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KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala. Picture: @kzngov/Twitter

Phoenix

Sihle Zikalala: One death reported may be linked to recent KZN floods

By Nhlanhla Mabaso

The province experienced yet another episode of flooding over the weekend following major floods last month destroying infrastructure.

  • FILE: Community members hold weapons as they stand at a road block in Phoenix Township, North Durban, on 15 July 2021 to prevent looters from reaching the community. Picture: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

    Interventions to curb racial tensions in Phoenix won't last - July riots report

    The township saw racial violence, which claimed 36 lives and left many injured during the July unrest.

    104 days ago
  • Police Minister Bheki Cele at a media briefing on 25 October 2021. Picture: GCIS.

    Cele: I was not convinced Phoenix violence could be linked to racial tension

    Police Minister Bheki Cele is testifying at the South African Human Rights Commission hearings looking into the July unrest as the last witness for the KwaZulu-Natal proceedings.

    171 days ago
  • The South African Human Rights Commission hears evidence on the July riots at the Durban International Convention Centre on 16 November 2021. Picture: @SAHRCommission/Twitter

    July unrest: Witness says he was attacked 3 times by Phoenix vigilante groups

    The South African Human Rights Commission started the inquiry last week in a bid to investigate the incidents which saw many people die.

    181 days ago
  • FILE: The coffin containing the remains of Njabulo Allen Dlamini (31) a father of 11, arrives on 21 July 2021 for a funeral service at his home. The taxi driver was killed in Phoenix, Durban, on 12 July, allegedly by a group of South African Indian residents manning a roadblock while defending their properties from looters. Picture: MARCO LONGARI/AFP

    Phoenix man describes terror of July unrest, pointing to racism as the source

    In reflecting on his experiences, Ricardo Chetty described the events as scary and something he had never seen before.

    185 days ago
  • The South African Human Rights Commission hears evidence on the July riots at the Durban International Convention Centre on 16 November 2021. Picture: @SAHRCommission/Twitter

    Witness at July unrest inquiry: There were 'young dead bodies on the road'

    This has emerged during investigative hearings of the South African Human Rights Commission into the unrest.

    186 days ago
  • FILE: The Govender brothers appeared before the Verulam Magistrate's Court on Thursday. Picture: 123rf.com

    Mondli Majola murder: Phoenix brothers denied bail

    Nineteen-year-old Majola was killed during the bloody violence which occurred in the township during civil unrest in the country.

    186 days ago
  • The South African Human Rights Commission hears evidence on the July riots at the Durban International Convention Centre on 16 November 2021. Picture: @SAHRCommission/Twitter

    Govt intervention needed for those affected by July riots, SAHRC told

    Chris Biyela narrowly escaped an attack by a group of suspected vigilantes and he gave testimony about his experience on Tuesday. Biyela believes that there needs to be government intervention for those affected.

    188 days ago
  • FILE: Community members hold weapons as they stand at a road block in Phoenix Township, North Durban, on 15 July 2021 to prevent looters from reaching the community. Picture: GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP

    July unrest hearing: Witness says there was no massacre in Phoenix

    While giving testimony about what transpired in his community in July, Sham Maharaj said that while people were killed in Phoenix, it didn't amount to a massacre.

    188 days ago
  • Mr Sham Maharaj from Phoenix Ubuntu Forum gives testimony on 16 November 2021 at the SAHRC hearing into the July riots. Picture: SAHRCommission/Twitter

    We were only preventing looting from taking place, Phoenix resident tells SAHRC

    Sham Maharaj on Tuesday appeared at the investigative hearings into the riots where 36 people died in what is believed to be racially motivated attacks.

    188 days ago
  • Brothers Dlyan and Ned Govender and Jeetendra Jaikissoon appeared in the Verulam Magistrates Court on 6 October 2021. They're accused of killing 19-year-old Mondli Majola during the Phoenix unrest in July. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News.

    Mondli Majola murder: Lawyer argues Govender brothers be released on bail

    Both Dylan and Ned Govender were back in the dock at the Verulam Magistrates Court in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday for further arguments in their bail application.

    194 days ago
  • Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen at the party’s manifesto launch on 25 September 2021. Picture: @Our_DA/Twitter

    DA says it has retained Phoenix even after 'heroes' posters

    The party has taken over the last ward from African National Congress (ANC).

    201 days ago
  • A DA poster in Phoenix. Picture: Supplied.

    The DA makes another u-turn on Phoenix

    On Tuesday, DA KZN leader Francois Rodgers said the party stood by its words.

    202 days ago
  • Voters making their way inside the Earlington Secondary School voting station in Phoenix to cast their votes on 1 November 2021. Picture: Nhlanhla Mabaso/Eyewitness News

    After deadly Phoenix violence, residents want their vote to make a difference

    Most of them have told Eyewitness News that they wanted to see change in the troubled township.

    203 days ago
  • FILE: Durban beach. Picture: Facebook.com

    Political parties tussle for votes in bid to control eThekwini metro

    The parties battling for the control of eThekwini have promised to address problems faced by some communities in the metro.

    206 days ago
  • Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen at a rally in Johannesburg. Picture: Jacques Hoon.

    DAVID MAIMELA: The DA, populism and the return of its poster child

    The DA's recent problems with its Phoenix posters, the wreck on the Gareth Cliff show and Helen Zille's return shows that racist and populist conservative politics work for the party, writes David Maimela.

    209 days ago
  • IFP founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi on a campaign trail in Phoenix, KZN, on 11 October 2021. Picture: IFP KZN/Supplied.

    Buthelezi: IFP has a good governance record in KZN

    He's visited the community of Phoenix near Durban where racial violence led to 36 people being killed and a number of people facing charges of murder.

    224 days ago
  • A DA poster in Phoenix. Picture: Supplied.

    DA's Mike Waters quits as campaigns manager after party apologises for posters

    Mike Waters, in the resignation letter circulating on social media on Monday and which he confirmed to have penned, said he could no longer promote the DA after the weakness it displayed over the controversial posters.

    224 days ago
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