Kwazulu/Natal, South Africa News

Khoisan men sing during a poster unveiling of a new name for Cape Town in honour of deceased leader Dawid Kruiper.

Artist Andries Botha says he is eager to get busy rebuilding his R1.5 million elephant sculpture and regrets the controversy that has come his way.

An "organised scam" involving at least one hospital group, a number of doctors and unscrupulous patients has resulted in insurance companies being milked through bogus or excessive claims.

For the media the National Development Plan "was not scandalous enough to make front page news", Planning Minister Trevor Manuel said at the opening session of the 15th African Renaissance Conference in Durban on Thursday.

A KwaZulu-Natal man was sentenced by the Vryheid Regional Court to 18 years in jail for raping a 12-year-old girl, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Friday.

"The best situation is when both your occupancy and room rates are recovering but that is not the case," Von Aulock said.

Simon Burfiend, from Steyning, plans to make history as part of a team which will row 5,000 miles across the Indian Ocean, unsupported.

With the annual Tourism Indaba trade show in Durban having wrapped up last week, the city is preparing to host a travel conference of a different kind next week.

South Africans, by their nature, enjoy constructive and spirited discourse about the state of the nation.

His mother, who spread rumours of her son's death to keep police off his trail, was convicted of plotting the elaborate scheme.

An intricate web of stormwater tunnels extending for kilometres beneath Durban and the suburbs has for years been used as a secret escape route by criminals who make their way under homes and roads or drop in through manholes after committing thefts or even murder.

A mother seeking custody of her three young children in a divorce battle has been ordered to present herself for a psychological assessment because, a Durban High Court judge has ruled, the best interests of the children trump her constitutional right to privacy.

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The 'Fresh All Day' camp is becoming a little bit dry after two of its members left the group to pursue different career paths.

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old in Umlazi, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday.

FASHION FORWARD: Afro-pop duo Mafikizolo are reunited, with Nhlanhla Nciza and Theo Kgosinkwe belting it out as the opening act of this year s Cape Town International Jazz Festival held in the Mother City.

Farmlands, against the backdrop of the Karkloof range, gave way to cool areas where the road ran through plantations of pine and wattle; a view of the Albert Falls Dam sparkling blue in the sunshine, was followed by endless fields of sugar cane.

Durban's Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre complex had increased profitability with a "concerted effort at managing costs more efficiently", and not just through growing revenue from conferences and events.

KwaZulu-Natal community safety MEC Willies Mchunu on Wednesday welcomed the 25-year jail sentence the Durban High Court handed to the man who murdered Kloof resident Rodney Bradley.

A man who died after a fitness test in KwaZulu-Natal last year succumbed because of an epileptic attack, a commission of inquiry heard on Wednesday.