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Eskom working to restore power after snowstorm in KZN

Eskom in KZN says its teams are working to restore power to areas affected by the severe snowstorm. Since Friday night, a number of areas including Pietermaritzburg, Newcastle, Underberg, and Empangeni, have been without electricity…
22 Sep 3AM 1 min

Gift of Givers on N3 snow-stranded motorists and relief efforts

Relief and recovery operations have been underway since the N3 toll route was reopened last night. Thousands of people travelling on the national route were trapped their vehicles when snow brought traffic to a halt on Friday. On Saturday, graders and rescue teams began clearing the area in the vicinity…
21 Sep 4AM 2 min

Invasive Plant Species Threaten Ferncliffe Forest in Pietermaritzburg'

Ferncliffe Forest, located on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg, is under threat from invasive plant species. Janine Stephen, one of the founders of the Ferncliffe Forest Wilding Project. Some invasive plants like Bugweed are trees that invade, some are like creepers, like the unbelievably thorny Mauritius Thorn.
5 Sep 2AM 7 min

Global IT outage hits SA

A mass IT outage has hit companies around the world on Friday, including South Africa.
19 Jul 5AM 3 min

Onion and tomato prices up 110% in five years!

South African consumers are paying R2,279 more for food than they did in 2019. An average food basket cost R3,051 five years ago. The same basket costs R5,330 now. The price of onions, tomatoes, apples and samp skyrocketed by between 110 and 190 per cent. Mervyn Abrahams, who is a…
11 Jun 1AM 6 min

Locals living in cars after Tornado; looting taking place

It has been a week since a tornado tore through Tongaat and parts of the north coast, forcing many to take shelter after their homes were damaged. At least eleven people were killed during severe storms that hit KZN, with seven deaths recorded in Tongaat. In the aftermath of the…
10 Jun 5AM 1 min

Tongaat tornado: injured woman's sister explains what happened

Families in tornado-hit Tongaat are still piecing back their lives in the wake on Monday afternoon’s devastating storm. Newswatch has been visiting affected areas. An emotional resident told Newswatch her sister and niece were hospitalised after their house crumbled around them.
6 Jun 9AM 1 min
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