Transport officials will look into reports that several newly-built bridges and roads in Limpopo have been washed away.
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/ 15 February 2010
Toyota South Africa on Sunday condemned the illegal conversion of its panel vans into taxis.
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/ 24 December 2009
Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele has patted the CAA warmly on the head for the swift action it took to ground the Jetstream fleet of Airlink.
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/ 18 December 2009
His potato boycott play, Lion of the East, gets a further R2.9m injection of government money from KwaZulu-Natal.
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/ 10 December 2009
There is not enough money available to fix roads, so more toll gates will probably have to be built, Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele said.
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/ 31 October 2009
Transport is the key component for the success of the Soccer World Cup, Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele said on Friday.
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/ 4 September 2009
Taxi-industry representation must be finalised to fast-track the BRT negotiation process, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said on Friday.
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/ 2 September 2009
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele on Wednesday condemned ”in the strongest possible terms” the overnight shooting of a BRT bus in Soweto.
With less than a year to go before the 2010 Soccer World Cup, transport needs to be improved to make the tournament a success, says minister.
The government’s suspension of the implementation of its bus rapid transit system has given the City of Johannesburg a nearly R400-million headache.
The contractors who presented a top-of-the-range Mercedes to Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele as a gift say he may dispose of the car as he sees fit.
Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele is waiting for the contractors to collect all the gifts they gave him, his adviser Dr Kwazi Mbanjwa said on Tuesday.
Former minister Kader Asmal has added his voice to calls for a review of the ethics rules for MPs and members of the executive.
Cabinet ministers want clearer guidelines on handling gifts following the outcry over contractors giving Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele a Mercedes.
Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele’s R1-million Mercedes Benz gift made headlines around the country this week.
S’bu Ndebele on Tuesday returned the luxury Mercedes he had received as a gift, though President Jacob Zuma said he was entitled to keep it.
S’bu Ndebele faced calls on Tuesday to return a car he was given by contractors in what has become a test of Zuma’s promises to run a clean government
Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele has sought advice from President Jacob Zuma on what to do with a Mercedes S500 he received from businessmen.
S’bu Ndebele has accepted a Mercedes Benz S500 from contractors with contracts worth R400-million in the department, a report said on Sunday.
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/ 29 January 2009
Preparations for a mass ANC rally in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday have been finalised and the party said it was confident there would be no hiccups.
More ‘ferocious storms’ may pound KwaZulu-Natal by as early as Friday, Premier S’bu Ndebele said on Tuesday.
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/ 5 December 2008
Police used pepper-spray and rubber bullets to disperse 3 000 people who had closed off a section of the N2 highway on Thursday.
The election fodder was wheeled out for a photo-opportunity at the Inkatha Freedom Party’s offices in downtown Durban this week.
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KwaZulu-Natal finance minister Zweli Mkhize is the new African National Congress chairperson in the province, replacing Premier S’bu Ndebele.
The province’s overwhelming support for Zuma has left it less divided than other provinces.
A motorcyclist punched a KwaZulu-Natal VIP driver on Saturday afternoon after the driver had crashed into the back of another car, seriously injuring its occupant. KwaZulu-Natal transport spokesperson Rajen Chinaboo said road traffic inspectorate officials at the scene reported that there ”had been some sort of altercation”.
A memorial service is expected to be held for the more than 30 people who died in separate accidents in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on Monday, provincial minister for safety and security Bheki Cele said on Tuesday. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sbu Ndebele declared Thursday as a day of mourning for the victims.
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/ 16 February 2008
A 106m statue of King Shaka Zulu ka Senzangakhona will be built on the banks of the Thukela River north of Durban, media reports said on Saturday. The statue would cost about R200-million to build and was expected to be 13m higher than the Statue of Liberty in New York. A feasibility study estimated that the statue would attract 4 000 visitors a day.
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/ 28 October 2007
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Thousands of people turned out to see the Rugby World Cup champions hold their victorious ticker-tape parade in Durban on Sunday morning. Bok jerseys, South African flags and banners proclaiming the Boks’ World Cup triumph were seen along the entire route.
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/ 17 October 2007
The head of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial health department was officially suspended from her post on Wednesday. A statement released by the KwaZulu-Natal premier’s office said the ”cabinet endorsed the decision to suspend” the superintendent general of the department Dr Ruth Nyembezi.
Municipal officials in the uThukela district were accused at President Thabo Mbeki’s imbizo (meeting) near Ladysmith of asking for political party cards before serving residents. An estimated 8 000 people packed the tents at the Uitval sports grounds near Ladysmith to meet Mbeki and hundreds lined up to have their chance to complain.