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Road fatalities dropped by 13.9% during the festive season, with Gauteng being the only province that recorded an increase.
FESTIVE SEASON

Road fatalities over festive season drop by nearly 14%

Minister Mbalula offers vague update on measures to prevent fatalities on the notorious N2 in KwaZulu-Natal

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Residents from Pongola, a small town on the far north coast of KwaZulu-Natal, say road accidents involving trucks — many of them causing deaths — have become a daily occurence on the N2
FIKILE MBALULA

Government is apathetic about lethal Pongola road route, say residents

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has not answered questions about the deadly route, which last week led to the deaths of 18 children

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Most South Africans agree that the country is in a mess and that the ANC must go if there is to be any chance of a second building of a new South Africa.
ANC

Intimidation claims threaten ANC Far North regional conference

ANC branches in the Farth North region in KwaZulu-Natal want an intervention from above to ensure a fair process

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read