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“Stage 3 load shedding will continue to be implemented until further notice” - ESKOM

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Image by Internet  STHEMBILE NDLOVU Disgruntled South African citizens responds to the ever changing load shedding schedules as Eskom is now implementing stage 3 of load shedding on Thursday 20 October 2022. Eskom said on the statement they had issued that they had announced previously that stage 3 will be coming to an end but however stage 3 will continue to be implemented until further notice. “Previously we had communicated that stage 3 will be suspended at 05:00 on Friday. However stage 3 load shedding will continue to be implemented until further notice. The delay in return to service of a generating unit each at Duvha, Grootvlei, Kendal and two units at Tutuka power stations, as well as breakdown of a unit each at Kusile and Komati power stations have necessitated the escalation of load shedding,” Said the Eskom media team. On of the citizens Micheal John Louw said these ever changing stages are not fair they at least need to be given a chance to adapt on one stage not changi...
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The KwaZulu-Natal South Coast won the bid to host the conservation symposium in 2020

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STHEMBILE NDLOVU  Picture: Premiere Resort Cutty Sark Image by the internet  The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Coast has been chosen for the first time to host a conservation symposium which welcomes environmentally focused delegates from 31st of October to the 5th of November 2022.   Event organiser Freyni du Toit said they are happy to to announce the venue of this year’s conservation symposium Premiere Resort Cutty Sark and Dream Hotel Blue Marlin in Scottburgh.   “We are thrilled to announce the venue of this year’s conservation symposium; Premiere Resort Cutty Sark and Dream Hotel Blue Marlin in Scottburgh. Located just 1,4km from each other, these venues will be the centre of our conservation symposium, allowing our attendees to enjoy a slice of beautiful KZN South Coast before, during or after the symposium,” mentioned Toit.   Phelelisa Ngcamu the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the South Coast Tourism Investment Enterprise (SCTIE) said that they are exited ...
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LOCAL WOMAN CHANGES MANY LIVES WITH AN ORGANISATION

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Image by Facebook  STHEMBILE NDLOVU Bongiwe Hlophe who works under the Department of Home Affairs in Gauteng has created an organisation that aims to uplift lives of many Hammarsdale residents. The 32-year-old female born and bred in the semi-rural township of Hammarsdale outer west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal has surprised many people by opening an organisation that has changed and assisted lives of  many. Umusa  NoThando Foundation was founded in 2012 and officially registered in 2020. Bongiwe Hlophe said  her main  aim and purpose is to encourage a society that is loving and caring “ The  aim and purpose  is  encourage and promote a loving, caring, self-suffi cient and  well-developed  society by teaching and heartening Ubuntu in our communities , ” said Hlophe. Hlophe said that one of the big and successful program Umusa NoThando Foundation held was in 2021, when they visited a primary school in Hammarsdale Unit four Emaxulwini Primary ...
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Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme foundation celebrates Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme for the first time

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    STHEMBILE NDLOVU   Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme foundation celebrated the birth of former African National Congress activist the late Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme for the first time yesterday on the 1st of October 2022 at kwaMashu Hall L section.   One of the important guest speakers Sifiso Seme grandchild to Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme articulated on the importance of celebrating the life of Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme.   “Seme was the second black person to be a lawyer in South Africa and he was the one who came up with an idea of creating this organisation for black people. In 1912 January 08 they called ‘Imbizo’ for the whole South Africa in Mangaung to discuss the formation of this organisation,” he mentioned.   Seme also mentioned that Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme was elected as the first president of the organisation but he refused to accept the presidential seat.   “he was nominated for the presidency seat after the creation of the organisation but he refused fou...
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DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NETBALL FIRST YEAR TEAM PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMPUS LEAGUE

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By Sthembile Ndlovu  The Durban University of Technology (DUT) sports introduced campus league for the first time on the 1st of September 2022 for various sports to participate. Nonjabulo Shangase the manager of the first year students netball team, said leagues have existed in DUT before but they ended up being attended by resident students. That is why the sports officer decided to start this league to accommodate all students. "The league is called campus league, in the institution we have different leagues but most of these leagues end up being attended by students who reside in DUT residences. That when sport officer decide to start the league where every DUT student from different facilities and staff member to join and play together," she mentioned. Shangase said creating the first year team was a challenge and she is confident that they are going to win the league. "It wasn’t easy to create the first year team as we have many of the students who wanted to be in a...
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“Being born in Hammarsdale there was no way that one could escape politics,” -Themba Mvubu

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Photo: Facebook  By Sthembile Ndlovu  A politician born and bred in the semi-rural area of Hammarsdale outer west of Durban, attested that growing in such a politically affiliated area during the time of the apartheid government, politics was the only way to go. Themba Mvubu, chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) eThekwini region and the eThekwini Municipality PR Councillor fell deeply in love with politics at the age of 18 as he was exiting high school. “I think it was 18 when I was about to exit high school, or when I was exiting high school, it was 18 because that is when you realise that okay it is the end of the road now, for your teen kind of lifestyle now you are going to face the real world. Your peers are going to different directions some are going to be enrolled in varsities you start to get into reality with your own personal life in relations to your family and everything else,” said Mvubu. Mvubu also explained that the unmeasurable love for literatur...
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“We demand inclusivity, in the institutions of higher learning” -LGBTQ+ students

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  STHEMBILE NDLOVU  One of the Durban University of Technology (DUT) residences Four Seasons mostly known as Megalo celebrated pride month last Friday. Ntokozo Msimango the house committee chairperson at four Seasons and the organizer of this program said they engaged on the issues that the LGBTQ+ students are facing in the institution of higher learning. “The students under the LGBTQ+ community as they were in celebration of pride month. We engaged around common issues the community face and we all came in conclusion that the most common factor is exclusion. There is not even a single thing that says or that acknowledges that there is this community in the varsity. From the bathrooms not even a single sign of inclusion,” said Msimango. Msimango continued to speak about the residence structures excluding the LGBTQ+ students. “There are residence structures in the university such as Qhakaza for woman and where they get a platform to discuss their issues and groom each other and...
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