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In this issue

September 07, 2025

SA wedding invite for groom and two brides

LOVE may be patient and kind, but social media is fast.

2 mins

Family's four-year wait to bury murdered son

THE Ngcobo family of Castlehill, Newlands West, Durban, has endured the unthinkable: more than four years since the brutal murder of their son, they have chosen not to bury him until his killers are brought to justice.

2 mins

Prep for KZN top cop's testimony intensifies

Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi claimed that there was systemic corruption at the highest levels of power

3 mins

Croatian village breaks record with 3km strudel chain

WITH tons of flower and apples, a Croatian village made it into the Guinness World Records yesterday with a line of strudels stretching more than three kilometres.

1 mins

NPA fights to uphold charges against Mashatile’s bodyguards

THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will oppose the application by deputy president Paul Mashatile’s bodyguards to have assault and malicious damage to property charges against them withdrawn after being acquitted in an internal inquiry.

1 mins

Analyst weighs in on how taxis can be improved

MINIBUS taxis are owned and operated by private entrepreneurs yet carry the lion’s share of urban commuters, so recognising them would improve coordination of routes, fares, and safety regulations.

1 mins

Marrying two women on the same day

\"There is a huge amount of responsibility and it’s life changing. Everything he has to do he has to do with justice, integrity, fairness, honesty and sincerity. With having more than one wife you have to be fair and just to all.

1 mins

From sedans to minibuses: the evolution of the taxi industry

THE story of South Africa’s taxi industry is a mirror of the country’s social and economic transformation, from a tightly restricted sector under apartheid which served only white commuters to today’s contested space between minibus taxis and e-hailing vehicle operators.

4 mins

80s icons ready to take Durban music lovers down memory lane

DURBAN is set to groove back in time to hits like Never Gonna Give you Up, Locomotion, Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car or Listen to your Heart, as some of the biggest names of the 1980s prepare to take the stage for a one-night-only concert.

1 mins

Zulu royals stand firm on virginity testing

THE Zulu royal family has dismissed growing criticism over the practice of virginity testing on girls under the age of 16, saying opponents are seeking to undermine one of the Zulu nation's most enduring cultural traditions.

1 mins

Survivor of hyena attack plans to return to Cape Vidal nature reserve

A KWAZULU-NATAL man who was mauled by hyenas says the harrowing encounter will not deter him from returning to Cape Vidal nature reserve.

2 mins

Trial reveals web of bribery, poison plots and hitmen

DA COUNCILLOR MURDER CASE

2 mins

Working but still in crisis

DOMESTIC workers continue to face a harsh reality of surviving on meagre wages that strip them of dignity and security, a new report has revealed.

4 mins

Treat your domestic worker with respect and dignity

CONSTANCE Nkomo has been a domestic worker since 2007. After becoming a mother at a young age and facing limited opportunities, she took on the role to provide for her family.

2 mins

Durban mom joins Global Sumud Flotilla to aid Gaza

A DURBAN mother and humanitarian wants to leave a better world for her children and has joined an aid and peace mission to Gaza.

2 mins

Outraged at lenient sentence for officer

THE family of a man who was kidnapped and killed in 2022 by a detective from the Mariannhill police station said they were unhappy with the sentence imposed by the Durban High Court earlier this week.

2 mins

Residents demand urgent repairs for rental flats amid R37.5m arrears

CHATSWORTH’S rental housing stock tenants are calling for urgent repairs to their flats despite owing nearly R37.5 million in arrears to the eThekwini municipality.

2 mins

Water purifiers say they're being washed out by retailer's entry

SMALL business owners in eSikhawini, on KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast, have accused retail giant Shoprite of threatening their survival by introducing purified water refills at its eSikhawini Mall branch.

3 mins

Alarm over looming deadline for divorce bill amendment

PARLIAMENT has expressed its concern that the Home Affairs Department has introduced a divorce bill amendment, leaving limited time to process it considering that in just two months’ time the constitutional deadline expires.

2 mins

NSPCA raises alarm over company’s plan to breed 89 000 chicks

BUSINESS RESCUE

3 mins

SIU'S innovative framework to boost anti-graft measures

ACTING police minister Firoz Cachalia has thrown his weight behind the anti-corruption framework spearheaded by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) aimed at preventing corruption in the organs of state.

