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Suspect shot dead after holding police officers hostage in Ntuzuma

Suspect shot dead after holding police officers hostage in Ntuzuma

A suspect has been shot dead after holding two police officers hostage at gunpoint in one of the holding cells at Ntuzuma Police Station, north of Durban. It is alleged that the man was arrested for attempted murder. Police say he became agitated in the police cells when two officers went in to officially charge him. The man allegedly overpowered …

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IEC on youth voter registration campaign in KZN – SABC News

IEC on youth voter registration campaign in KZN SABC

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in KwaZulu-Natal has taken its voter registration campaign to tertiary institutions in effort to encourage the youth to register to vote ahead of the Local Government Elections. Research by the commission has revealed voter apathy amongst the youth between the ages of 18 and 25. The commission took its campaign to the Durban University of Technology’s Ritson campus.  The IEC is confident that the education and …

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Two suspects killed in shootout with police in Inanda – SABC News

A firearm found at the crime scene in Inanda.

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ANC slams US-Israeli military strike that killed Iran’s Ayatollah – SABC News

ANC slams US Israeli military strike that killed Irans Ayatollah

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KZN Human Settlements providing support following Ballito shack fire

KZN Human Settlements providing support following Ballito shack fire

The KwaZulu-Natal Human Settlements Department has given the assurance that it is providing support to the surviving members of the family of five children that died in a shack fire in Ballito. The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning. The children’s mother is in hospital in a critical condition after attempting to save them. One child is …

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Investigations into Ballito shack fire under way

Investigations into Ballito shack fire under way

Investigations are under way into the cause of a shack fire in which five children died in Ballito on Durban’s north coast on Saturday. The father of the children Sivuyile Noyila says he is devastated. The children’s mother is in hospital in a critical condition after attempting to save them. One child is reported to have survived. Noyila says the …

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Eight killed in separate KZN fire tragedies

Eight killed in separate KZN fire tragedies

Authorities in KwaZulu-Natal say a total of eight people have died in two separate fire incidents in the province on Saturday. The first incident claimed the lives of five children when their informal settlement caught fire at Shaka’s Head near Ballito on Durban’s north coast. The victims were aged between 1 and 19 years old. JUST IN | Five children …

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5 children die in Ballito shack fire, family receives support – SABC News

5 children die in Ballito shack fire family receives support

Sivuyile Noyila, the father of the five children who died when their shack caught alight at Shaka’s Head in Ballito, on the Durban north coast, is devastated. The victims, aged between one and 19 years old, died tragically during the early hours of Saturday morning. Their mother is in a critical condition in the hospital after braving the blaze in …

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Mashatile reaffirms government’s commitment to B-BBEE

Deputy President Paul Mashatile addresses the World AIDS Day commemoration at the Ga-Masemola stadium in the Sekhukhune district, Limpopo on December 1, 2025.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile says Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) will not be scrapped, as it continues to advance economic empowerment and the marginalised. Mashatile was addressing delegates at the 2nd Frank Dialogue on B-BBEE in Durban. We must make it clear that abandoning Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment is not an option. B-BBEE remains absolutely necessary. #FrankDialogue #PaulMashatile pic.twitter.com/xTnhFl6GXY — …

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