior officials

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The decision to suspend Professor Marcus Ramogale, who is the acting chancellor and principal, and Gona Govender was announced in a memo by the Mangosuthu University ...

PICS: ‘Our people live in squalor’

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Destitute residents who have been living in a transit camp in Lamontville near Mega City Mall since 2008, said they are now fed up and have resorted to blocking ...

High-flyer Mpisane’s fledgling political career off to a shaky start

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Sbu Mpisane’s new political outfit, Gap Fixers of South Africa, was disqualified by the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) from contesting the watershed May 29 elections. ...

Mavundla repeats his call for Zulu state

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This is not tribalism, but we just love space as Zulus.

Public Protector to investigate IPP multibillion rand contracts

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Anti-Poverty Forum The forum alleged that Eskom paid R93million a day to the independent power producers.

Eskom board a recipe for disaster without key engineering experience

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THE men and women who sit on the Eskom board are in the dark when it comes to managing a power utility.