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The Witness: SA's oldest continuously published newspaper, serving KZN since 1846! https://t.co/8gD0o1OAGA

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A research paper released by the Public Health Bulletin South Africa has highlighted possible answers to the measles outbreak in Mpumalanga in 2022 and 2023, due to gaps in immunity caused by missed opportunities to vaccinate against the highly contagious disease.
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Egypt said on Wednesday that its much-anticipated new $1-billion archaeological museum near the Pyramids of Giza will officially open on November 1 after several delays.
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Official say that at 50 hectares (124 acres), the museum will be the largest in the world dedicated to a single civilisation.
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A violent altercation outside a Pietermaritzburg high school this week has renewed focus on the recently launched Safe School Protocol — a joint initiative between the Department of Basic Education and the South African Police Service (SAPS) aimed at tackling violence and.
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A rural football team inspired by the style and spirit of the French national team, Les Bleus, has captured international attention, earning a rare and historic visit from the ambassador of France to South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi.
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FC France, established in 2010, was named in admiration of Les Bleus' style of play and has become a source of unity and pride for the youth
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The National Freedom Party (NFP) leadership has withdrawn disciplinary proceedings against its sole KwaZulu-Natal Legislature MPL, Mbali Shinga, who also serves as Social Development MEC in the government of provincial unity (GPU).
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National Freedom Party (NFP) leadership has withdrawn disciplinary proceedings against its sole KwaZulu-Natal Legislature MPL, Mbali Shinga.
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Rwanda will allow teenagers as young as 15 years old to access contraception after approving a new law to tackle teen pregnancy, sparking divided opinions in the largely conservative country.
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While globally adolescent birth rates have declined, they are falling the slowest in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the WHO.
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Promises of fast riches and life-changing returns have turned into financial ruin for dozens of Pietermaritzburg residents, who now say they were duped by a Northdale woman running an alleged Bitcoin investment scam.
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Promises of fast riches and life-changing returns have turned into financial ruin for dozens of Pietermaritzburg residents.
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The death of seven people in a taxi crash in Edendale has reignited calls from the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) in KZN for drivers to prioritise road safety and strictly adhere to traffic laws.
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The death of seven people in a taxi crash in Edendale has reignited calls for drivers to prioritise road safety and strictly adhere to traffic laws.
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The ANC is forging ahead with its plan to draw more political parties into the 10-member government of national unity (GNU) so the party can “execute its agenda for nation building and fundamental socio-economic transformation”.
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In its four-day meeting the ANC resolved that talks with parties such as ActionSA and Bosa, who are not currently part of the GNU, should commence.
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KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Speaker Nontembeko Boyce has threatened to impose female candidates on political parties in the election of MPLs to senior positions if parties continue to submit lists that do not reflect the principle of gender parity.
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This follows the election of only men by KZN parties during on Tuesday's Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) special sitting
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KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli on Tuesday unveiled four mobile satellite stations to strengthen the provincial police’s crime-fighting efforts.
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The vehicles, worth a combined R6,8 million, were handed over to the police at the Public Works Department in Mayville.
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Police in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a man for dealing in dagga after he was found with 90 bags of compressed dagga worth R4 million in Dundee on Tuesday evening.
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Police gathered intelligence about a vehicle entering the country from Eswatini via Paulpietersburg with a load of dagga.
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Two people were seriously injured in a single vehicle accident in Margate, KZN on Wednesday morning.
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According to Craig Botha, from KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service, the accident occurred at 3 am on Seaslopes Road.
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Do you think the South African Post Office can still be saved?.
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A woman died and nine people were injured in a wildfire in southern France that has burned 11,000 hectares, local officials said Wednesday.
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A woman died in her home and two people were injured, one of whom is now in critical condition with severe burns.
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Motorist travelling to Durban from Pietermaritzburg should expect a delay of eight minutes on the N3.
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Motorist travelling to Durban from Pietermaritzburg should expect a delay of eight minutes on the N3.
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In The Witness today: Northdale woman accused of duping dozens in Bitcoin scam | Ntuli hands over mobile satellite stations to boost police presence | Horror Edendale taxi crash sparks fresh calls for road safety | ANC looks to expand unity government to secure policy agenda |
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A record-long heatwave in Finland has caused suffering and even deaths of reindeer, prompting alarm among herders as temperatures remained above 25C on Tuesday.
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In the arctic town of Rovaniemi, which bills itself the hometown of Santa Claus, temperatures hit 26C on Tuesday.
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A fire that broke out at a bakery on Manchester Road on Tuesday afternoon is believed to have spread to the iconic Sticky Fingers nightclub.
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Firefighters were called to the scene after flames erupted inside the bakery, which is situated behind the nightclub.
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Politics is commonly associated with the administration and governance of a country. That’s regrettably a simplistic and naive take on the subject. Sure that’s the theory but, in practice it’s positively kafkaesque.
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Democracy is the most diverse and varied political option of all due to its limitless permutations of interpretations.
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