Merebank
latest news & developmentsPassenger train derails near Durban
A Metrorail passenger train derailed early on Saturday morning at Durban’s Merebank railway station, injuring 135 people — 21 of them seriously. The Umlazi-bound train derailed…
Durban counts cost of devastating floods
Durban’s disaster-management team and city officials are busy calculating the cost of damage caused during a heavy downpour on Tuesday night that continued into the early hours…
Twenty rescued in Durban flash-floods
Search-and-rescue workers saved 20 people trapped in cars and homes by rising water in a heavy overnight downpour in Durban. ”We used a police boat to move many people away from…
Fast-tracked Coega power plant to help meet need
AltX-listed independent power producer the Ispa Group on Friday said it intends to bring its 1 600MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Coega on stream as fast as…
Room to breathe
A new exhibition documents the lives of people in polluted environments, writes Niren Tolsi.