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Trucks burnt on N3

Trucks burnt on N3 Highway… In the early hours of Sunday morning, Netcare 911 responded to reports of a truck on fire on the Orthmann Road on-ramp in Pietermaritzburg, the scene was assessed and fortunately, the driver was not injured.

Shortly after this incident, Netcare 911 responded to reports of another truck fire on the N3 near the Mooi Toll Plaza, on arrival the truck was well alight.

Trucks Burnt

The driver was assessed on scene and to be in a stable condition. Circumstances leading up to the truck fires will be investigated by the relevant authorities.

Source: Shawn Herbst – Media Liaison Officer – Netcare Limited – Netcare 911

In Other News – Women in hip-hop are judged more than in any other genre: Nadia Nakai

Nadia Nakai has opened up about the battles young female hip-hop artists face in trying to get their music out there, claiming they are judged more than artists from other genres. Nadia has been doing the most to successfully break free from the “annoying” label of female hip-hop artist to become one of the most recognised MCs in the game.

Nadia Nakai

But she told TshisaLIVE recently that even though she has always seen herself as a hip-hop artist equal to all other musos in the country, often the music industry does not see it that way. She said that while genres like house and pop did not make a big deal about the difference between female and male artists, hip- hop was still chained by the limitations.

“In this industry obviously women have to work harder but for me the issue is the inequality of rappers in the industry holistically. read more