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KwaZulu-Natal MEC for public works and infrastructure Martin Meyer. (@KZNPublicWorks/X)
KZN PUBLIC WORKS

KZN public works unleashes more artisans as it sets its sights on slashing R25m annual outsourcing bill 

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is recruiting its own artisans to cut down on exorbitant outsourcing costs, which previously exceeded R25 million…

  • Sandile Motha
2 min read
Epicentre of the crisis: About 10 000 Malawian nationals facing xenophobia elected to be repatriated and gathered at a migration transit camp in Sherwood, Durban since last Sunday. Photos: Lyse Comins
XENOPHOBIA

Around 1 700 Malawian foreign nationals fleeing angry mob shelter in unsafe building

Terrified foreign nationals in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, have occupied an abandoned government building to escape anti-immigrant mobs, following the fatal beating of a…

  • Sandile Motha
3 min read