DURBAN PARTIES
Durban soaked in the party mood yesterday and, with rampant parties all over Metro, Durbanites were ushered into the new year with style and music. ||| Durban soaked in the party mood yesterday with...
View ArticleMEC concerned by flood of young mothers
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo has pledged to continue a provincial sex-education drive in light of the “alarming” number of teenagers who gave birth on New Year’s Day. ||| Johannesburg -...
View ArticleR25 000 bounty for ATM bombing suspect
Police have offered a R25 000 reward for information leading to the arrest of suspected ATM bomber, murderer and prison escapee Menzi Hector Mabaso, who is believed to be operating in KwaZulu-Natal and...
View ArticleFierce storm leaves five dead
Four people are missing and 22 others are being treated in hospital after a freak storm in KwaZulu-Natal. ||| Johannesburg - Five people have been confirmed dead following extreme weather that brought...
View ArticleOutrage over bid to hunt white rhino
An anti-rhino poaching activist has challenged the “mystery businessman” who forked out close to R1 million to hunt and kill a white rhino in KwaZulu-Natal to identify himself, exchange his...
View ArticleMom in dark over son’s possible drowning
A gravely ill mother might not know that police are searching for her 10-year-old son off KZN’s south coast. ||| Police will continue searching for a 10-year-old boy, whom they believe drowned while...
View ArticleShembe pilgrims get police escort
Police have escorted members of a Shembe church faction up a mountain outside Durban for their annual prayers. ||| Members of a Shembe church faction have been escorted up a mountain outside Durban by...
View ArticleRoad deaths reduced: report
The number of people killed on our roads has dropped slightly in December 2011 compared to December 2010. ||| The number of people killed on South Africa's roads dropped slightly in December 2011...
View ArticleANC lays flowers for founder
The ruling party’s year-long centenary celebrations kicked off with homage paid to its founder, John Dube. ||| The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal kicked off its year-long centenary celebrations on Wednesday by...
View Article‘Focus on quality exam passes’
Analysts say the education department should focus on the quality of matric passes rather high pass rates. ||| Education analysts say the education department should focus on the quality of matric...
View ArticleKZN twins achieve multiple distinctions
Fraternal twins Nic and Scott Roberts are different in every way, except when it comes to school. ||| Fraternal twins Nic and Scott Roberts are different in every way, except that they both scored...
View ArticleRecord results in PMB
Suhail Dada will go down in history at Maritzburg College as its first pupil to obtain 11 distinctions in the matric exams. ||| Suhail Dada will go down in history at Maritzburg College as its first...
View ArticleGirl power and study groups
Top achievers from all-girls’ schools -- one of whom lost both her parents in a car accident. ||| Being in the “A” class at their school rang true for four Northlands Girls’ High pupils, who racked up...
View ArticleGreat pals, great distinctions
Two childhood friends celebrate 17 combined distinctions in the 2011 matric exams. ||| Two friends attended primary school together, went to high school together, live in the same suburb, pulled pranks...
View ArticleBrainy Ladysmith matrics’ straight As
Hannah McKay says she can silly at times, but her matric results tells a different story. ||| “I can be quite blonde sometimes,” Hannah McKay, 18, says of mistakenly leaving questions out when writing...
View ArticleMatric exam advice from pupils
Balance between studies and time for fun is Durban’s top matric pupils’ recipe for great academic results. ||| Balance between studies and time for fun is Durban’s top matric pupils’ recipe for great...
View ArticleSuccessful pupils urged each other on
Durban’s Wingen Heights Secondary School pupils say they encouraged and supported each other. ||| With clever friends urging each other to do well, success in the matric exams was guaranteed for pupils...
View ArticleMatrics’ excel against tough odds
In spite of skin cancer and a brain tumour, Roedie de Wet says last year was his best thus far. ||| Diagnosed with skin cancer in December 2010, and with a tumour roughly the size of a 10 cent coin...
View ArticleHard work and nothing else
Living from hand to mouth and being raised by a single parent motivated Minenhle Luthuli to do well. ||| Coming from a family that lived from hand to mouth and being raised by a single parent drove...
View ArticleStolen school books no setback
Despite adversity, Zinhle Jele and Alisha Ramchander obtained a combined 14 As. ||| Having school books stolen a month before the matric exams, surviving on breadline income, illness and family...
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