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Durban

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/ 23 August 2008

Australia extinguish SA’s Tri-nations hopes

Australia beat South Africa 27-15 to end the world champions’ hopes of winning the Tri-Nations. The victory was Australia’s first in SA since 2000.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 August 2008

Buthelezi wonders why voters would support the IFP

Compelling reasons need to be provided by the Inkatha Freedom Party to ensure the support of voters, leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 August 2008

Boks build up for the breakdown

South Africa have turned their attention to the breakdown in the week building up to their Tri-Nations match against Australia in Durban on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 August 2008

Student dies at Unisa protest in Durban

A 22-year-old man, believed to be part of a group of protesters at the University of South Africa in Durban, collapsed and died on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 August 2008

Monty makes way for Jantjes

Veteran fullback Percy Montgomery was on Tuesday axed from the South Africa team for Saturday’s Tri-Nations match against Australia.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 August 2008

One dead in shooting after ANC election rally

One person was shot dead as African National Congress (ANC) supporters left an election launch rally in Durban on Saturday afternoon.

By Giordano Stolley
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/ 16 August 2008

IFP branch leader gunned down

An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) chairperson was gunned down in Durban on Saturday in an allegedly politically motivated attack.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 August 2008

DG blurs boundaries

The ANC’s campaign to shut down the Scorpions is being bolstered by direct assistance from Justice Director General Menzi Simelane.

By Nic Dawes Author and Niren Tolsi
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/ 12 August 2008

CIA blamed for Scorpions, Aids

Britain’s MI5 and the United States’s CIA are the masters of the Scorpions, a public hearing into their dissolution heard in Durban on Tuesday.

By Giordano Stolley
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/ 8 August 2008

Bridget Oppenheimer robbed at knifepoint

Bridget Oppenheimer, the mother of De Beers chairperson Nicky Oppenheimer, was held up at knifepoint and robbed in her Durban home on Wednesday night.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 August 2008

Dept probes ‘kissing’ incident at Durban school

The KwaZulu-Natal education department says a disciplinary hearing will be held over a case where a teacher was allegedly filmed kissing a pupil.

By Staff Reporter
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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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