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Women encouraged to break the silence on abuse
EThekwini Municipality marked the 10 years since the Gugu Dlamini Foundation was started by hosting a programme to encourage women to break the silence around abuse, discrimination and stigma on 28 August.
Durban first city in Africa to launch Climate Action Plan
A notable mark is set to be made in the fight against climate change when eThekwini Mayor Councillor Mxolisi Kaunda officially launches Durban's Climate Action Plan at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre on 3 September.
Unemployment – already high in South Africa – has exacerbated due to the circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sweden: Riots after Quran burning incident by far-right activists
Far-right activists burned a Quran in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, sparking riots and unrest after more than 300 people gathered to protest, police said Saturday.
EThekwini Municipality’s mega development projects advance
MEMBERS of the City’s Economic Development and Planning Committee, led by its Chairperson Councillor Sipho Kaunda, visited three mega development projects in the northern parts of the City.
Christchurch Mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole
A court in New Zealand has sentenced a self-confessed white supremacist who killed 51 Muslims as they prayed at two mosques in Christchurch to life imprisonment without parole, the first time such a sentence has been handed down in the country.
COVID-19 reinfection not a ‘regular event’
The UN Health Agency said there is likely only a slim possibility of people being re-infected with COVID-19, following reports in Hong Kong that a man had contracted new coronavirus for a second time after an interval of more than four months.
On Thursday, 20 August 2020 a huge fire incident at the Umgudulu Road Informal settlement (Reservoir Hills, Ward 23) resulted in 240 dwellings being razed to the ground, almost 500 residents left without homes and a female resident sustaining an injury. Fortunately, there were no fatalities.
Kashmir: India’s internet ban is ‘digital apartheid’
SRINAGAR, India -- A prominent rights group in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday described a communications blackout imposed by India following its scrapping of the disputed region’s semi-autonomy last year “collective punishment” and urged the international community to question New Delhi over what it called “digital apartheid.”
City bolsters development incentives
The 5th reviewed Economic Development Incentive Policy (EDIP) 2020/21 bolsters the City’s commitment to incentivise foreign and local investment, sustain enterprises and proactively cultivate a competitive investor–friendly environment.
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Rohingya refugees ‘more vulnerable than ever’
Three years into the Rohingya refugee crisis, women, men and children – driven from their homes in Myanmar into camps across the border in Bangladesh – are more vulnerable than ever, UN agencies have reported.
UN refugee chief underlines continued support to Lebanon
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Friday urged the international community to continue to stand by the people of Lebanon as they recover from the blast that devastated the capital, Beirut, earlier this month.
Mayor urges caution as Covid-19 infections peak
ETHEKWINI Mayor Councillor Mxolisi Kaunda has urged communities to cooperate with government in flattening the curve as an upsurge in new Covid-19 cases is anticipated in KwaZulu-Natal in coming weeks.
UAE & Israel Relations: ‘normalising The Abnormal’
The UAE is the third Arab nation to normalise relations with Israel after Jordan and Egypt, capping years of discreet contact between the two countries.