2 mins

Premier's plan to tackle joblessness

KWAZULU-NATAL Premier Thamsanga Ntuli unveiled a comprehensive Provincial Jobs and Economic Growth Action Plan, aimed at rejuvenating the province’s economy through robust job creation and renewed investor confidence on Friday.

2 mins

'Pull Her Down Syndrome' betrays the sisterhood

HAVE you ever experienced the hurt of a woman minimising your accomplishments, downplaying your successes or discarding you? “Pull Her Down Syndrome” is the term for these challenging phenomena.

2 mins

Government of provincial unity works for KZN

WE HAVE a lovely saying in Social Work — the family is flawed but functional, and it is the same for our Government of Provincial Unity (GPU).

2 mins

Eight in 10 South Africans say the country is on the wrong path

SOUTH AFRICANS remain deeply pessimistic about their country’s direction, with 80% saying South Africa is on the wrong track according to Ipsos’s latest “What Worries the World1” study.

3 mins

A bygone era: the Payne family and Overdale

MANY older readers will recall Durban's old department store. Greenacres, John Orr's, Payne Brothers and Stuttafords with their tearooms, wide array of services and merchandise, were a favourite haunt of shoppers, particularly in December when their windows were festooned with Christmas decorations.

5 mins

Genetic data from an Egyptian man buried 4500 years ago, decoded

A GROUP of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4500 years ago.

4 mins

Do's and don'ts for pregnant women during an eclipse

Q: Hi Mahesh, I heard about the eclipse this month. My daughter is pregnant.

2 mins

Scholarships for outstanding students

THE University of KwaZulu-Natal has honoured outstanding student achievers with prestigious scholarships.

3 mins

Enter the enchanting world of 'The Realm'

IN A celebration of creativity and imagination, local author Lauren Bianca Maduray has just launched her latest novel, The Realm.

2 mins

Pillay's win for women in electronic music

SOUTH African DJ and producer Sharm Pillay has been announced as one of the winners of the inaugural Lady of the House South African demo competition.

3 mins

Comedian's maiden residency run in New York

INTERNATIONAL Emmy Award-winner Vir Das is gearing up to become the first ever Indian artist to have his own residency run with Hey Stranger at the iconic Lincoln Centre Theater in New York.

1 mins

Open letter plea to president for release of “The Bengal Files’

“UNOFFICIAL BAN’

2 mins

Six women-led delegation for Toronto film festival

WOMEN in Film (WIF) India, backed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B), sent the country’s first-ever six women-led delegation to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

1 mins

A journey from humble beginnings to spiritual seeker

THE makers of AJEY: The Untold Story of a yogi released the trailer of the film.

1 mins

Bollywood reels as AI reshapes films

BOLLYWOOD, famed for its lavish song-and-dance numbers and vast production crews, now finds itself confronting a new kind of spectacle: artificial intelligence.

3 mins

The migration crisis demands action not virtue signalling

SOUTH Africa is grappling with one of the most urgent yet poorly managed challenges of the democratic era: migration.

1 mins

How local dialogue can overcome political polarisation in SA

NATIONAL dialogues are increasingly recognised as vital tools for resolving political conflicts, fostering stateand nation-building, enhancing social cohesion, and facilitating peaceful socioeconomic and political transformation.

4 mins

SA’s slow but growing EV evolution

BY THE end of 2024, South Africa had 3543 registered passenger electric vehicles (EVs), worth about R2.8billion. Most of these cars fall in the luxury and high-end market - think Tesla imports, BMW i-series, Porsche Taycan and the Jaguar I-Pace. Current adoption in this premium bracket sits at around 1.9% of new car sales.

2 mins

SACP’s navigation of complex Alliance politics a tough task

THE decision by the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) to contest the upcoming 2026 local government election (LGE) left many guessing about the future of this organisation.

4 mins

Reversing terminal decline a tall order for besieged ANC

THE ANC has released its National General Council (NGC) policy document, ahead of the gathering scheduled for December 8 to12 at Nasrec in Johannesburg. The 49-page document demands serious political engagement and intellectual patience.

