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Pietermaritzburg mortuary mess:- workers return to work after arrests

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The Fort Napier workers had been on a go-slow since November. They have been demanding a wage increase, back pay and better working conditions.

Seventeen employees of the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg, who were arrested on Monday, were released with a warning on Tuesday. They were arrested after the Department of Health issued an ultimatum to workers to return to work or face arrest.

Department of Health spokesperson Ncumisa Mafunda said that on Tuesday, 16 forensic pathology staff members from Gale Street Medico Legal Mortuary in Durban had also been arrested. According to National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) provincial secretary Phakama Ndunakazi, they were released the same day.

Mortuary workers demand better pay
The Fort Napier workers had been on a go-slow since November. They have been demanding a wage increase, back pay and better working conditions.

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Durban beachfront still in disrepair ahead of holiday rush

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With Durban preparing to receive millions of visitors over the festive season, many of its beachfront showers are not working.

Njabulo Zondi, who works along the promenade as a sand sculptor, said they had not been operational for a few months.

“It’s the festive now and these showers must be working,” he said.

Zondi said he went to the beach at least three times a week and used water from the showers for his sculptures and after taking a swim.

Pensioner Robert Sinner, who also frequents the beachfront, said of the two sets of showers at North Beach, only two showers from one set were working.

“Those showers haven’t been working for nine months, and three months ago they started leaking water. When I enquire, I am told the spares to fix them are imported from overseas,” Sinner said, adding that the beachfront was in a bad state.

“At least three times this year salt water made its way into the freshwater taps. Lo
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Durbanville : Blue Tuesday’s @ Die Boer

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The LAST Tuesday of every month is Blue Tuesday!… a night dedicated to the true blue-blooded blues lover …and the music is the kind of stuff you will find in the back-streets of Chicago and New Orleans.

South Africa is blessed with an almost unbelievable crop of world-class blues musicians.

Dates:-
20 & 27 February 2018

Time:-
From 18:30 until Late
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Magic828AM and The Media Connection join forces for what can only be a dazzling combination!

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Broadcasting from Mowbray, Western Cape, Magic828am is an independent medium wave commercial music radio station, broadcasting to Cape Town and the entire Western Cape region. The studios are situated in Golf Park, Pinelands, Cape Town, with a transmitter situated at the centre of a geographic triangle with Paarl, Durbanville and Malmesbury as the three corner..
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Gagasi FM makes new waves with the Loeries.

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South Africa’s largest regional commercial radio station, KZN-based Gagasi FM, has joined forces with Loeries® Africa Middle East as the Official Radio Partner. With a reach of over 1.4 million listeners comprising primarily of urban black young adults, the partnership will be highly instrumental in communicating and encouraging young creatives to take up successful careers..
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