Celebrating 100 years of hockey

Sophie Thompson|Published

Durban's Municipal Hockey Club, fondly referred to as Munies, turns 100 on July 5, making it the oldest hockey club in KZN and one of the oldest in South Africa. ...

'It all started with the recorder'

Frank Chemaly|Published

Two conductors, two Durban orchestras, and both coming out of the same Cape Town church recorder group. For both their first recording was in the church choir singing ...

Fun for dad and the whole family

Frank Chemaly|Published

Spoil dad for Father's Day tomorrow at CraftFest, a festival that celebrates all things Craft. Held with the Shongweni Farmers and Craft Market at their site in ...

Meet the Comrades superheroes

Frank Chemaly|Published

Dean Wight, 56, a veteran of 31 marathons, has won it six times. For Mahesh Ratanjee this will be his fourth Comrades and he stands as last year's winner. The race ...

Plucky Louis-Harvey yaps to the front

Staff Reporter|Published

Meet the winner and finalists in the Independent on Saturday’s March Pet of the Month competition. This month it’s Louis-Harvey, an 8-year-old miniature Yorkshire ...

A gracious lady remembered

Frank Chemaly|Published

The old picture this week was sent to us by keen Then & Now follower Peter Sharland from Hillcrest. It is a limited edition print (No 100) of Durban’s gracious Marine ...

SA's pothole crisis made worse by poor repairs

Karen Singh|Published

South Africa's road infrastructure, spanning about 750 000 km and ranking as the tenth-longest road network globally, currently battles a significant pothole crisis ...

Cinderella in the sun

Staff Reporter|Published

The cast of The Abba Show: A Cinderella Story had a morning off in-between rehearsals yesterday and were unanimous in wanting to spend it at uShaka Marine World

SA grannies strut the catwalk again

AFP|Published

At 17, Joyce Malindi won her first beauty contest under the suffocating limits of apartheid South Africa.  Fifty-five years later, she was back on the catwalk, silver ...

TVET colleges are a game changer for employment

Staff Reporter|Published

Discover how recent reforms in vocational training are positioning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges as a viable pathway for students ...

Heart transplant duo takes on sani2c

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Heart transplant recipients show there is life after illness.

Whistleblowers link senior officials to Durban passport mafia

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

SENIOR officials have been implicated in a passport theft and illegal sales syndicate operating from two Home Affairs offices in Durban.

Joshlin Smith’s mother and co-accused guilty of kidnapping and trafficking

Robin-Lee Francke|Published

Judge Nathan Erasmus delivered the highly anticipated judgment at the White City Multipurpose Centre in Diazville on Friday, bringing to a close a harrowing case ...

Heart transplant duo takes on sani2c

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Heart transplant recipients show there is life after illness.

PMB man conquers chilli bites

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

KZN's chilli king beats the heat.

Grand old home on Musgrave Road

Mark Levin|Published

Our view of old Durban is the rambling Victorian mansion, "Pendennis", which was the home of Francis Carne Brokensha.

Entries for the Vasco da Gama Ocean Race close

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

It's almost time for South Africa's most prestigious yacht race, the Vasco da Gama.

Drones could replace private security guns

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

BRAINS, not bullets, might be the answer to South Africa’s rising crime challenge - amid heated debate over proposed legal changes that will alter how private security ...

Mechanic saves stranger’s life across the globe

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

East London mechanic gives life to stranger on another continent