Baby’s second shot at health
KZN doctors to perform surgery for rare eye condition. ||| A Nambian baby will soon have a bright future when she receives reconstructive surgery to her face in Durban, after being born with a rare...
View ArticleRow over suspension bid
The eThekwini city manager and an ANC councillor are at odds over calls to suspend of one of the municipality's senior officials. ||| A row has erupted in the eThekwini municipality after a...
View ArticleEntertainment, the climate conscious way
After two intense weeks of climate change discussion, it’s time to party the eco-friendly way. ||| Durbanites and COP17 delegates are in for an exciting end to the Durban Green Festival at the Green...
View ArticleSuspected drug dealers in court
Two people have appeared in the Wentworth Magistrate's Court in Durban for allegedly dealing in drugs. ||| Two people have appeared in the Wentworth Magistrate's Court in Durban for allegedly dealing...
View ArticleSolar heating for Luthuli’s hometown
Solar heaters are to be installed in homes, schools and a clinic at Groutville, the KwaZulu-Natal hometown of former ANC president Albert Luthuli. ||| Solar heaters are to be installed in homes,...
View ArticleMan arrested in sugarcane murder
A man has been arrested for murder after a woman’s decomposing body was found in sugarcane fields in Dalton, KwaZulu-Natal. ||| A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman whose...
View ArticleKZN finding rocks previous thinking
Insect repellent used 77 000 years ago ||| Early humans were using insect repellent in the Durban area about 77 000 years ago, a team of international archaeologists, including one from Durban, have...
View ArticleSithole the city boss frontrunner
Sutcliffe expected to take up a position at the National Planning Commission ||| Msunduzi administrator Sibusiso Sithole is expected to be announced as eThekwini Municipality’s new city manager on...
View ArticleCouncil concerned about confusing Durbanites
Either remove the new signage or restart the renaming process. ||| Removing the new street names will confuse Durban residents. That is why the ANC in the eThekwini municipality on Thursday resolved to...
View ArticleLeukemia victims need your blood, too
It was a myth that blood was only needed for accidents ||| Three children who owe their lives to complete strangers on Thursday pleaded with people to donate blood.That life-saving blood was like “a...
View ArticleCOP17 activists attacked
President sat watching from the City Hall stage. ||| President Jacob Zuma has condemned the violent behaviour that erupted during a chaotic climate change meeting in Durban on Thursday when some...
View Article‘Stick to your promise’
Zuma lashes out at the rich developed nations. ||| President Jacob Zuma has lashed out at the rich developed nations of the world, saying they must respect human rights as part of their environmental...
View ArticleDurban may host Top Gear festival
Festival would be a joint initiative between the city and province. ||| Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium could be home to the Top Gear festival for the next three years. This all depends on the...
View ArticleSchools get science boost
Physical science laboratories worth R900 000 donated. ||| Two Durban schools were given a scientific boost when they received new physical science laboratories worth R900 000 recently.Strelitzia...
View ArticleNew Albert Luthuli stamp
1 531 homes will start to receive post at their homes ||| A new commemorative stamp to mark the 50th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli receiving the Nobel Peace Prize will be issued on Friday.It will...
View ArticlePatient slain hospital
Allegedly became extremely aggressive at home. ||| Police are investigating a case of murder after a patient admitted for psychiatric observation allegedly killed another patient at the RK Khan...
View ArticleWarning issued after girl dies
KwaZulu-Natal police have warned the public not to play or work in abandoned mines and quarries. ||| KwaZulu-Natal police warned the public on Friday not to play or work in abandoned mines and quarries...
View ArticleNew eThekwini City manager appointed
Msunduzi administrator Sibusiso Sithole has been appointed as the new eThekwini City manager. ||| Msunduzi administrator Sibusiso Sithole has been appointed as the new eThekwini City manager, mayor...
View ArticleFour armed robbers arrested
Four alleged armed robbers were arrested after being caught entering the premises of a major retail supermarket in Pinetown. ||| Four alleged armed robbers were arrested after being caught entering the...
View ArticlePolitician free after his appeal is upheld
FORMER IFP politician Thulasizwe Buthelezi, who was convicted and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for corruption, will not set foot in jail after the Western Cape High Court upheld his appeal and...
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