Pietermaritzburg, South Africa News

Khoisan men sing during a poster unveiling of a new name for Cape Town in honour of deceased leader Dawid Kruiper.

Pietermaritzburg - Two mothers whose sons died after a fitness test in KwaZulu-Natal testified at a commission of inquiry in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday.

A man who died after a fitness test in KwaZulu-Natal last year succumbed because of an epileptic attack, a commission of inquiry heard on Wednesday.

Aspirant traffic cops wait to run 4km in 30 minutes to pass the fitness test which will qualify them to go into the next round for one of 90 provincial posts.

The 46 children injured in a bus crash in Pietermaritzburg on Monday morning were from a special needs school, paramedics said.

A dilapidated government building in Durban could be renovated and handed to the Durban University of Technology to use as a student residence.

A carpenter who had denied he killed Pietermaritzburg widow Venotha Ince, came clean on Thursday and apologised to Ince's family for what he had done.

No budget for bottled water was the reason eight people died in Pietermaritzburg during a fitness test for jobs with the Road Traffic Inspectorate.

Acute staff shortages and overcrowding have been blamed for the high levels of gang violence at several of KwaZulu-Natal's prisons.

Pietermaritzburg - A witness at an inquiry into eight deaths at a fitness test in KwaZulu-Natal was on Tuesday accused of manipulating another witness.

An Indian-origin doctor was shot dead outside his surgery at Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

The ANC must learn that their favourable reserves earned due to past members' heroics have now been over withdrawn from our personal 'trust' accounts, says Dr Rennie Naidoo .

A witness's testimony about a woman collapsing during a fitness test that claimed the lives of eight people was questioned at the commission of inquiry into the matter on Monday.

New Zealand selected junior riders for a short list team for the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in South Africa in late August.

It is not possible to shower love and kindness on loved ones, after they have died.

The two Brian Boswell's Circus elephants whose abuse by their handlers ignited a public firestorm have been sent back to their base camp just outside Pietermaritzburg.

LOCAL downhill rider Tegan Molloy has had a great summer of riding, culminating in her selection on the Australian junior team to compete at the World Championships at Pietermaritzburg in South Africa in early September.

A KwaZulu-Natal man was jailed for 15 years by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday for raping and robbing an 88-year-old woman.

Nkosiyabona Zungu has done a stellar job of highlighting the unsung heroes of South Africa in his play, A Long Way to Go.

The provincial DA on Monday filed papers in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg in a bid to find out why charges of fraud and racketeering were dropped against two senior ANC politicians.