Howick West News Today

Umngeni Municipality hosted its matric awards ceremony despite teachers union SADTU warning teachers and principals not to attend

Dozens of shacks have been engulfed by fire at an informal settlement in Howick West in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday.

If you own a dog, you have to know what your liability is and what the legal consequences are if it bites someone.

The dog was all over the elderly woman and residents feared approaching the dog. A PT Alarms Tactical officer drove into the yard and tried to distract the dog while her son rushed to rescue the woman. The elderly woman sustained lacerations.

Midlands EMS Howick crews were dispatched to the Howick West area for a dog bite incident on Wednesday afternoon.

There has been a major electrical fault at the Midmar Water treatment Plant in Howick.

Hundreds of thousands of KwaZulu-Natal residents do not have access to water during and after load-shedding, Umgeni Water said on Monday.

UMngeni Municipality is owed over R2,5 million by government departments with most debts sitting on over 90 days. This was revealed at the municipality’s finance portfolio committee, which was held at the council chamber on Wednesday.

Howick West residents are frequently having their properties flooded with sewage and other waste as a result of uMngeni Municipality’s alleged negligence.

Moses Kiilozo With many people feeling traumatised by the recent unrest, Howick-based NPO, Love Howick, has organised a series of trauma workshops. They are free and open to all community members who need help to deal with their emotions following the unrest. The workshops will be held in Nottingham Road, Howick, Merrivale, Howick West, Mpophomeni and Hilton. Love Howick director, Matt Hogarty said, “We are aware that a concerted effort needs to be focused on treating...