Action must be taken to avoid a repeat of last year’s xenophobic attacks, the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa said on Wednesday.
A mass meeting will be held on Tuesday evening in Durban’s Albert Park to discuss recent vicious attacks on foreigners in the area.
Jacob Zuma’s plans to marry a fifth wife are under way, a media report said on Monday. Zuma has already paid lobolo for his fiancée, Thobeka Mabhija.
All major crimes in KwaZulu-Natal decreased over the festive season except for house and business robberies, said Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday.
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/ 31 December 2008
Numerous weapons and suspected stolen property were seized during a festive-season clampdown in Durban’s KwaDabeka area, police said on Wednesday.
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/ 30 December 2008
At least 200 members of the Inkatha Freedom Party and Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal have joined the African National Congress.
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/ 26 December 2008
A 15-year old boy was killed when he lost control of the jet ski he was riding in the waves at a Durban beach on Friday morning, paramedics said.
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/ 24 December 2008
Police officers’ use of firearms need to be far more strictly controlled, KwaZulu-Natal monitor and researcher Mary de Haas said on Wednesday.
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/ 19 December 2008
Niren Tolsi visits Durban’s Fun World and reclaims
his forgotten childhood.
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/ 13 December 2008
Ajax Cape Town coach Craig Roslee got it right on the night. His tactics and selection were spot on and played a major role in their victory.
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/ 12 December 2008
Several flights headed for Durban International Airport were diverted on Friday because of a bomb scare, the Airports Company South Africa said.
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/ 12 December 2008
It is round two and the stakes have been raised from three points to a winner’s cheque of R4,25-million when Orlando Pirates battle Ajax Cape Town.
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/ 11 December 2008
AmaZulu’s revival continued at a rain-soaked King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi on Wednesday night when they defeated Golden Arrows 2-0.
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/ 5 December 2008
Police used pepper-spray and rubber bullets to disperse 3 000 people who had closed off a section of the N2 highway on Thursday.
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/ 1 December 2008
VIP policemen travelling in convoy must respect road users and stick to their duties, KwaZulu-Natal’s ANC chairperson Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday.
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/ 28 November 2008
Five unlicensed hawkers found selling contaminated baby milk powder have been arrested in Durban’s city centre, eThekwini metro police said on Friday.
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/ 21 November 2008
A fire that shut down Durban’s Engen refinery earlier this month was caused by a mechanical problem, company spokesperson Herb Payne said on Friday.
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/ 19 November 2008
The emerging-market world is growing faster than the developed world and South Africa is no exception.
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/ 19 November 2008
Ahead of the court appearance of a VIP team member of KZN minister Meschack Hadebe, the DA has called for the prosecution of his ”accomplice”.
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/ 18 November 2008
Township property markets are more buoyant than suburban ones, according to a recent property barometer report.
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/ 18 November 2008
About R15-million is needed to rebuild homes that were destroyed in a freak storm in Durban’s Molweni area, media reports said on Tuesday.
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/ 17 November 2008
SA’s president, its premiers and its mayors should be voted in directly by the electorate and not appointed by a party hierarchy, says Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 15 November 2008
Five people are confirmed to have died and at least 400 houses were destroyed in a heavy storm in Durban’s Molweni area on Friday.
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/ 14 November 2008
Eight people were killed and at least 400 houses destroyed in a heavy storm in Durban’s Molweni area on Friday.
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/ 14 November 2008
A meeting that was scheduled to be addressed by Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota was disrupted by hundreds of ANC supporters, news reports said on Friday.
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/ 13 November 2008
Engen will import refined oil and oil products after a fire destroyed the main processing unit at its crude oil refinery in Durban on Thursday.
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/ 13 November 2008
A Durban oil refinery has been shut down after a fire broke out in the early hours of Thursday morning.
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/ 12 November 2008
Golden Arrows humiliated Ajax Cape Town when they walloped them 4-0 in a one-sided Absa Premiership match on Wednesday afternoon.
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/ 10 November 2008
Jewel thieves made off with jewellery worth R5-million in Durban, police said on Monday.
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/ 10 November 2008
The entire post-1994 ANC leadership is to blame for the state of affairs.
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/ 6 November 2008
A seven-year-old girl who could hardly walk refused to tell her mother that she had been raped by ”uncle” out of fear for her life.
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/ 31 October 2008
There will be no immediate end to the country’s affirmative action as long as white males continued to dominate the top management, Jacob Zuma says.