Wentworth
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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
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.
Blast rocks Durban’s Engen refinery
Residents are being evacuated as firefighters battle to control the blaze
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…
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
Wentworth residents blame violence at Engen on the police
They have also accused Engen of going to court to ‘silence’ ongoing protests by residents
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
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…