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/ 19 December 2010
Ernie Els held off great rival Retief Goosen to win the South African Open championship by a single stroke at Durban Country Club on Sunday.
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/ 17 December 2010
<b>Joanne Yawitch</b> questions Richard Calland’s thoughts on SA’s preparations for hosting COP17.
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/ 23 November 2010
Samuel Ziegler, one of the eight people accused of having been involved in the illegal kidney transplants, pleaded guilty to 50 charges against him.
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/ 19 November 2010
Perhaps it is Fifa World Cup syndrome — a combination of complacency and a blasé attitude — or just South Africans’ tendency to wake up late to big things, but at the moment there is absolutely no apparent recognition of the importance, scale and intensity of the event that South Africa will be hosting in a year’s time.
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/ 12 November 2010
Healthcare group cuts a deal with court over illegal organ harvesting — and medical personnel seem set to follow.
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/ 7 November 2010
Get paid to pee. That’s the deal on offer in Durban, where the city is looking to buy liquid waste to encourage residents to use dry toilets.
Even the rebuilding of homes after shack fires – eight have ravaged the settlement this year alone — has allegedly been corrupted.
DUT student shares joint first place in the SAFashion Week Student Competition.
Two months after a resolution was passed to destroy his elephant sculptures, Andries Botha still does not know what is to become of his artworks.
The ANC Youth League may be have been defeated at the ANC’s national general council, but the loss was far from permanent, an analyst said on Friday.
The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> spoke to Blade Nzimande, the SACP general secretary, during the ANC conference.
It turned out to be a national general council (NGC) of compromises for the ANC, as President Jacob Zuma delivered his closing address on Friday.
Direct personality clashes at the ANC’s national general council were avoided but found intense expression in policy disputes.
The ANC NGC may formally claim to be a forum for discussion and review, but the succession question remains the elephant in the room.
President Jacob Zuma took time out of the national general council on Wednesday to pay homage to patriotic companies.
The African National Congress will press on Wednesday for a new tribunal to punish unscrupulous reporting.
In an attempt to dilute fierce debate on nationalisation of mines, the ANC is to broaden the debate to focus on the role of the state in the economy.
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/ 21 September 2010
The African National Congress agreed with its alliance partners that using party positions to accumulate wealth was a concern.
An independent account of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s merger has yet to be written.
Students hoping to enrol as first years at the Durban University of Technology next year could be in for a shock: they might not get NSFAS funding.
The deeply troubled Durban University of Technology (DUT) closed its doors, suspending all academic activities, on Wednesday at around noon.
One of the most formidable components of the Durban International Film Festival has always been its documentary selection.
The longest-running film festival in South Africa opens its gates this week for the 31st time.
The boat speeds out of Durban’s port before dawn carrying men with a crucial job: checking the nets that keep sharks at bay.
Wesley Sneijder was on target as The Netherlands beat Japan 1-0 on Saturday to put themselves on the brink of reaching the second round.
Several people were injured when protesting security guards threw bottles at the office of a security manager at the Moses Mabhida stadium on Monday.
The Socceroo fans would have won the game hands down on sheer spirit, but in the end they gave way to Germany in a humiliating 4-0 defeat.
Riot police charged into hundreds of security stewards at a Soccer World Cup stadium early Monday morning to break up a protest over low wages.
The spirit of the Soccer World Cup welcomed the 2010 Comrades Marathon winner, Stephen Muzhingi, into Kingsmead Stadium on Sunday.
From princes to paupers, here are some ideas of where to eat out for a range of budgets, while travelling through Durban.
What can we expect from SA’s three biggest cities during the World Cup? The <I>M&G</i> has explored Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg to find out.
Accommodation is strangely lacking in Durban’s city centre, but it is abundant along the beachfront and, from chic to cheap, it suits every pocket.