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Deadly: Leighton Fynn is one of the young people who was killed on the streets of Wentworth in Durban

Wentworth drug wars claim more young lives

Residents say scores of young people are recruited by gangs and are gunned down in the Durban suburb where revenge killings are a reality

After 60 years of air pollution by oil refineries, it will take Wentworth residents at least two generations to reverse epigenetic changes. Photo: Supplied

Big oil’s generational curse: Pollutant-related epigenetic changes keep South Africans in poverty

After 60 years of air pollution by oil refineries, it will take Wentworth residents at least two generations to reverse epigenetic changes.

Durban residents want answers after refinery emission

People living near the refinery were subjected to two hours of dirty smoke from the refinery, the South Durban Environmental Alliance said on Saturday.

Years of poor maintenance at Engen’s Durban plant caused pollution and December explosion

Blast rocks Durban’s Engen refinery

Residents are being evacuated as firefighters battle to control the blaze

On this hill: Desmond D’Sa says his decades-long grassroots activism in Wentworth was ignited by the experience of being forcibly relocated there in 1966. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Q&A Sessions: ‘Nobody will be able to stop us’ — Desmond D’Sa

Desmond D’Sa, winner of the coveted Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014, tells Paddy Harper how being forcibly removed from his home at the age of 10 taught him to fight for his…

KwaZulu-Natal shows that leukaemia is 24 times higher here than anywhere else in the country. Half the schoolchildren in the area suffer from asthma.

Rights group wins court bid against Engen

The Right2Know Campaign has been allowed to join a court case against Engen, which used the Regulation of Gatherings Act to ban protests outside its Durban refinery

KwaZulu-Natal shows that leukaemia is 24 times higher here than anywhere else in the country. Half the schoolchildren in the area suffer from asthma.

Wentworth residents blame violence at Engen on the police

They have also accused Engen of going to court to ‘silence’ ongoing protests by residents

A South Durban organisation is applying to join the high court battle between petrochemical giant Engen and Wentworth residents. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Wentworth residents gain ally in battle against Engen

Last month Engen secured an interim order, barring members of the South Durban Basin Community Development Trust from protesting

KwaZulu-Natal shows that leukaemia is 24 times higher here than anywhere else in the country. Half the schoolchildren in the area suffer from asthma.

Interdict adds extra fuel to Wentworth residents’ ire

On Monday, an interim interdict banning residents from holding unauthorised protests at the refinery was granted

My swing is a work in progress, says Els

Ernie Els admits his swing is no better than average as he tries to fine-tune his game with new coach Butch Harmon. Els, who plays in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth this…

Million-pound cheque goes Els’s way

Ernie Els rejuvenated his stalled career with an emphatic record seventh victory in the final of the World Match-Play Championship on Wentworth’s West Course on Sunday. A…

Els closer to seventh world match-play title

Ernie Els moved a step closer to the million-pound winner’s cheque and an unprecedented seventh world match-play title at Wentworth, following a hard-fought semifinal victory…

Els on course in world match-play

Ernie Els of South Africa remained on course for a seventh world match-play championship, with a six and five victory over Andres Romero of Argentina at Wentworth that booked a…

Erratic Els: ‘Wacky, that’s the word’

Ernie Els continued his erratic progress in the BMW PGA championship in Wentworth, England, on Saturday, combining four birdies and two eagles with a series of bogeys, for a…

Casey fired up for Ryder Cup

New World Matchplay champion Paul Casey has told European captain Ian Woosnam he is ready to play all five matches in the Ryder Cup match against the United States that starts on…

Els, Woods fall at first hurdle

Tiger Woods was sensationally knocked out of the World Matchplay Championship at Wentworth on Thursday by fellow American Shaun Micheel 4 and 3. It brought to an end Woods’s run…

Money doesn’t matter, says Campbell

New Zealander Michael Campbell picked up a million-pound jackpot by beating Ireland’s Paul McGinley two and one in the World Match Play Championship on Sunday and immediately…

Campbell crushes Goosen in World Match Play

World number five Retief Goosen looked anything but his ranking as he crashed out seven and six against Michael Campbell in the semifinal of the World Match Play Championship in…

Aussie ‘goosed’ in World Match Play

Knowing is one thing, but doing is another, as Aussie Mark Hensby discovered in his World Match Play Championship quarterfinal clash with Retief Goosen in Wentworth on Friday.…