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/ 6 December 2011
Three Greenpeace activists will be deported after they were arrested for trespassing while trying to abseil from the roof of a Durban hotel.
President Jacob Zuma has launched a flagship solar power plant in Hazelmere, KwaZulu-Natal, which is set to provide job opportunities.
President Jacob Zuma has said that government is to invest billions in mass transport systems as a way of ‘greening’ the South African economy.
ANC supporters dressed in COP17 tracksuits exchanged stones with members of organisations that were marching against climate change on Saturday.
Protesters marched through the streets of Durban on Saturday morning creating a spectacle that was worlds apart from the solemn climate change talks.
A march planned as a side event of the COP17 climate talks got underway in Durban on Saturday morning.
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/ 2 December 2011
Youth delegations at the Durban climate talks have called for a greater sense of urgency from countries agreeing on a treaty to slow climate change.
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/ 2 December 2011
With climate talks under way in Durban, we need to take fairy footsteps in negotiations when giant strides are not possible says <b>Simon Maxwell</b>
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/ 29 November 2011
International climate negotiators were at odds on how to raise billions of dollars for the new green climate fund, on the second day of COP17.
The UN climate talks in Durban have kicked off amid distrust over carbon cuts, and worries that the Kyoto Protocol will be "murdered on African soil".
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/ 28 November 2011
As the first day of COP17 kicked off in Durban, rumours of mistrust among the negotiating parties have already begun to circulate.
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/ 28 November 2011
UN talks to save the Kyoto Protocol begin today in Durban, aimed at cutting emissions blamed for rising sea levels, intense storms and crop failures.
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/ 27 October 2011
Proteas’ cricket captain Hashim Amla was on Thursday undaunted by Australia’s good track record in one-day internationals played in Durban.
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/ 24 October 2011
Ahead of COP17 in Durban, a study has revealed that to meet goals for mitigating climate change, carbon emissions will have to drop 8.5% by 2020.
Two months before COP17, the hardline stances of different economic blocs and countries are posing a threat to chances of a deal in Durban.
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/ 12 October 2011
A man believed to be the "Facebook rapist" will face charges of murder, rape, kidnapping and theft in the Durban Magistrate’s Court today.
Negotiators on Friday concluded their last round of discussions before the convention in Durban, with faint hope of extending the Kyoto Protocol.
Hotels and guesthouses in Durban are out to make a killing from the United Nation’s climate change conference, COP17.
Making the transition to a low-carbon city should be seen as offering economic opportunities, not imposing burdens, says a major new scientific study.
A painful Tri-Nations campaign for South Africa continued at Kings Park in Durban as they surrendered a six point half-time lead to Australia.
Talks in Durban will be unlikely to strike a deal on a new pact, but will be important in determining the shape of efforts to tackle climate change.
ANC eThekwini regional secretary Sbu Sibiya was shot dead at his home in Inanda, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Tuesday.
The Baptist Nazareth (Shembe) Church’s succession woes moved towards the theatre of the absurd this week.
When thieves broke into Nonhlanhla’s home, they took her most valuable possession: Her antiretrovirals, a key ingredient in "whoonga".
Property tycoon Roux Shabangu has hit the jackpot with his controversial deal to lease a Pretoria building to the police.
Shabir Shaik will meet the parole board soon to discuss an allegation that he assaulted a reporter watching him playing golf.
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/ 24 February 2011
Legislation giving Durban the power to recycle graves is to be scrutinised to see if it does not violate people’s cultures and religion.
Gross irregular spending, the continued haemorrhaging of municipal funds in eThekwini were just some of the auditor general’s findings.
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/ 1 February 2011
Members of the public have been invited to make submissions on ways to improve the South African Press Code, the Press Ombudsman said on Tuesday.
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/ 28 December 2010
South Africa need 192 runs for victory with seven wickets in hand after a mini collapse saw them lose three wickets for 19 runs.
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/ 27 December 2010
There was plenty of drama at Kingsmead on Monday as 18 wickets fell on one day in the second day of the second Test between South Africa and India.
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/ 23 December 2010
The sugar-cane serial killer was found guilty on 26 charges relating to killing 13 women in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Thursday.