Durban, South Africa News

Her eyes filled with tears, Kavisha Seevnarain, the miracle survivor of last week's horror hijacking offered a message of hope to other victims of violent crime yesterday.

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini and animal rights activists will meet in Durban on Tuesday to try and resolve a dispute over a bull-killing ritual.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize will visit areas affected by heavy rainfall in the province on Friday, a government official said.

By Carvin Goldstone and Fiona Gounden Three courageous Durban women miraculously cheated death at the hands of hijackers this week after two of them had been shot and a third thrown 60m off a bridge.

A total of 20 people were injured in five separate accidents in KwaZulu Natal on Friday and Saturday, paramedics said.

When diplomats meet at the United Nations in Geneva on Monday to continue hammering out plans for an international conference on racism in the spring, representatives of the United States will take part for the first time in years.

Gallery: KwaZulu-Natal battered by heavy rains By Bronwyn Gerretsen and Kamini Padayachee Seven people died in strong winds and heavy rain that lashed KwaZulu-Natal yesterday.

A man died after his vehicle was swept into a river during heavy rains in Port Shepstone on Thursday, a KwaZulu-Natal transport spokesman said.

A man was killed when he tried to stop a rolling truck in Marseille Crescent in Durban on Thursday, KwaZulu-Natal paramedics said.

Liberals are incensed that Conservative MPs have distributed taxpayer-funded pamphlets that suggest the Grits are anti-Semitic. Even New Democrat and Bloc QuA©bA©cois MPs agree the latest propaganda represents a new low in the Tories' increasingly partisan use of so-called 10 percenters, mailings that MPs are entitled to send to voters ...

A crocodile may be lurking along the Umgeni River route of next year's Dusi Canoe Marathon, residents and race organisers said on Wednesday.

Chanticleer Holdings Inc. announces grand opening of Hooters restaurant in Durban, South Africa.

By Khanyisa Tabata 14 November 2009 A senior South African diplomat was seriously injured in an accident in Durbana s Isipingo area.

By Bronwyn Gerretsen and Siphilile Shelembe Wet and misty weather combined with negligent driving caused havoc on KwaZulu-Natal's roads on Monday, with two people killed and 20 injured in more than 20 accidents.

Police say a South African woman has survived after carjackers threw her off a nearly 200-foot -tall bridge.

A woman who was flung 60m from a bridge during a hijacking in Durban is recuperating in hospital, according to an online news report.

By Fred Kockott Before he died in a hail of police bullets, kwaMaphumulo taxi boss Bongani Mkhize made one of the most startling interventions in the annals of South African law.

President Jacob Zuma on Saturday called on traditional leaders to help government to fight crime.

The reggae singer the Springboks accused of butchering the anthem before the 20-13 Test match defeat to France told AFP Saturday that he thought he had "sung beautifully". SAPA Ras Dumisani, sporting dreadlocks tucked into a huge red, green and white Rastafarian cap, was adamant that his performance - which made large parts of the Toulouse crowd ...

Carbon trading, as promoted by the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism , has become a key global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.