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Dumpsite fire that smoked out Pietermaritzburg is finally out

Environment Paddy Harper - 1 Aug 2020

Firefighters have finally extinguished the fire at the New England Road landfill site in Pietermaritzburg, which had engulfed the KwaZulu-Natal capital in thick clouds of toxic smoke since it flared up more than a week ago

Court date finally set for death in detention Haffejee inquest

Article Paddy Harper - 25 Feb 2020

Another apartheid-era death will be investigated after NPA pressured to finally act

Mr Clean-up’s dirty hands revealed

Article Paddy Harper - 27 Sep 2019

The administrator brought in to rescue the Pietermaritzburg council instead violated tender procedures and illegally appointed VBS Mutual Bank

Millions lost in scam at dysfunctional municipality

Article Paddy Harper - 19 Sep 2019

A report recommended fraud and corruption charges against a former Pietermaritzburg mayor and municipal manager, relating to over R290-million

Advocates go toe-to-toe in Zuma case

Article Niren Tolsi - 28 May 2019

A letter purportedly proving that a high-level meeting took place in 2003 to discuss Jacob Zuma’s prosecution is the latest twist in the case

‘It is the state on trial’, high court told in Zuma hearing

Article Franny Rabkin & Paddy Harper - 20 May 2019

Zuma’s lawyers say the courts should not condone unconstitutional conduct by the NPA

Zuma a ‘victim of mob justice’ — Sikhakhane

Videos Staff Reporter - 20 May 2019

Former president Jacob Zuma’s application for a permanent stay of prosecution is underway in the high court in Pietermaritzburg,

Zuma a ‘victim of mob justice’ — Sikhakhane

Article Paddy Harper - 20 May 2019

The former president’s counsel wants his corruption case halted because of the NPA’s ‘clandestine’ tactics against him

Churches join legal fight over Ingonyama leases

Article Paddy Harper - 10 Aug 2018

The trust board wants people to convert permits into leases, increasing their tenure insecurity

JZ’s legal options unpacked

Article Franny Rabkin - 27 Jul 2018

There’s a good chance the ex-president’s new heavyweights will claim he won’t get a fair trial

A tiny beetle and its deadly fungus is threatening South Africa’s trees

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Mar 2018

The beetle and the fungus have devastated trees in California in the US as well as in Israel. Now they're in South Africa

Stand-up guys, slate politics and the ‘other’ ANC

Article Paddy Harper - 10 Nov 2017

'There’s no way the gig will kick off on time. Our host, Nobala — provincial secretary Super Zuma — is one of history’s great Time Bandits'

Kitty’s easy lensplay lightens a heavy load

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Aug 2013

What seemed to be banal images in a box of negatives offers an intriguing glimpse into the character and aspiration of the years from 1972 to 1984.

Buthelezi worried about political corruption

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Dec 2011

IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi has said he is worried about the amount of corruption and self-serving ambition that has flooded into politics.

ANC members arrested for staging Maritzburg sit-in

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jul 2011

About 30 ANC members who staged a sit-in at the party's office in Pietermaritzburg were arrested on Monday night, KwaZulu-Natal police said.

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Niren Tolsi - 30 Nov 2020

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Gordhan tells Zondo how Moyane wanted to advance the objectives of state capture

emma balfour - 30 Nov 2020

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