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MKP leader and Former President Jacob Zuma was met with a standing ovation when he arrived at the party's final rally at Durban's Kwamashu Princess Magogo Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Video: Clive Ndou
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MKP leader and Former President Jacob Zuma arrived to a standing ovation at the party's final election rally at Princess Magogo Stadium in KwaMashu, Durban, on Sunday afternoon.
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KwaZulu-Natal's major political parties are making their final push for votes on Sunday ahead of Wednesday's local government elections, with former president Jacob Zuma's return to the campaign trail taking centre stage.
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More than 4 000 participants took part in the annual Save Orion race at Msunduzib Athletics Stadium on Sunday.
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A 54-year-old woman was seriously injured after being shot during a home invasion at her Hilltop home on Sunday morning.
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Tragedy has struck at Alexandra Swimming Pool in Pietermaritzburg, where a bather has died.
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Tshepang Moremi scored after 55 minutes to give Orlando Pirates 2-1 victory over Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday in a South African Premiership match watched by a capacity 90,000 crowd.
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President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States has knocked out much of Iran’s military, but it still has to “take care of” one or two targets, including a suspected nuclear site known as Pickaxe Mountain.
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South Africa beat Australia by 176 runs and clinched a series victory when Australia were bowled out for 111 on the fifth day of the third Test at Newlands on Saturday.
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For years, residents of a flood-prone Philippine island north of Manila have elevated their homes atop layer upon layer of concrete, only to see floodwaters threaten them again.
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Soccer fever has gripped supporters as Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates face off in Saturday’s highly anticipated Soweto Derby at FNB Stadium.
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Irish play-right and author Oscar Wilde embarked on a planned, flamboyant six-week lecture and theatre show across the U.S. in 1882. The month-and-a-half show went on for a year due to its stunning success.
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Chanting and swishing a wooden wand, a Japanese priest blessed a cat, a shiba inu and several Yorkshire terriers at a shrine in Tokyo on Saturday, in a rite usually reserved for children.
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Police are hunting armed suspects who torched trucks in Mpumalanga amid fears that the N3 could be targeted for disruption ahead of next week’s local government elections.
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KwaZulu-Natal residents have been told to brace for another round of severe thunderstorms on Sunday, with heavy rain, hail, lightning and strong winds expected across much of the province.
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Former president Jacob Zuma is expected to return to the political campaign trail on Sunday when he addresses MK Party supporters at an election rally in KwaMashu, north of Durban, following his first public appearance in nearly a month.
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A network of surveillance cameras and real-time information from farmers helped police swiftly arrest three suspects following an armed bank robbery.
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Children with intellectual disabilities face not only limited opportunities for education and employment, but also the threat of abuse and exploitation, with some allegedly being targeted because of their vulnerability and communication difficulties.
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Gender-based violence and femicide remain a national crisis, a state advocate argued before an Eastern Cape court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering and beheading his girlfriend.
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A major employee verification exercise aimed at identifying ghost workers and checking staff against government payroll records has left hundreds of KwaZulu-Natal school employees queuing for hours, with some forced to leave examination duties to comply.
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