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Flickr.com File image Durban - A Durban company, which rakes in millions each year from its contract to run the city’s parking meter system, faces liquidation over a R26 million claim for rental fees. … [Read more...] about Meter firm faces liquidation

Independent Newspapers Craigh Botha spent the days after the shooting, in and out of consciousness in the intensive care unit of the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital. Related Stories Bouncer blamed for club shooting … [Read more...] about Father shot at KZN bar dies

Durban - Women judges have called for a firm set of criteria to be developed to determine who served as acting judges, so that these appointments were not made at the whim of high court judge presidents. Currently, anyone who had not spent time as an acting judge was unlikely to be considered a suitable candidate by the Judicial Service Commission, but few women … [Read more...] about ‘Acting judge criteria needed’

The Star Some Cosatu affiliates are expected to question the "urgency" and "timing" of a crunch meeting of the central executive committee at which the fate of embattled general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi could be determined. File photo: Antoine de Ras Related … [Read more...] about Cosatu affiliates split over Vavi talks

Kajal Bagawandeen HARD work and perseverance are cornerstones of any classical dancer’s life and this is perhaps the secret behind the steady progress of Durban dancer-turned-actress Kajal Bagwandeen, who has landed her second role in a … [Read more...] about Kajal lands second soapie role