Maritzburg Echo

Edendale and Pietermaritzburg Echo keep you up to speed on all the local news and views.

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Voters make their mark
PEOPLE came out in their numbers and endured long queues to ensure that they were able to cast their vote in the national and provincial elections yesterday.
Voting commenced on Monday and Tuesday... https://t.co/gKmQvU947D

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Fast result breathalyser launched
“IF you get into a car and drive while you drunk, you are a potential murderer.”
These were the words of National Minister of Transport Blade Nzimande during the launch of the Easter... https://t.co/V5SUY9wLQo

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ID unblocked after five years
“YOUR identity document is unblocked. Sorry for the inconvenience.”
This is what Simon Phiri (66) was told at Home Affairs’ Pietermaritbzurg office in Church Street after they blocked his... https://t.co/rkBYadREUe

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Sekuphele unyaka elinde imiphumela eHome Affairs
OWESILISA waseSweetwaters uthi akasazi ukuthi kumele enzenjani ukuze ezokwazi ukuthi athole izigxivizo zeminwe zikamama wakhe ongasekhko emhlabeni eMnyagweni wezaseKhaya... https://t.co/5dystsdWsT

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Fast result breathalyser launched
“IF you get into a car and drive while you drunk, you are a potential murderer.”
These were the words of National Minister of Transport Blade Nzimande during the launch of the Easter... https://t.co/sYTbEXY848

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Babhikishele ukungaqashwa eMnyangweni wezeMpilo
ABAFUNDI abebeqeqeshelwa amakhono emisebenzi (in-service training) ngaphansi koMnyango wezeMpilo KwaZulu-Natal babhikishe ngaphandle kwaseNatalia Building ngoLwesine... https://t.co/EccnhTferF

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Protesting pupils shut down school
Pupils at Sukuma Secondary School in Imbali Unit 1 brought learning to a standstill on Monday and Tuesday as they closed F J Sithole Road with broken bottles and burnt tyres at the... https://t.co/Lzqlo1eqOm

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Classes disrupted due to a protest
SUKUMA Secondary School pupils in Imbali Unit 1 brought everything into a standstill today as they closed FJ Sithole Road with broken bottles and burnt tyres in front of their school... https://t.co/xoYwpgboBC

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Classes disrupted due to a protest
SUKUMA Secondary School pupils in Imbali Unit 1 brought everything into a standstill today as they closed FJ Sithole Road with broken bottles and burnt tyres in front of their school... https://t.co/omCBL7KrUa

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Imeya nozime wokugubha inkululeko
IMEYA yoMasipala uMsunduzi uMnu Themba Njilo uhlele uzime wokugubha iminyaka engama-25 izwe laseNingizimu Afrika.
Lo mncintiswano kazime owethiwe ngokuthi uMiss Democracy uzoba seCity... https://t.co/RKDGMyckom

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Former president Jacob Zuma singing at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall during the recognition awards hosted by a non-profit organisation's Arise and Shine from Ashdown. Nine people were recognized including Jacob Zuma. Read full story on Echo on Thursday. https://t.co/zz5NMDJtJH

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Recognition awards at City Hall
ARISE and Shine non-profit organisation from Ashdown will host their first recognition awards tomorrow at Pietermaritzburg City hall at 5 pm.
These awards will be focusing on people who... https://t.co/Z2dnMh2okF

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Unqunywe washiswa owaseSweetwaters
USAPHITHENE amakhanda umndeni wakwaZondi kaNxamalala eSweetwaters ngemuva kokushiswa nendlu kwendodana yawo ngoMgqibelo ekuseni.
UMnu Bhuti Maxwell Zondi (48) nobedume ngalikaSbakabaka... https://t.co/tFsCvPrhxr

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Kutholwe ikhanda lomuntu namathambo
USASHAQEKILE umphakathi waKwaZayeka endaweni yaseSweetwaters ngemuva kokutholakala kwekhanda lomuntu kanye namathambo ngeSonto ekuseni mhla zingama-31 kuNdasa (March).
Ngokuthola... https://t.co/ycoje8BLxZ

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Abasebenzi abenza i-inserve ezibhedlela Kanye nemitholampilo ehlukene eMgungundlovu bayabhikisha ngaphandle kwase-Natalia Building nalapho bekhala khona ngokuthi uMnyango wezeMpilo ukhiphe izikhala zemisebenzi kodwa... https://t.co/0y79Y92SIE

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Kusolwa abokufika ngokungcola kwedolobha
USEKELA Ngqongqoshe wezeMvelo uNkk Baraba Thomson usegxeke abantu bokufika ngokungafuni ukulandela imithetho nathe lokho kugcina kulimaza imvelo kuphinde kwandise nokungcola.... https://t.co/ga3xAOO2Ql

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‘Our home isn’t safe anymore’
A NAPIERVILLE family is living in fear after they have had their house broken into twice in less than a year.
The family of four, who did not want to be identified out of fear of... https://t.co/bgV5Dgp5GE

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Resident charged for electricity despite using pre-paid system
WHEN she switched to prepaid electricity, Phumelele Mbambo hoped her days of receiving massive, incorrect electricity bills from the municipality would come... https://t.co/y6bYQrdXEU

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Abamatekisi bakhala ngomgwaqo
ABANIKAZI bamatekisi ahambela endaweni yaKwaMpumuza sebesabise ngokuthi kunezindawo angeke asazihambela uma ngabe kungukuthi isimo somgwaqo kulezo zindawo asilungiswa.
Lokhu kuvele... https://t.co/MIuU4tQzeD

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Bamise konke befuna izidingo
KUME nse ukusebenza endaweni yaseMaqongqo ngoMsombuluko mhla zili-18 kuNdasa (March) njengoba umphakathi, abamatekisi kanye nosomabhizinisi bevuke umbhejazane bavala umgwaqo ongenela kule... https://t.co/xlqGz0ietL