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REUTERS Durban - Any hope that Pietermaritzburg residents might have had that the Msunduzi Municipality would reconsider charging 10 percent more for water and electricity were dashed on Monday when the 2013/2014 draft … [Read more...] about Residents heated over power, water hikes

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. File photo Durban - The appointment of the new municipal manager of Pongola in northern KwaZulu-Natal is being questioned by the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and the IFP who claim he has a history of poor … [Read more...] about Municipal boss targeted by union

INLSA Workers from the eThekwini municipality begin repair work on sewerage pipes, near Parlock, damaged this week by people sifting through the effluent looking for treasure .Photo: Lauren Rawlins Durban - People desperate for … [Read more...] about Broken pipe dreams