# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa will march to KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli’s office in Pietermaritzburg today. NUMSA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says the union demands that the provincial government stop awarding tenders to non-compliant security companies. She accuses these firms of defrauding workers by deducting medical and pension contributions without paying them […]
# Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane, het provinsies aangespoor om die opgradering van informele nedersettings voorrang te gee ná ‘n brand in die Marikana-nedersetting in Boksburg waarin ses mense gesterf het. ‘n Sewe-jarige is gered en met ernstige brandwonde in die hospitaal opgeneem. Simelane noem die tragedie ‘n waarskuwing en het planne uitgelig […]
# Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has urged provinces to prioritise upgrading informal settlements following a fire in Boksburg’s Marikana settlement that killed six people. A seven-year-old was rescued and has been hospitalised with severe burns. She called the tragedy a wake-up call. Simelane highlighted plans to upgrade over four-thousand informal settlements by 2029 and […]
# Die kinderregte-aktivis Siyabonga Nzimande sê kulturele praktyke moet nooit kinders se regte oorheers nie. Dit volg nadat ‘n verslag van die KwaZulu-Natalse LUR vir Gesondheid, Nomagugu Simelane, onthul het daar was tussen April verlede jaar en verlede maand sewe-duisend-627 tienerswangerskappe in eThekwini. Dit sluit 154 meisies van tussen tien- en 14-jaar-oud in. Nzimande waarsku […]
# Children’s rights activist Siyabonga Nzimande says cultural practices must never override children’s rights. This follows KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane’s report revealing seven-thousand-627 teenage pregnancies in eThekwini between April 2024 and April 2025. This included 154 girls aged ten to 14. She warned of the risk of abuse, HIV, and unsafe childbirth. Speaking to […]
# Die Nasionale Instituut vir Oordraagbare Siektes doen ‘n beroep op verhoogde bewustheid van hondsdolheid. Hondsdolheid is ‘n virussiekte wat hoofsaaklik deur die speeksel van besmette diere oorgedra word. Dokter Vuyiswa Khumalo van die instituut sê die meeste menslike hondsdolheidgevalle word gekoppel aan byte deur honde, en die siekte is amper altyd noodlottig sodra simptome […]
# The National Institute For Communicable Diseases is calling for heightened awareness against rabies. Rabies is a viral disease transmitted primarily through the saliva of infected animals. The Institue’s doctor Vuyiswa Khumalo says most human rabies cases are linked to dog bites, and the disease is almost always fatal once symptoms appear. She says rabies remains a […]
# Die polisie in KwaZulu-Natal het ‘n soektog van stapel gestuur na twee verdagtes wat gisteraand vier mense by ‘n huis in die Mzomusha-gebied in Dundee doodgeskiet het. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Robert Netshiunda, sê twee manlike slagoffers, onderskeidelik 31 en 35 jaar oud, was buite die huis toe twee verdagtes opgedaag en op hulle losgebrand het. […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police have launched a manhunt in search of two suspects who shot and killed four people at a house at Mzomusha area in Dundee on Friday evening. Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda says two male victims, aged 31 and 35, were outside the house when two suspects arrived and opened fire at them. He […]
