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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Syringa Avenue residents anger at removal for student accomodation

Student accommodation drive leading to forced evacuation of families in historic suburb at Warwick Triangle

Daily News News
Fred Kockott|Published

LOOK: Crocodile spotted in Tongaat River

Many young crocodile are reported to be thriving in reedbeds in rivers along the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast.

Daily News News
Fred Kockott|Published

North beach residents fume after spike in car battery theft

Some residents have taken to removing the car batteries overnight, while others were fitting a chain and padlock to their car battery brackets.

Daily News News
Fred Kockott|Published

'Tenants have ordered a hit on me'

Situated near Albert Park, Kingston Flats at 35 Park Street has been home to about 100 people, many of whom have had lawful occupancy for more than five years.

Daily News News
Fred Kockott|Published

Daughter of domestic worker off to Oxford after being awarded Rhodes scholarship

The daughter of a domestic worker from Dambuza township has just been awarded a Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University.

Daily News News
Fred Kockott|Published

Mushrooming student digs in Durban suburbs raise fears

Student accommodation becomes goldmine for greedy developers

Daily News News
Fred Kockott|Published

Orphaned Durban lifeguard gets job of a lifetime in UAE

Thobani Phoseka will fly to Dubai early next year to take up an all-expenses-paid lifeguard job at a renowned ocean-themed resort and five-star hotel in Dubai.

Daily News News
Fred Kockott|Published

Captive lion breeding industry under Parliament spotlight

Parliament hopes presentations and associated panel discussions would facilitate constructive engagement around an issue adversely affecting South Africa?s standing internationally.

Daily News News
Fred Kockott|Published

A dire need to cultivate entrepreneurship and innovation in SA

While South Africa was performing well in the biotechnology sphere, the country lacked real hi-tech companies like Apple, Google and Amazon.

Sunday Tribune News
Fred Kockott|Published

Northern white rhino species reduced to vial of semen

Veterinary scientists are pinning hopes on genetic science and ARTs to save rhino from extinction. Fred Kockott reports

Sunday Tribune News
Fred Kockott|Published

It's not the 'end' of the Zupta era

Zuma era not yet over - at least not in the world of publishing, or in the courts - and looks set to continue producing an array of tell-all books.

Sunday Tribune News
Fred Kockott|Published

Mhlengi Gwala recovery could take upto 18 months

A delegation led by sports minister Thokozile Xasa visited the Olympian hopeful's bedside where a five-hour operation was performed on him.

News
Fred Kockott|Published

Public servant guilty of land theft

Public servant found guilty of stealing land and livestock which had been awarded to labour tenants.

Sunday Tribune News
Fred Kockott|Published

Exploration comes with big risks

Imagine an oil spill of the magnitude of what took place in the Gulf of Mexico eight years ago happening in KZN.

Sunday Tribune News
Fred Kockott|Published

KZN oil search 'may be killing whales'

Has loud underwater noise from the oil and gas exploration industry caused whale and dolphin deaths along the KwaZulu-Natal coast?

Sunday Tribune News
Fred Kockott|Published

Why the R28m jazz festival never came to Durban

AMID plans to bring the North Sea Jazz Festival to KZN, former MEC for Economic Development Mike Mabuyakhulu allegedly colluded with his HOD.

Sunday Tribune News
Fred Kockott|Published

WATCH: Mike Mabuyakhulu case not politically motivated - Hawks

Mike Mabuyakhulu and his former HOD Desmond Khalid Golding secured R50 000 bail in court.

Sunday Tribune News
Fred Kockott|Published

Durban to look into rights of sex workers

Good policing was required to deal with the horrible stuff of the sex trade world, including violence against sex workers, rape and human trafficking.

News
Fred Kockott|Published

ANC land policy 'empty and ignorant' - expert

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa knows the expropriation of property without ?just and equitable? compensation is ?nonsense?.

News South Africa
Fred Kockott|Published

Exploring Africa top to bottom

Moroccan adventurer Adil the Traveller looks set to follow in the footsteps of 13th century medieval explorer Muhammed Ibn Battuta.

Sunday Tribune News
Fred Kockott|Published

Exploring Africa top to bottom

The 24-year-old Moroccan adventurer Adil the Traveller looks set to explore Africa

Sunday Independent News
Fred Kockott|Published

Medic fuming over drink driving blood test fiasco

Despite the state withdrawing cases that involve a paramedic who has been drawing blood at metro police roadblocks without proper registration, he insists he is qualified.

Sunday Tribune News
Fred Kockott|Published

'Ban on rhino horn sales not protecting the animals'

Calls to legalise the trade in rhino horn are to come under the spotlight at this week?s 2017 Symposium of Contemporary Conservation Practice.

News South Africa Kwazulu Natal
Fred Kockott|Published

KZN gas exploration threatens whale migration

Recent offshore gas and oil exploration along the KwaZulu-Natal coast have adversely impacted on this year’s whale migrations.

News South Africa Kwazulu Natal
Fred Kockott|Published

Watch VideoBlood Lions sparks massive anti-abuse campaign

Local tourism operators pledge not to support enterprises that contribute 'to the cycle of breeding, exploitation and senseless killing of predators'. [VIDEO]

Travel Travel News
Fred Kockott|Published