They hurt her so bad – Franziska’s devastated dad

By Sodwana Bay

Cape Town – Two days after she was brutally murdered, Franziska Blöchliger’s heartbroken father described seeing his child’s broken body. “I just got back from the mortuary. You wouldn’t believe what I saw,” Florian Blöchliger…


VHF operators courses

By Sodwana Bay

Short Range Radio Course – VHF (VHF Operators certificate) Radio operators on the Short range course (SRC), for the VHF Operators Certificate are taught the proper use of a VHF radio and the correct procedures…


Vryheid – KwaZulu-Natal

By Sodwana Bay

Vryheid is a coal mining and cattle ranching town in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Vryheid is Afrikaans for “freedom” or “liberty” History After Boer farmers, who lived in the Vryheid area, had helped Dinuzulu defeat…


Tongaat – KwaZulu-Natal

By Sodwana Bay

Tongaat is a sugarcane growing township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, that is situated on the banks of the Tongati River about 37 km north of Durban and 28 km south of Stanger. It now forms part of eThekwini,…


KwaDukuza – KwaZulu-Natal

By Sodwana Bay

KwaDukuza (also known as Stanger) is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In 2006, its official name was changed from Stanger to KwaDukuza; however Zulu people in the area called it “Dukuza” well before this…


Creighton – KwaZulu-Natal

By Sodwana Bay

Creighton is a settlement in Sisonke District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Village 35 km northwest of Ixopo. Laid out in 1865, it has been administered by a Health Committee since 1947.…