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Snake rescuer Nick Evans says a python rescued some 2km off the Durban coast could have slithered out of a boat taking part in the Durban Ski Boat Club Festival. Evan has told Newswatch Senior Reporter, Nushera Soodyal that the African Rock Python is recovering well…

Relative Vimalessan Pillay says through his engineering and construction business, Alan Monswamy created jobs for the local residents. He says he went out of this way to help the community and shared a close relationship with his workers and their families. Newswatch reporter, Lauren Hendricks attended Friday afternoon's media briefing…

The husband of a murdered Pietermaritzburg nurse says her young daughter, who witnessed the attack, is battling severe trauma. Aleyka Shaik was stabbed to death in Northdale last month. Newswatch's Lauren Hendricks spoke to Shaik's husband Tristen Arjuna…

Questions are still being raised about whether the proposed new school History curriculum is truly inclusive. Selvan Naidoo from the 1860 Heritage Centre spoke to Senior Reporter, Nushera Soodyal. He has given a grade-by-grade breakdown of their concerns facing high school pupils.

Motorists could be in for another major blow as early data points to steep fuel price hikes in May, with diesel potentially rising by up to R8 a litre and petrol by as much as R6. Economist Dawie Roodt says global oil prices remain the key driver, despite a temporary…