“There is no need whatsoever for a referendum on expropriation of land without compensation. Our history, which saw people deprived of land on the basis of race, must be redressed.
Category: Kwazulu/Natal, South Africa
South Africa anti-immigrant protests erupt in capital
Police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannon Friday as the latest wave of anti-immigrant protests broke out in South Africa’s capital, while President Jacob Zuma condemned anti-foreigner violence and appealed for calm. “We don’t have hate! We don’t have hate!” one foreign man shouted in video posted by local broadcaster eNCA.
South Africa anti-immigrant protests erupt in capital
Police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannon Friday as the latest wave of anti-immigrant protests broke out in South Africa’s capital, while President Jacob Zuma condemned anti-foreigner violence and appealed for calm. “We don’t have hate! We don’t have hate!” one foreign man shouted in video posted by local broadcaster eNCA.
South Africa, Refugees, and Populism
Foreign men from Malawi queue to board buses from a camp for those affected by anti-immigrant violence in Chatsworth north of Durban, April 18, 2015. Rosettenville, a suburb of Johannesburg, was the site of the February 11-12 burning of buildings alleged to have been used by “prostitutes and drug dealers.”
6 die in gas leak at South African naval base, several hurt
Paramedics in South Africa say six men have died and several were injured in an apparent gas leak at a naval base in the city of Durban. Russel Meiring, a spokesman for paramedic company ER24, says the men were “overcome by gas” while working in a sewage pit on Friday.
How to get an airline to compensate you – even when it doesn’t have to
When a carrier says a delay or cancellation is caused by circumstances beyond its control, you can still appeal to government regulations, empathy or its own customer-service guarantees to get it to do the right thing. Gerrard Hattfield knows what that’s like.
Nu-Metro opens 4DX cinema in Menlyn Park next week
The multi-sensory cinema, 4DX opens at Nu Metro Menlyn Park on Friday 10 February 2017. This is the fourth such cinema for the group; the others being at Nu Metro V&A Waterfront , The Pavilion and Hyde Park .
.com | Soldier hands himself over after Durban shooting spree – police
Most of the country can expect rain on Friday, except in the Western Cape and along the West Coast of the Western and Northern Cape. Durban A soldier who allegedly went on a shooting spree in Durban earlier this week, killing one person and injuring another three, has handed himself over, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Friday.
.com | Vrrr pahs continue causing mayhem
One would have thought that drivers of high-performance cars or “vrrr phas”, as Transport Minister Dipuo Peters calls them would behave on the roads this festive season. But it seems the zero-tolerance message failed to reach some speedsters.
2016 in President Zuma’s Mzansi
In any other country, the scenarios that occurred in 2016 would be regarded as a national crisis. Not in President Jacob Zuma’s Mzansi.
.com | Mpisanes lose wheels again
The Mpisanes take a picture with the two Rolls-Royces they bought each other during their year-end party at their house in La Lucia, north of Durban. Picture: Khaya Ngwenya Normally at this time of year, Durban’s blingest couple, tenderpreneurs Shauwn and S’bu Mpisane, are busy putting the finishing touches on plans for their New Year’s Eve party, one of the highlights on the city’s social calendar for the well-heeled and politically connected.