Durban, South Africa News

Somali pirates on Wednesday seized a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean with 22 crew members on board, the European Union Naval Force said.

Africa is moving towards a harmonized maritime transport charter that will apart from building trade capacity see a united approach to industry threats such as piracy.

The darlings of KwaZulu-Natal football received a hero's welcome today as they flaunted their coveted MTN8 trophy through the streets of Durban.

Dyersburg State Community College's upcoming presentations by Arun Gandhi, the grandson of India's late spiritual leader Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" Gandhi will be postponed from Monday, Nov.

A woman was convicted by the Empangeni District Court for lying to police that she was raped, kidnapped and forced to cook human heads, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Tuesday.

By Kamini Padayachee Early investigations into the sinking of a Spanish fishing trawler just off the Durban coast on Monday suggest that the vessels's sea chest malfunctioned.

A taxi driver smashed his taxi through the doors of a busy Edgars store in Durban on Monday evening and then collapsed and died of gunshot wounds, KwaZulu-Natal authorities said.

Durban and Pietermaritzburg are at risk of severe water shortages in the next two years, Water and Environment Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Monday.

Twenty-six people, including an 11-year-old boy, were injured in accidents in KwaZulu-Natal over the weekend.

There was joy in the Durban High Court on Friday when two brothers were given hefty sentences for killing retired Austrian soccer player Peter Burgstaller in 2007.

Former transport minister and veteran ANC and SA Communist Party member Mac Maharaj as been appointed "special envoy", President Jacob Zuma announced on Friday.

By Mercury reporter The corruption trial of a former Pietermaritzburg prosecutor, who is accused of accepting a bribe to assist in making a drugs trial "go away", will only proceed next year.

Drunken driving charges against South Africa's ambassador to Angola Muziwakhe Kubheka, 61, were provisionally withdrawn in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Elton John will perform a series of concerts around South Africa in 2010, the concert promoters said.

By Fiona Gounden A Durban lawyer is preparing to seek an interdict against the Metro Police to stop them trapping on or from bridges and will soon be working on getting refunds for all such cases where motorists were "wrongfully fined". The interdict, if successful, could have far-reaching consequences for not only Durban motorists, but throughout ...

By Yogas Nair and Jolene Marriah Darkness pervaded Diwali celebrations for three Hindu families in Durban and Pietermaritzburg on Saturday evening, after the lighting of clay lamps and fireworks sparked incidents of alleged racial abuse and religious intolerance by their white neighbours.

Fourteen people were injured when a truck collided with a taxi and a car on the N2 road near Durban on Friday, KwaZulu-Natal paramedics said.

KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Mchunu says they are ready for the matric examinations next week.

The 7th annual Durban HOMEMAKERS Expo , held from 8 to 11 October 2009 at the Durban Exhibition Centre, saw 16 051 visitors experiencing 240 stands on over 9 000m2.

By Vivian Attwood and Matthew Savides Cash-strapped South Africans will have to work even harder to reduce their electricity consumption and, somehow, prepare for proposed massive Eskom tariff hikes.