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Cars destroyed in Durban fire

A fire destroyed about 200 imported Japanese cars in Durban on Wednesday, the city’s fire department said.

Three horsemen visit Durban

And the fourth is on its way as Niren Tolsi reports on the municipal strike that has left eThekwini in tatters.

Vice-chancellor Aaron Ndlovu. Photograph: Independent Newspapers

Team to probe university

Pandor sends investigators to Mangosuthu University after suspension of vice-chancellor

Don’t sacrifice lives for profit, says Motsepe

No life could be ”sacrificed” in the name of profits, mining magnate and businessman Patrice Motsepe told protesting workers at a ferromanganese smelter near Durban on Monday. He…

Zuma ‘will never fail the people’

Nothing will stop African National Congress president Jacob Zuma from becoming the next president of South Africa, the party’s KwaZulu-Natal secretary Johan Mchunu said on…

Mandela says Zuma can heal the ANC

Former president Nelson Mandela has praised Jacob Zuma, the new leader of the African National Congress (ANC), as a man who could unify the divided party. In a message of…

Durban’s Absa Stadium the new home of tennis?

Durban’s Absa Stadium — the home of the Super 14 Shark franchise — could become a tennis stadium or part of a ”high-performance centre”, it was announced on Saturday. The head of…

Blatter touches down for World Cup draw

Fifa president Sepp Blatter arrived in Durban on Thursday amid tight security. His arrival ahead of the 2010 preliminary draw came on the same day that 2010 South African local…