Embattled KwaZulu-Natal Premier Lionel Mtshali has refused to cave in to demands by the African National Congress (ANC) to incorporate three of its members into his provincial cabinet after the power balance in the provincial legislature shifted in its favour.
The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has given premier Lionel Mtshali until Wednesday to reinstate three ANC MECs he fired from the province’s coalition government or face unspecified action.
British defence giant BAE Systems is backing human trials in South Africa of a Russian-designed radiation machine touted as a radical new treatment for HIV/Aids.
South Africa must protect the advantage it has over many other emerging market economies, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday.
The investigation into multimillion-rand kickbacks in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Housing is about to widen after the arrest in the second week of March of the province’s housing CEO. Police say it is likely that the asset forfeiture unit could get involved in the investigation.
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/ 25 February 2003
A Durban herbalist and an employee were arrested on Monday for alleged possession of commercial explosives that they were reportedly selling to members of the public to cure ”aches and pains”.
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/ 24 February 2003
A group of San (Bushmen) from Lake Chrissie in Mpumalanga visited the mountain peaks of their forefathers in KwaZulu-Natal last week, along with local San descendants and other San from the Northern Cape.
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/ 4 February 2003
The editor of The Mercury newspaper in KwaZulu-Natal defended his decision not to place an advert from pro-life organisation, Christians for Truth, saying that ”the paper encourages debate”.
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/ 30 January 2003
The ”so-called” out-of-court settlement between the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) to ”doctor” the TRC report was a cause for serious concern, the African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal said on Thursday.
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/ 27 January 2003
Two more men have been arrested in connection with last week’s attack which claimed the life of KwaZulu-Natal social welfare MEC Prince Gideon Zulu’s son, police said on Monday.
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/ 21 January 2003
Prince Mazwi Zulu, who was shot on Monday in an attack on a car carrying him and his mother near Ulundi on Monday died in Durban’s St Augustine’s hospital just before 3pm on Tuesday.
A policeman and three suspected robbers were killed in a shootout after a high speed chase north of Durban on Thursday. This brings the number of policemen killed since Saturday to at least four.
The pending settlement of a land dispute case in northern KwaZulu-Natal could become an example for the rest of South Africa, which, like its neighbour Zimbabwe, is faced with a need to conduct land reform.
The reshuffle of the provincial cabinet by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) KwaZulu Natal Premier Lionel Mtshali was described this afternoon by the African National Congress (ANC) as ”unilateral”. The ANC loses two of its four posts in the cabinet to the DA.
The transporting of toxic chemicals around the world in ships should be scrapped, Earthlife Africa eThekwini Branch said Monday.
Africa needs to create some 100-million jobs in the next ten years to give work to new entrants into the labour market, says the International Labour Office.
The wife of Ladysmith Black Mambazo leader Joseph Shabalala was shot and killed and Shabalala himself wounded at his Durban home on Wednesday night, KwaZulu-Natal police reported.
Workers have been barred from entering a factory after more than 50 people were hospitalised for inhaling toxic fumes at a textile factory in northern Durban, the labour department said on Thursday.
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance will be among five interest groups set to ”welcome” African heads of state on their arrival in Durban from Sunday for the launch of the African Union next week.
The search for the remains of up to five people who drowned after their vehicle was swept away by heavy flood waters near Amatikulu, was continuing, the KwaZulu-Natal road traffic inspectorate said on Sunday.
The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday suspended its membership of the South African Chamber of Business (Sacob), becoming the third major metropolitan affiliate to abandon the beleaguered national chamber.
South Africa’s Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin urged African business to forge closer ties and to take the conscious steps to help make African unity a reality.
An extraordinary session of the newly-launched African Union (AU) will be held in six months’ time, according to South African President Thabo Mbeki.
Playwright and songwriter Mbongeni Ngema — barred by a court order from marketing his controversial song amaNdiya — has been granted permission by another judge to promote the record, Durban news reports have said.
The African Union (AU) is now a reality, but the crisis in Zimbabwe casts a shadow over the festivities and will be a litmus test for the new AU.
KwaZulu-Natal has historically been one of South Africa’s more volatile provinces. With political tensions on the rise again, some analysts fear there may be potential for renewed conflict.
The ANC in Kwazulu-Natal has laid out a programme of action to consolidate and extend its support base if it takes over control of the provincial government after last week’s defection of five IFP MPs to the ANC.
Thousands of people started packing the Absa rugby stadium in Durban on Tuesday morning to attend an extravaganza to formally launch the new African Union.
Two of the University of Natal’s decision-making bodies are at loggerheads over the appointment of Professor William Makgoba as a vice-chancellor.
Developments in Zimbabwe are having an adverse effect on South Africa and causing it considerable problems, a government-business forum agreed this weekend.
A Tongaat man was shot dead and his son injured on their sugar cane plantation in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday morning, police said.
DEFENCE Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has stated publicly that the government’s attempts to end the economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe had failed, his representative said on Saturday.