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Durban

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/ 7 August 2008

Party tricks and power play

Mike Sutcliffe invites Niren Tolsi to his Zulu shield table to talk about what makes eThekwini tick.

By Niren Tolsi
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/ 6 August 2008

Four behind bars over forged documents

Four people were arrested in Durban after police uncovered an operation producing fake driver’s licences, pay slips and licence discs.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 August 2008

Mass Cosatu strike grips South Africa

Masses of workers supported a national strike against rising living costs on Wednesday, paralysing transport services and immobilising businesses.

By Imke Van Hoorn and Sapa Afp
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/ 5 August 2008

eThekwini uses smoke signals to track illegal connections

eThekwini has purchased a smoke generating device to help them track people who illegally interconnect their storm water and sewage systems.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 August 2008

Metro police put brakes on Durban cycle protest

Metro police tried to stop cyclists who converged in Durban on Tuesday from embarking on a ”protest ride” that police said was illegal.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 August 2008

Puppy doing well after being speared, buried alive

A puppy that had been buried alive in a shallow grave with two black spears driven into its tiny body is recovering well.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 August 2008

The commissioner from Clairwood

South Africa’s Navi Pillay takes up the post of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in September.

By Sello S Alcock
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/ 3 August 2008

Five children burn to death in shack fire

Five Durban siblings burnt to death when their shack caught alight in the early hours of Saturday morning, the eThekwini fire department said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 August 2008

Zille: All in SA — including Zuma — equal before law

Every person, including Jacob Zuma, must be equal before the law, opposition leader Helen Zille said on Saturday, also calling for a crime charter.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 30 July 2008

Gunmen open fire on Durban buses

One person was killed and several others injured when a group of gunmen opened fire on buses in Durban’s Inanda area early on Wednesday morning.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 July 2008

Durban policeman robbed and killed

A policeman travelling in an unmarked police car was shot and killed in Durban’s Umlazi area, police said on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 July 2008

Durban’s harvest of local music

The first edition of the Uprising Festival eight years ago was organised by a group of 15-year-old skater punks with one stage.

By Niren Tolsi
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/ 23 July 2008

Durban school taught ‘kitchen Zulu’, court told

The CEO of the Pan South African Language Board told a court on Wednesday that children at a local school ”are taught what we call kitchen Zulu”.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 July 2008

Ferguson praises ‘improved’ Pirates

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is full of praise for Orlando Pirates after his Red Devils managed a 1-0 win over a second-string Bucs.

By Billy Cooper
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/ 22 July 2008

No end to woes for refugees

A Congolese national displaced by xenophobic violence in Durban says he moved from a refugee site to a shelter, to sleeping on the steps of City Hall.

By Niren Tolsi
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/ 22 July 2008

Furore over plan to take sex work in hand

Proposed sites for the red-light district include the Mahatma Gandhi Road area and lower Pixley ka-Seme Street.

By Niren Tolsi
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/ 21 July 2008

Inner city on the screen

The Durban International Film Festival opens on July 23 with the South African premiere of the gritty local gangster flick, <i>Jerusalema</i>.

By Niren Tolsi
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/ 21 July 2008

Films with a DIFFerence

Niren Tolsi checks out this year’s Durban
International Film Festival, which has work dedicated to the recent xenophobic attacks across the country.

By Niren Tolsi
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/ 18 July 2008

Prince Sifiso Zulu trial set for August

The trial of Durban businessman Prince Sifiso Zulu has been set down for August, the Durban Magistrate’s Court heard on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 July 2008

Hunter hired to track leopard in KZN

A professional hunter has been hired to track down a leopard on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 July 2008

Another arrest in Durban drive-by shootings case

A fourth person has been arrested in connection with at least one of several drive-by shootings in Durban’s Chatsworth suburb, police said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 July 2008

Hippo ‘put down’ in Durban

KwaZulu-Natal’s wandering hippo Nonkululeko was shot dead on Tuesday morning in Durban, Animal Rights Africa said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 July 2008

Three in court for Durban drive-by shootings

Three men appeared in the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court in Durban on a charge of murder linked to a spate of drive-by shootings in the area.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 12 July 2008

Zuma stresses importance of skills development

South Africa’s state enterprises are vital to the development of the country and its people’s skills, ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Friday.

By Giordano Stolley
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/ 11 July 2008

Durban’s 2010 stadium ahead of schedule

Construction on Durban’s King Senzangakhona Stadium, which will host a 2010 World Cup semifinal, is running ahead of schedule.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 July 2008

‘There is still a crisis’

Immigrants endure inhumane conditions, but would rather stay than return to their communities when the camps close on July 23.

By Niren Tolsi
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/ 10 July 2008

Destitute, cold, hungry — and beaten up

A pregnant woman is beaten by guards as foreigners displaced by xenophobia stage a sit-in on the steps of Durban’s City Hall.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 July 2008

Ailing Prince Zulu no longer under police guard

Durban businessman and socialite Prince Sifiso Zulu is no longer under police guard in hospital, police said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 9 July 2008

‘Dismiss yourself, Mr Mbeki’

Thousands march in Durban in protest against job losses caused by the electricity crisis and spiralling food, fuel and other prices.

By Giordano Stolley
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/ 9 July 2008

Overwhelming support for Cosatu strike

Durban businesses on Wednesday reported that up to 80% of their workers failed to turn up ahead of the planned Cosatu protest.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 9 July 2008

Durban socialite stabs himself, leaps from window

Durban socialite Prince Sifiso Zulu, who is facing culpable homicide charges, apparently stabbed himself several times before jumping from a window.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 July 2008

TB gets trickier

South Africa has the world’s fourth-highest TB burden and the national response is in many cases a shambles.

By Belinda Beresford
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