5 mins

SA’s absence from SCO summit a ‘political miscalculation’

THE RECENTLY concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit of 2025 was a significant milestone in the realignment of global geopolitics.

4 mins

Aftershocks cause more damage after deadly quake

A 5.6-MAGNITUDE earthquake struck Afghanistan, centered 14km east of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, according to the US Geological Survey.

1 mins

Gaza ceasefire deal elusive

TWO weeks after Hamas accepted a peace proposal mediated by Egypt and Qatar, Israel has yet to issue a formal response. Instead, it has focused on bolstering its forces around Gaza City in preparation for an expanded offensive to seize the enclave’s largest urban center.

4 mins

Mpox death toll almost 2 000

THE death toll from Africa’s ongoing mpox outbreak is approaching 2000 since the beginning of 2024, amid recent “encouraging” decline in the number of cases, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

1 mins

Africa’s food needs, debt costs a concern

AFRICA’S poorest countries are struggling to take on more debt to invest in agriculture and are increasingly faced with the stark choice of paying off costly loans or feeding their people, global development leaders have warned.

2 mins

DR Congo declares 16th Ebola outbreak

THE GOVERNMENT of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday declared a new outbreak of Ebola in the central province of Kasai, the country's 16th since 1976, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that infections might rise further.

2 mins

Sudan’s political crisis deepens as RSF launches parallel state

THE COMMANDER of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, was sworn in last week to lead a self-declared parallel government in Sudan, deepening the country’s political crisis.

3 mins

Jihadists target foreign firms

JIHADISTS allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta.

3 mins

Effective empowerment of women in STEM will boost the economy

AS WOMEN'S Month concluded in South Africa with colourful banners and applause, it is worth noting that for many women and girls, the struggle for equal opportunity is a daily lived experience.

2 mins

How Elelwani Sophia Maphutha is building more than structures

IN POSTMASBURG’S Newtown township, where opportunity has long been scarce, Elelwani Sophia Maphutha saw more than hardship; she saw potential waiting to be unlocked.

3 mins

Interest rates expected to hold steady this month as inflation pressures linger

REPO RATE

3 mins

SANParks announces week of free access to national parks

NATURE UNLOCKED

1 mins

How to fund your girls' trip without the money drama

IF YOU’VE ever tried to plan a girls’ trip, you know the real struggle isn’t picking the destination; it’s actually getting out of the group chat.

3 mins

See SA through new eyes: ultimate guide to backyard adventures

BACKYARD tourism is the practice of exploring the places and experiences within your own country rather than travelling abroad.

3 mins

Danny Ross on anger, trauma and the importance of men’s mental health

BREAKING THE SILENCE

3 mins

Workplace bullying: the hidden power dynamics beyond gender

I RECENTLY stumbled across an X thread by Amukelani that stopped me in my tracks. The debate? How men and women bully differently at work.

4 mins

Nelisa Mchunu returns to 'Uzalo' as the conniving Fikile

AFTER a four-year hiatus, actress Nelisa Mchunu's return to SABC 1's top-rated TV show, Uzalo, as Fikile.

2 mins

A shocking true-crime twist that no-one saw coming

FROM the OG series, Catfish: The TV Show, on MTV to the subsequent string of streaming offerings like The Tinder Swindler, Con Mum and Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare, to Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara, I believed I had seen every conceivable catfish scenario.

2 mins

Chiefs turn Nedbank Cup success into lasting community impact

KAIZER Chiefs’ Marketing and Commercial Director, Jessica Motaung, says every piece of silverware will be important to the club this season as they also prepare for their long-awaited return to continental football.

2 mins

Verstappen secures pole with fastest ever lap at Monza

LOVE him or hate him, Max Verstappen has proved this season why he’s on the Christmas shopping list of so many team principals' and CEOs'.

2 mins

Djokovic 'not giving up on Grand Slams' after US Open exit

NOVAK Djokovic vowed to “continue fighting\" for Grand Slam titles after his US Open semifinal exit to Carlos Alcaraz on Friday.

