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BREAKING: Empangeni Hospital opens new emergency wing · Richards Bay Port expansion to create 2,000 jobs · Zululand Lions beat Coastal Sharks 24-22 · Ulundi Heritage Festival this Easter weekend — free entry · SAPS Operation Thunder: 47 arrests in first week · Drought warning: Sugarcane harvest down 35% · Mtubatuba water crisis enters day 12     BREAKING: Empangeni Hospital opens new emergency wing · Richards Bay Port expansion to create 2,000 jobs · Zululand Lions beat Coastal Sharks 24-22 · Ulundi Heritage Festival this Easter weekend — free entry · SAPS Operation Thunder: 47 arrests in first week · Drought warning: Sugarcane harvest down 35% · Mtubatuba water crisis enters day 12
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