Categories
News

Masango using MTB Dash to prepare for World Champs

Masango using MTB Dash to prepare for World Champs Pietermaritzburg – The Mandela Day MTB Dash could provide a perfect send off to Sthembiso Masango before he heads over to Perth, Australia to represent South Africa at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships early next month. The 42km event on Saturday, August 26, will provide […]

Categories
News

Mandela Day Trail Run offers something for all

  The Mandela Day Trail Run, part of the greater Mandela Day Marathon event, has become a highlight on the trail running calendar and this year promises to be yet another spectacular affair. The trail run is organised by KZN Trail Running (KZNTR) on behalf of the Mandela Day Marathon Committee and is taking place […]

Categories
Speeches

MEC Dube-Ncube urges women not to give up fight for their rights

  KZN MEC for Cogta Nomusa Dube-Ncube says women will never be fully emancipated, if they are not united. Dube-Ncube was speaking to hundreds of women attending a Women’s Day celebration in Dannhauser in northern KZN. She said that only through unity, would women be in a position to devise solutions to the innumerable challenges […]

Categories
News

Mandela Day Marathon entries closed

Entries for the 2017 edition of the Nelson Mandela Day Marathon (NMDM) have officially closed. The Nelson Mandela Day Marathon Organising Committee has announced that the entry cap was reached a short while ago, necessitating the closure of the entry process. The sixth Nelson Mandela Day Marathon event takes place on Sunday, 27 August 2017. […]

Categories
Speeches

D-Day looms for Mandela Day Marathon runners – entries close on 31 July 2017.

With only 7 days left before the deadline date of 31 July 2017, which is a cut-off-date to register to participate in one of Africa’s fastest growing marathon, the Nelson Mandela Day Marathon.   The organisers have issued a call to all runners to urgently register on time to avoid being left out of this iconic […]

Categories
Speeches

MEC Dube-Ncube pleads with Municipal Speakers to up their game to ensure functional municipalities

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nomusa Dube-Ncube has asked municipal Speakers to bring order and decorum to their council meetings. Dube-Ncube was addressing Speakers from the 54 municipalities in KZN during a Speakers’ Forum meeting in Durban today. The Speakers’ Forum brings together all municipal Speakers to reflect on key areas […]

Categories
News

KZN Government partners with ABSA for Mandela Day Marathon until 2020

KZN Provincial Government and uMgungundlovu District Municipality have welcomed Absa Bank’s “win-win” decision to become a strategic partner for the Mandela Day Marathon until 2020. Absa today announced a R6-million financial injection to this iconic race over the next three years further solidify the marathon’s reputation as an annual celebration of the legacy of former […]

Categories
News

Travelling long distances to get chronic medication is now a thing of the past for the elderly in uMlazi U-Section

  The burden of walking long distances in order to get access to crucial medication is now a thing of the past for residents of Ward 86 in uMlazi U Section, thanks to intervention by the Provincial government of the Province of KwaZulu-Natal and the Ethekwini Metro. The MEC for the department of Cooperative Governance […]

Categories
News

MEC urges municipalities to fill all critical vacancies

KZN MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nomusa Dube-Ncube is urging all municipalities to ensure that all expiring contracts of municipal managers and other senior managers are filled with immediate effect to prevent instability at the top level of municipal administration. Dube-Ncube made her appeal during a meeting with all the Mayors of […]

Categories
News

MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube condemns murder of yet another Richmond councillor

The MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube has expressed shock and outrage at the killing of yet another councillor in Richmond local municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. Councillor Sfiso Mkhize of Richmond’s ward 2, was killed in a hail of bullets today evening while on his way home.  Councilor Mkhize is the […]