2 mins

Alcaraz, Sinner set up US Open final battle

CARLOS Alcaraz overpowered Novak Djokovic in straight sets on Friday to set up a blockbuster US Open final showdown against world number one and defending champion Jannik Sinner.

1 mins

Appollis returns to drive Bafana’s World Cup dream

OSWIN Appollis is the epitome of the adage, “It takes a community to raise a child”, as the widespread support he received has made him the player he is today.

4 mins

Emphatic big win signals South Africa’s resilience

BAFANA Bafana emerged as decisive 3-0 winners over Lesotho on Friday evening, in a match laden with tension and external strife.

2 mins

Mokoena-gate, Bafana far from home and dry

BAFANA Bafana's ticket to a fourth appearance at the Fifa World Cup could well be within reach, but South Africa's senior national team are far from being home and dry.

2 mins

Broos’ rebuild delivers Bafana depth not seen in decades

FOR years, the narrative around Bafana Bafana has been depressingly familiar: a lack of depth, an overreliance on a handful of stars, and a squad stretched thin whenever injuries or suspensions hit. But Friday night in Bloemfontein felt different.

2 mins

WP run in six tries to crush Boland Cavaliers’ home semi-final hopes

WESTERN Province saved some pride in the Currie Cup yesterday afternoon in Cape Town, dispatching the Boland Cavaliers 40-22 for their first win of the tournament.

2 mins

Bok Women brace for big fight against France

THE Springbok Women are gearing up for an intense scrum battle in their final Women’s Rugby World Cup Pool D clash against France at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton today after steamrolling the opposition in the set piece in their opening two matches.

2 mins

Proteas U19 star players’ potential to influence things in World Cup campaign

AS South Africa’s Proteas Women prepare for the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, much attention has fallen on a pair of rookies who have swiftly transitioned from the U19 setup to the highest stage: wicket-keeper batter Karabo Meso and all-rounder Miané Smit.

2 mins

Linde unclear about his position in the Proteas’ pecking order

PROTEAS spin-bowling all-rounder George Linde has revealed that he doesn’t know where he is in the pecking order after being dropped from the T20I squad.

2 mins

Memories of the 1981 Boks New Zealand tour

IF YOU talk to South Africans who were of rugby-viewing age in 1981 about the Springbok tour of New Zealand, they will recollect cradling cups of coffee in front of televisions at a chilly 4.30am, the surreal sight of a small plane dropping flour bombs on Eden Park, and, chiefly, of wanting to inflict grievous bodily harm on Clive Norling.

4 mins

Costly errors hand All Blacks crucial Eden Park victory

THE Springboks left it far too late in the Rugby Championship Test against New Zealand at Eden Park yesterday, losing out 24-17 in a pulsating clash.

2 mins

Ngidi, Breetzke step up as Proteas go in search series sweep in England

THE Proteas men have a golden opportunity to secure a 3-0 series sweep when they take on England in the third and final One Day International (ODI) in Southampton on Sunday.

1 mins

Broos defies protest threats as Bafana ‘avoid the silly mistakes against Lesotho

BAFANA Bafana coach Hugo Broos was full of praise for his players after they brushed aside Lesotho 3-0 in Friday's 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifier — and silenced the noise surrounding the controversy in the buildup to the match.

2 mins

Five takeaways from Eden Park ... Street smart All Blacks outfox, outmuscle Springboks

THE All Blacks extended their 88-year unbeaten streak against the Springboks at Eden Park with a 24-17 win in Auckland on Saturday.

2 mins

Erasmus laments 'silly errors', promises changes for Wellington

SPRINGBOK coach Rassie Erasmus has admitted his team were the architects of their own downfall yesterday's 24-17 defeat to the All Blacks at Eden Park - and hinted at changes ahead of this week's must-win clash in Wellington.

2 mins

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The Sunday Tribune is KwaZulu-Natal’s premier Sunday title with a weekly readership of 435 000 people. The title provides readers with news that affects their lives as well as background information on what’s making news. But there is more to the Sunday Tribune than just news, views and sports. The package includes Business Report, KZN Business (aimed at entrepreneurs), SM (a lifestyle supplement that includes food and travel), Herald (which is a cultural supplement aimed South Africans of Indian descent) and KZN Property (the province’s premier property guide).