Phoenix – The Mail & Guardian

/ 4 July 2024

Dispute over ‘unlawful’ development in Durban’s D’Moss zone leads to legal threats

But eThekwini metro says it has approved plans for housing to be built on the environmentally sensitive ‘green belt’

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By Lyse Comins

Editorial

/ 2 February 2024

Editorial | Water: A matter of life and death

South Africa’s service delivery woes have attracted all manner of violence. As water becomes more scarce, things will get worse

By Editorial

The Green Guardian

/ 15 January 2024

Durban again hammered by heavy rain, flooding

A severe storm system left a trail of destruction in eThekwini, KwaDukuza and Ndwedwe

By Shorné Bennie

National

/ 6 May 2023

Durban social housing battle goes to court

Tenants in Durban blocks want the court to give them the right
to buy their homes

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 26 March 2023

Waning funds threaten Gandhi’s South African legacy

Now turned into a museum, the house where he lived in the eastern town of Phoenix and which also housed his newspaper is falling into disrepair

By Agence France Presse

Opinion

/ 24 March 2023

EFF marched but it was no Sri Lanka moment

Police Minister Bheki Cele and his team of officers appear to be better at arresting radials than criminals

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 15 April 2022

What happened to church during Covid?

Attendances rose as lockdown was eased and then lifted — but some people were lured by glamorous online churches abroad

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By Eunice Masson

National

/ 1 March 2022

Africans were racially profiled in Phoenix — Durban mayor

The eThekwini mayor says there were incidents of excessive use of force towards Africans at roadblocks controlled by residents

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 21 February 2022

Fearmongering undermined police efforts amid July unrest, Cele says

Instigators took to social media to stoke fears among police officers, the police minister told the South African Human Rights Commission hearings on Monday

By Sarah Smit

National

/ 3 December 2021

Cele, Sitole beef continues at hearings into July’s unrest

The minister again accused the commissioner of being missing in action when the violence raged in KwaZulu-Natal

By Khaya Koko

National

/ 3 December 2021

‘We saw dark clouds gathering’, Cele tells HRC about July unrest

The police minister told the Human Rights Commission the president instructed him to avoid violence in response to Jacob Zuma’s pending arrest as far as legally possible

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 20 November 2021

Phoenix hearings lay bare tensions between Black and Indian residents

Indian residents deny ‘massacre’ label; black survivors claim violence and orchestration

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By Eunice Masson and Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 17 November 2021

Survivor of Phoenix massacre describes how he was called a monkey, assaulted and shot twice in the back

On day three of the SAHRC hearings into the July unrest, victim Ntethelelo Mkhize disputes the testimony of activist Sham Maharaj

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 16 November 2021

Racial tension and distrust evident in Human Rights Commission hearings on July riots

On day two of the HRC’s hearings into the violent unrest of July, a witness was accused of minimising the anguish of the families of those murdered to protect the image of Indian residents

By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 26 October 2021

Local government elections: A review of the ANC, DA and EFF manifestos

As the three big parties make their last attempts to woo voters in this year’s local government elections, we look back at the promises in their manifestos

By Lizeka Tandwa

Politics

/ 18 October 2021

The DA is becoming the poster child of the Right

An examination of the language the party uses shows that it is echoing right-wing voices the world over in its insistence that those who point out its racism are, in fact, the real racists

By Steven Friedman

Opinion

/ 7 October 2021

Dean Mcpherson: The poster boy for whiteness

Paddy Harper finally got his second Covid-19 jab, but he feels that it’s pity there’s no vaccine for stupidity — or arrogance

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 7 October 2021

DA vote fears over Phoenix posters

The party will remove the ‘racially inciting’ posters and ‘discipline’ its KwaZulu-Natal chairperson

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By Lizeka Tandwa and Paddy Harper

Editorial

/ 7 October 2021

Editorial: DA’s divisive posters were a calculated decision — which has backfired

It would be refreshing if South Africans encountered political parties that actually walked the talk of embracing the ideals of nonracialism

By Editorial

Politics

/ 6 October 2021

DA in KZN to demand apology for race-bait Phoenix election posters

The party’s regional leadership, concerned at the impact the controversial posters will have on voters in the 1 November elections, insist they must be removed

By Lizeka Tandwa

Business

/ 27 August 2021

Mabuza says state insurance payouts will help rebuild businesses in violence-hit KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng

The deputy president said the government’s resources were not enough to address all of the problems created by the week of looting and arson

By Paddy Harper

National

/ 3 August 2021

Phoenix killings: 22 suspects held

A total of 36 murder charges are being probed in the wake of vigilante attacks in the area during last month’s riots

By Paddy Harper

Opinion

/ 29 July 2021

A time for collective grief: Reflections on the Phoenix Massacre

Protecting our loved ones from harm and destruction is brave and noble but the insistence on framing the brutality in Phoenix in terms of the protection narrative is disingenuous

By Sarojini Nadar

National

/ 19 July 2021

KwaZulu-Natal races back to 1949

The past week’s violence and looting – and the potential for an orchestrated race war in the province – have evoked haunting scenes from a bitter and bloody history

By Niren Tolsi

National

/ 15 July 2021

91 dead as KwaZulu-Natal remains volatile

One of the key suspects believed to be behind the attempted insurrection has been arrested

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 6 September 2019

We’re a violent, hating nation

Men violate women, we detest foreigners, we loot — and 5 000 workers will lose their jobs and homes because their bosses are thieves

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 24 April 2014

Twenty years of democracy: Much has changed, but not enough

While there is better access to a quality life, let us not forget the sacrificies that made our freedom possible and pretend there’s no more to do.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 25 May 2010

Nasa calls it quits for Mars Phoenix lander

Nasa has officially called it quits for the Mars landing craft <i>Phoenix</i>, two years after the stationary probe touched down.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 11 March 2009

Sundowns look to Confed Cup for salvation

Mamelodi Sundowns are in the dark and do not know what to expect when they meet Phoenix at the Sir Gaetan Duval Stadium in Mauritius on Sunday.

By Billy Cooper

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Article

/ 27 February 2009

Sexing up motorsport

Danica Patrick — glamorous, marketable and talented — is exactly what Formula One needs, reports Gemma Briggs

By Gemma Briggs

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Article

/ 1 August 2008

Nasa’s message from Mars: There’s water here. I’ve tasted it

Nasa scientists on Thursday night confirmed that there is water on Mars. The space agency’s Phoenix lander has identified ice in a soil sample.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 4 February 2008

Giants triumph sure to spark upset uproar

The New York Giants didn’t blink. They stared down Tom Brady and the New England Patriots on Sunday and came away with one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history. It was the biggest Super Bowl upset since Joe Namath’s upstart New York Jets upended the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl 3.

By Rebecca Bryan

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