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KZN news bites: Zulu regiment leader wants R5-million to guard border

Celani Sikhakhane brings you KwaZulu-Natal's latest news.

Singer Jelly Babie shares pictures of abuse by her husband

Bacardi singer Jelly Babie says she suffered physical and financial abuse during her marriage to her husband Koketso and tried to take her own life.

Former uMkhonto weSizwe Party secretary general joins the IFP

Dr Bongani Mncwango has left the uMkhonto weSizwe Party to join the Inkatha Freedom Party after Jacob Zuma removed him as the secretary general recently.

Gqeberha taxi drivers struggle as petrol prices keep going up

Jikeleza taxi drivers in Walmer township say they are battling to survive because rising petrol prices are cutting their daily earnings.

Zulu King tells taxi operators to go easy on fare increases

King Misuzulu kaZwelithini urged the taxi industry to ease fare increases for passengers, saying the Iran conflict could affect world fuel supplies and hurt already struggling families.

South Africa faces diesel crisis as Middle East imports hit 80%

South Africa now gets 80 percent of its diesel from the Middle East as local refineries close and India adds a tax to imported fuel.

Lusikisiki mother grows chickens to beat high food prices

Nomfezeko Ngozwana from Lusikisiki stopped taking her children out for treats because high grocery prices mean her farm supervisor salary can no longer cover the bills.

Fewer people die on South African roads this Easter

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says road safety efforts are working as fewer people died on the roads during the busy Easter period than last year.

Health official wants church leaders arrested for stopping HIV medication 

KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Mngadi wants leaders of a KwaMaphumulo church arrested for telling followers to stop taking their life-saving ARV medication.

Young South African debater chosen to lead global event in London

Tanya Jakeni, a 19-year-old South African debater, will lead an international event in London on Monday, 20 April as the newly appointed President of Debate.

Groom and father arrested for drink driving an hour before wedding

A groom and his father were arrested for drunk driving in Newcastle while on their way to a wedding which then had to be cancelled.

Buffalo City women to march for removal of ‘Igbo king’

Mayor Princess Faku will lead thousands of women in a march this Friday to close a tavern and remove a disputed leader in Buffalo City.