For the past two years, Andries Botha’s incomplete elephant sculptures have stood abandoned in Warwick Junction, Durban, slowly being destroyed.
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/ 23 February 2012
EThekwini municipality residents have until Thursday to have their say on the renaming of Durban streets, the municipality says.
Conference on how to curb carbon emissions generates tonnes of the stuff.
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/ 30 December 2011
The <i>M&G</i> rounds up the top cheap(ish) thrills to be had in Jo’burg, Cape Town & Durban as the festive season winds down.
Youth of all ages travelled to Durban during COP17 and through creative events spread the message that their future lay in the hands of the negotiators.
Ministers fought to save UN climate talks from collapse, searching to narrow differences between rich and poor nations over fighting global warming.
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/ 10 December 2011
A draft global pact on climate change has boosted UN talks, already deep into overtime, but negotiators are worried it’s a little too late.
Civil society activists who gathered for a meeting with Jacob Zuma at the Durban City Hall allege they were ‘pushed and punched’ by volunteers.
Environmental NGOs have lambasted ministers at COP17, saying that governments were creating theatre out of the climate talks.
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/ 6 December 2011
Three Greenpeace activists will be deported after they were arrested for trespassing while trying to abseil from the roof of a Durban hotel.
President Jacob Zuma has launched a flagship solar power plant in Hazelmere, KwaZulu-Natal, which is set to provide job opportunities.
President Jacob Zuma has said that government is to invest billions in mass transport systems as a way of ‘greening’ the South African economy.
ANC supporters dressed in COP17 tracksuits exchanged stones with members of organisations that were marching against climate change on Saturday.
Protesters marched through the streets of Durban on Saturday morning creating a spectacle that was worlds apart from the solemn climate change talks.
A march planned as a side event of the COP17 climate talks got underway in Durban on Saturday morning.
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/ 2 December 2011
Youth delegations at the Durban climate talks have called for a greater sense of urgency from countries agreeing on a treaty to slow climate change.
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/ 2 December 2011
With climate talks under way in Durban, we need to take fairy footsteps in negotiations when giant strides are not possible says <b>Simon Maxwell</b>
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/ 29 November 2011
International climate negotiators were at odds on how to raise billions of dollars for the new green climate fund, on the second day of COP17.
The UN climate talks in Durban have kicked off amid distrust over carbon cuts, and worries that the Kyoto Protocol will be "murdered on African soil".
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/ 28 November 2011
As the first day of COP17 kicked off in Durban, rumours of mistrust among the negotiating parties have already begun to circulate.
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/ 28 November 2011
UN talks to save the Kyoto Protocol begin today in Durban, aimed at cutting emissions blamed for rising sea levels, intense storms and crop failures.
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/ 27 October 2011
Proteas’ cricket captain Hashim Amla was on Thursday undaunted by Australia’s good track record in one-day internationals played in Durban.
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/ 24 October 2011
Ahead of COP17 in Durban, a study has revealed that to meet goals for mitigating climate change, carbon emissions will have to drop 8.5% by 2020.
Two months before COP17, the hardline stances of different economic blocs and countries are posing a threat to chances of a deal in Durban.
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/ 12 October 2011
A man believed to be the "Facebook rapist" will face charges of murder, rape, kidnapping and theft in the Durban Magistrate’s Court today.
Negotiators on Friday concluded their last round of discussions before the convention in Durban, with faint hope of extending the Kyoto Protocol.
Hotels and guesthouses in Durban are out to make a killing from the United Nation’s climate change conference, COP17.
Making the transition to a low-carbon city should be seen as offering economic opportunities, not imposing burdens, says a major new scientific study.
A painful Tri-Nations campaign for South Africa continued at Kings Park in Durban as they surrendered a six point half-time lead to Australia.
Talks in Durban will be unlikely to strike a deal on a new pact, but will be important in determining the shape of efforts to tackle climate change.
ANC eThekwini regional secretary Sbu Sibiya was shot dead at his home in Inanda, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Tuesday.
The Baptist Nazareth (Shembe) Church’s succession woes moved towards the theatre of the absurd this week.