Phoenix
Sihle Zikalala: One death reported may be linked to recent KZN floods
The province experienced yet another episode of flooding over the weekend following major floods last month destroying infrastructure.
The township saw racial violence, which claimed 36 lives and left many injured during the July unrest.
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.
The South African Human Rights Commission started the inquiry last week in a bid to investigate the incidents which saw many people die.
In reflecting on his experiences, Ricardo Chetty described the events as scary and something he had never seen before.
This has emerged during investigative hearings of the South African Human Rights Commission into the unrest.
Nineteen-year-old Majola was killed during the bloody violence which occurred in the township during civil unrest in the country.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The party has taken over the last ward from African National Congress (ANC).
On Tuesday, DA KZN leader Francois Rodgers said the party stood by its words.
Most of them have told Eyewitness News that they wanted to see change in the troubled township.
The parties battling for the control of eThekwini have promised to address problems faced by some communities in the metro.
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.
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.
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.