Cash-strapped commuters relieved that trains have resumed

PRASA says it’s working to restore services on routes hardest hit by theft and vandalism during lockdown

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News | 25 August 2020

Plants are being given Zulu names. Here’s why it’s important

Naming invasive species will help to destroy them, says conservationist

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Science | 24 August 2020

Thousands of long-term child centre jobs on the line

Early childhood development centres countrywide protest for assistance from Social Development Minister

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News | 21 August 2020

This Grade 11 learner walks 20 km to and from school daily

“By the time they get to school, they are tired, thirsty and hungry from walking”

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News | 18 August 2020

Sick woman begged for a blanket before dying in “makeshift” Covid-19 ward

An investigation has been launched into Northdale hospital’s parking lot ward

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News | 6 August 2020

The long walk to water in KwaZulu-Natal villages

“We as rural women don’t exist for the government”

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Brief | 5 August 2020

Blackouts will continue until illegal connections are removed, warns ward councillor

“The area is dark and it is dangerous for those who return from work at night”

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Brief | 4 August 2020

Wear a mask or face a fine, taxi associations warn drivers

“We are pleading with them to always wear their masks, sanitise and wash their hands before and after every trip”

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Brief | 30 July 2020

Family of 13 living in a shack have “tried everything” but “there are just no jobs”

“I am trying my best to get them a house or a decent place to live in,” says ward councillor

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Brief | 29 July 2020

Covid-19: Hospital staff picket in Pietermaritzburg

Workers demand better protection from infection

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Brief | 29 July 2020

24 arrested in protest against Pietermaritzburg ward councillor

“I was chosen by people of ward 29 not by a few individuals” says ANC’s Spha Madlala

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Brief | 28 July 2020

Municipality hands over RDP houses without water, toilets or electricity

Beneficiaries of the housing project say they’ve been battling since they moved in four years ago

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News | 28 July 2020

Loadshedding “unavoidable” after substation blows, says mayor

Power restored in Pietermaritzburg community after protesters bring area to standstill over five-day blackout

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Brief | 27 July 2020

Clinic reopens after agreement between workers and health department

Facility closed on Friday because of lack of PPE

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Brief | 20 July 2020

Unemployed Cato Crest women start chicken farm to feed their families

“We are determined to make a success of this”

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Brief | 20 July 2020