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The elimination rounds of the Lizzard Surf Pro took place at the North Beach in Durban today. Sixteen surfers in each division will be competing in the finals tomorrow. Two surfers in both the men's and the women's will pocket $15 000 as prize money. The event includes a 1 star world qualifying...
Durban - A R1.25m lawsuit is pending against four government departments following the incarceration of a 15-year-old in the maximum security section of Durban's Westville prison, the Centre for Child Law (CCL) said on Friday. CCL director Ann Skelton said the Minister of Justice, the Minister of...
The Department of Correctional Services has declined to comment on the outcry over the jailing of a 15-year-old boy with adult prisoners. The boy was allegedly raped by adult prisoners while being held in the maximum security section of Durban's Westville prison. He'd been arrested for...
The ANC and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) have locked horns again over the renaming of streets in the eThekwini Metro. This comes after the ANC-led council said it would rename the Mangosuthu Highway in Umlazi after the late ANC stalwart, Griffiths Mxenge. Mxenge, a human rights lawyer, was...
Durban - eThekwini municipal manager Michael Sutcliffe has likened the international Blue Flag scheme to an "apartheid" system that creates separate beaches, the Mercury newspaper reported on Friday. "The Blue Flag team have, through their actions, created two categories of beaches, much like...
Officials at The Fitzsimons Snake Park in Durban are scrambling to find a home for thousands of both indigenous and exotic snakes and reptiles after the eThekwini Municipality ordered them to leave their premises by Monday, as it has been earmarked for development.
Durban - A policeman was killed after being struck by a minibus taxi that failed to stop at a police roadblock on Thursday, police said. Superintendent Zandra Wiid said police from the Donnybrook police station were holding a roadblock on the R612 when a taxi raced through the roadblock at high...
A Durban school principal has been given an ultimatum to remove surveillance cameras from his school, or face the wrath of the department of education. Teachers at Roseland Primary School in Newlands have refused to teach until the cameras are gone and no schooling has taken place for two months....
Posted to the web 14 May 2008 Lagos Lagos State government has called on the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), to help boost tourism in Africa by facilitating the Twining of Sister Cities' relationships amongst different African Cities. This call was made by Lagos State...
Durban - A 23-year-old woman was raped at Durban's busy Blue Lagoon Beach, police said on Wednesday. Captain Thembeka Luthuli said the incident took place late last week but was only reported to police on Tuesday. "The woman alleges she was standing outside Ace Butchery when she was accosted by...
