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23/08/2007
Ethekwini name a lot of bull.
Red-faced at explaining the name to visitors, Durban's mayor is now pushing for a fresh title for one of country's main municipalities which translates as a pair of bull's testicles..more
13-03-2009
The changing face of Durban.
THE iconic Moses Mabhida Stadium, with its soaring arches, is the most visible of them and it’s on track for completion towards the end of the year. But there’s a lot more to the current development bonanza than this World Cup showpiece. more
September 22 2009
Mabhida arena in dispute
Durban city manager Michael Sutcliffe has vociferously denied media reports that a Bafana Bafana match was moved from the Moses Mabhida Stadium because it would not be finished in time...more
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Fury over plan to alter ward boundaries
Opposition parties in the eThekwini municipality are fuming at new ward demarcation proposals, which they say could see thousands of their voters moved into other wards.
Oppose police merger - DA
"The ANC is obsessed with the idea of a centralised state, with power vested in the hands of a few at the heart of government," said DA shadow police minister Dianne Kohler Barnard in a statement.
Durban's population boom
The eThekwini Municipality's population will increase by 30 percent over the next 20 years and, to meet this demand, a multi-billion rand plan has been drafted to build 133 400 more houses in existing suburbs and on vacant land.
'Dbn attackers associated with ANC'
Local and international academics on Monday condemned attacks on a Durban informal settlement which claimed two lives and saw 30 shacks destroyed at the weekend.
Council calls for added fuel tax
Cash-strapped KwaZulu-Natal municipalities have called on the government to introduce a special fuel levy as a way to balance their books.
Informal traders assured of space
Traders at the Early Morning Market will be given a space to trade at the new Warwick Junction Development following an agreement with the developer to accommodate them.
eThekwini council in trouble with the law
The eThekwini municipality has been accused of defying a court order after it locked traders out of the Early Morning Market on Monday despite the Durban High Court ruling that they can trade.
Sutcliffes Achilles heel?
Mike Sutcliffe seems finally to have bitten off more than he can chew. The eThekwini municipal manager has made a political virtue of a "chew-up-and-spit-out" approach to his critics -- mainly the opposition, media and Durban's ratepayers
The big stink over Durban beachfronts
The stink caused by the withdrawal of Blue Flag status -- the international eco-stamp of approval for pristine beach management -- from several of eThekwini's beaches is a pointed reminder that municipal manager Mike Sutcliffe takes criticism very badly.
UKZN makes quantum strides
The latest antics between the eThekwini municipality and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) could make even Albert Einstein turn in his grave
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