The SA Airlink pilot whose plane crash-landed in Merebank, south of Durban, on September 24 died in hospital on Wednesday.
Shackdwellers describe the terror of coming under siege during violence that left two dead and a KZN community riven. Niren Tolsi reports.
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/ 24 September 2009
The plane that crashed in Merebank — south of Durban on Thursday — declared an emergency shortly after take-off, carrier Airlink said.
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/ 9 September 2009
Taxis drivers who play sound systems too loudly in Durban will soon face the music, the city said on Wednesday.
Niuren Tolsi bumped into Schabi Shaik just after midnight at a 24-hour petrol station shop near his home in Morningside two weeks ago.
So fraud convict Schabir Shaik was spotted driving around Durban with his black BMW. So what?
Traders in Durban’s Warwick Triangle Early Morning Market will continue trading into August amid bureaucratic bungling.
Thousands of Durban pupils were left stranded on Monday morning as a new bus operator was unable start rounds as scheduled owing to a legal challenge.
Durban’s beleaguered bus operator, Remant Alton, has been replaced by another operator after years of poor service.
The ANC in KZN has described the suspension of Durban’s bus service as unacceptable, and has called on the government urgently sort it out.
Some KZN and Free State hospitals were shut down on Tuesday as doctors protested over salaries, the SA Registrars’ Association said.
A protest by Zimbabwean refugees at the home affairs office in Durban on Friday ended in a ”constructive” meeting with department officials.
Bok flanker Heinrich Brussow completed a dramatic turnaround on Tuesday when he was chosen to face the British and Irish Lions in the first Test.
The eThekwini municipality has been accused of defying a court order after it locked traders out of the early morning market on Monday.
British and Irish Lions coach Ian McGeechan praised his team’s patience and discipline after a 39-3 rout of the Sharks on Wednesday.
A presiding officer charged with violating the Electoral Act during the April elections begged the person who caught her red-handed not to expose her.
The murder trial involving Durban siblings Nicolette and Hardus Lotter was on Friday remanded to July in the Durban High Court.
An examination of the constitutionality of KwaZulu-Natal’s Prevention and Elimination of Slums Act at the Constitutional Court.
The Bulls will know by about 11.30am on Friday what they have to do the next day against the Sharks to head the Super 14 log for a home semifinal.
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa reduced tariffs for transport of petroleum products via Transnet’s pipelines, Nersa said on Monday.
The Inkatha Freedom Party’s Youth Brigade has called an urgent meeting to discuss reported discontent with party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
The Kings XI Punjab beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets in the Indian Premier League in Durban on Friday.
The African National Congress (ANC) will retain its two-thirds majority, according to an Ipsos-Markinor poll published on Tuesday.
ANC presidential candidate Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said he was a victim of a ”systematic abuse of power”, but stressed he was not above the law.
”The authorities still think we are dirty, uneducated and can’t make decisions for ourselves”
The leadership of the ANC and its alliance partners would accompany party president Jacob Zuma as the final curtain is drawn over his legal battle.
ANC president Jacob Zuma will appear in the Durban High Court on Tuesday for its endorsement of the NPA’s withdrawal of the charges against him.
Captain Ricky Ponting hailed the return to form of Mike Hussey as Australia gained a crushing 141-run win over South Africa on Friday.
The first of five MTN one-day internationals between South Africa and Australia is to be played in Durban on Friday.
A camp to which 700 families are to be relocated is fraught with hazards, writes Niren Tolsi.
Brumbies lock Shawn Mackay is in a critical but stable condition in a Durban hospital after being hit by a vehicle over the weekend, the team said.
An interactive computer and video installation, <i>Offerings</i> draws on the Catholic act of lighting a candle in memory of the dead.