The plans include a R1,7m new supermarket in Sunnyridge and a R4,4m factory in Woodbrook. The Siyakha Training Centre started registration of carpenters and bricklayers at the town hall here yesterday as part of a R50million Recognition of Prior Learning project funded by the European Union. Lukanji ward councillors are assisting ward committees to reduce a debt of R39,9million owed to the municipality mainly by residents defaulting on payment of service charges. Four South Africans were among a group of about 120 people taken captive during the hostage drama in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday. The body of an unidentified man was found floating in a dam near here yesterday, SABC radio news reported.
Police believe the body had been in the water for more than two weeks.
Police are looking for a man who shot dead a police officer at Gamakhaya location in Gqukunca administrative area near Qumbu yesterday morning, police said. An Orlando Pirates goalkeeper who was convicted on two counts of fraud involving a Gauteng government cheque was sentenced to an effective four years' imprisonment in the regional court here yesterday.