# The City of eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal has become the first municipality in South Africa to receive ministerial approval to generate its own electricity. Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa granted a Section 34 Determination, enabling Durban to procure 400-megawatts from independent producers, that is, 100-megawatts from solar Photovoltaic and 300-megawatts from gas-to-power projects. The minister says the move aims […]
# KwaZulu-Natal farmers are calling for immediate government intervention to tackle veld fires, storms, high feed costs, and disease outbreaks. They say current aid is too slow and poorly communicated, harming agriculture and raising food prices. At a Durban crisis meeting, MEC Thembeni Madlopha-Mthethwa pledged mechanisation support. Meanwhile, Head of Department Zibusiso Dlamini warned escalating […]
# Minstens 20 KwaZulu-Natalse munisipaliteite is in gevaar om befondsing van die Nasionale Tesourie te verloor. Dit is weens die munisipaliteite se versuim om strategieë te ontwikkel om ongemagtigde, onreëlmatige, vrugtelose en verkwistende uitgawes te verminder en te voorkom. Van die munisipaliteite wat genoem word, is Impendle, Zululand, Jozini, Endumeni, Msunduzi en Newcastle. Die minister […]
# At least 20 KwaZulu-Natal municipalities are at risk of losing funding from the National Treasury. This is due to the municipalities’ failing to come up with strategies to reduce and prevent unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure. Among the municipalities fingered are Impendle, Zululand, Jozini, Endumeni, Msunduzi, and Newcastle. In a letter to KZN […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare het die amptelike opening van twee hipermoderne skole in KwaZulu-Natal verwelkom. Die skole is deel van die provinsie se voortgesette verbintenis om gehalte-opvoeding en moderne infrastruktuur te verskaf. Die woordvoerder van die vakbond, Claude Naicker, sê opvoeding gee stukrag aan ekonomiese groei, bevorder maatskaplike vooruitgang en verlig armoede en ongelykheid. […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the official opening of two state-of-the-art schools, Isikhalisezwe Secondary School and YWCA Special School in KwaZulu-Natal. The schools are part of the province’s ongoing commitment to providing quality education and modern infrastructure. PSA’s spokesperson, Claude Naicker, says education drives economic growth, promotes social progress, and reduces poverty and […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Madadeni, KwaZulu-Natal, het vier mense lewenslange gevangenisstraf opgelê vir die verbyry-moord op ‘n uitvoerende direkteur van die Alfred Duma-munisipaliteit, Oscar Hlatshwayo, in 2019. Die provinsie se taakspan vir politieke moorde het die vier, ‘n ingenieur, ‘n sakeman, ‘n wapen-koördineerder en die skieter, aangekeer. Nasionale polisie-woordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola […]
# The High Court in Madadeni, KwaZulu-Natal, has sentenced four people to life imprisonment for the 2019 drive-by shooting of Alfred Duma Municipality executive director, Oscar Hlatshwayo. The Political Killings Task Team arrested the four – a senior engineer, a businessman, an arms coordinator, and the shooter – in the same year. National police spokesperson, […]
# Die DA in die KwaZulu-Natalse wetgewer verwelkom die verkiesing van sy lid, Imran Keeka, as eerste bykomende lid van die Statebond Parlementêre Vereniging se KZN-tak. Die vereniging ondersteun en bevorder demokrasie, goeie regering en menseregte in Statebondslande deur samewerking en deel van kennis onder sy parlementslede en wetgewers. Die DA sê Keeka se enorme institusionele […]
