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By Gugulethu Jali Amaphoyisa aseNanda athi aphenya ngokubulawa kwabashadikazi ngonya phambi kwezingane zabo ngoMsombuluko ngemuva kokuba izigebengu zingene emzini wabo eMachobeni zabathela ngezinhlamvu eziningana. Kuthiwa uNkk Slindile Lushaba udutshulwe ngezinhlamvu ezingamashumi amabili nane, okwenza ukuba amaphoyisa asole ukuthi bekufunwa yena. “Lapho izidumbu ezimbili okungesendoda nesowesifazane, okukholakala ukuthi baneminyaka ewu-38, zitholwe zidindilizile ngaphakathi endlini yabo,” kuchaza uKapteni Ntathu Ndlovu ngabakutholile ngengamaphoyisa. UNkk Lushaba oneminyaka engu-38 ubudala, obefundisa uGrade 4 eMatikwe Primary School, eNanda. Umphakathi uthi lomndeni ubunonyaka owodwa vo uhlala eMachobeni, futhi bebengakaqedi ngisho unyaka bebophe ifindo likasofasilahlane. Abasolwa bantshontshe nempahla endlini ngaphambi kokuba babaleke.

By Nothando Mtshali It was a celebration line no other inside Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium as Kaizer Chiefs broke a spell of over a decade when they arch-rivals Orlando Pirates to win the Nedbank Cup for the very first time. Ten minutes into the first half, Chiefs got one in through Gaston Sirino’s penalty. You would have thought it was over as the stadium got into a massive roar. The celebration wasn’t to last for very long as Evidence Makgopa answered for Orlando Pirates just seven minutes later to make it one all. The score was level until just ten…

By Lungisani Mkhulise Football fans brought their cooler boxes as they gathered with friends and family to have a good time in various public fan parks in and around the Durban city centre as the two biggest teams in South Africa battled it out in the Nedbank Cup final. In the end, Pirates couldn’t win the trophy for the third time and Amakhosi broke their 11 year-long competition curse as they won the match 2-1 taking the cup to Naturena. Both teams battled hard inside the city’s Moses Mabhida Stadium with all three goals scored during regular time. In ten…

Amahle Radebe As the Nedbank Cup final between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates kicks off in Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium, many fans and visitors who couldn’t make it to the stadium are looking for spaces to gather to enjoy post-match activities. In the past, Albert Park would be one of those places, but the place has become synonymous with pickpocketing, violent muggings and as a space to sleep for many of Durban’s homeless. EThekwini Municipality has been trying to change that in the build up to today’s match. The eThekwini municipality, ward 32 councillor along with other stake holders like…

By Lungisani Mkhulise Despite the confusion over Nedbank Cup ticket sales as many who were standing in queues on Monday were told they were finished without a single person in line being able to purchase them, there is a hive of activity in Durban as traffic volumes are increasing ahead of the weekend’s match between the biggest clubs in South Africa – Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. “We need to play with hunger, not just history,” says Thabo Mahlangu who is a Kaizer Chiefs supporter from Mayville. His team hasn’t received a single trophy in eleven years and arch nemesis,…

By Nothando Mtshali Dirty water, illness and forced removals are just some of the issues that the community of Somkhele in Mtubatuba in the Northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal say a coal mine has brought them. They say promises of wealth haven’t been kept and that operations are done with the secrecy that has brought them a tough time in the area of their ancesters. The was once peaceful rural village has become a space of conflict where homes for are now filled with black dust. Some say ancestral graves have been moved without consultations with the families. Thokozile Mkhwanazi, a…

By Lungisani Mkhulise A spat between the Durban University of Technology (DUT) and National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has led to the disruption of lectures as it isn’t clear on who is to blame for over a thousand students not receiving their allowances and getting defunded by the scheme meant to help students who cannot afford university studies in South Africa. “More than 1,000 DUT students have been defunded, but this is also affecting students from other institutions like CUT,” explains Students Representative Council (SRC) deputy secretary, Wandiswa Mncube. DUT says NSFAS stopped accepting student profiles that they were…

Jabulani Mathonsi After the interruption of lectures by the Durban University of Technology’s (DUT) Economic Freedom Fighters Students Command (EFFSC) on Tuesday, the body went on to hold a peaceful march in the university’s Steve Biko Campus. They say this is because the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) hasn’t yet disbursed allowances that were due on May 2. “In order for DUT to act, there has to be a reaction from students, DUT is like that, they don’t respond to mere talking,” said EFFSC’s Unathi Tambodala. Those marching say it is not an interruption of learning in the university,…

By Sabelo Seroke Lecturers have been disrupted at the Durban university of Technology (DUT) amid reports that some students who receive support from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) have not received their allowances. As a result, members of the Economic Freedom Fighters Students Command (EFF SC) who had covered their faces stormed lecture venues and forced students to leave campuses on Tuesday, 06 May 2025. “No Payment, No Classes. We make up and sleep again,” they chanted. They further said that they would be returning to all the venues to ensure that no further teaching and learning was still taking…

By Khabonina Mdokwe Youth unemployment topped the conversation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) at Curries Fountain in Durban on  Workers’ Day. “Youth unemployment rate is ranging at 59.6%, including people from the ages of 15 to 24 years of age,” said COSATU Deputy Secretary General Gerald Twala as he addressed the crowd. The biggest party in South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU), the African National Congress (ANC), was visible through a number of delegates that include deputy president Paul Mashatile, former police minister Bheki Cele and KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport and Human Settlements Siboniso Duma.…