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Rajbansi grandson gravely ill Westville Prison didn’t do enough, claims family JANINE MOODLEY MOTSHWARI MOFOKENG African News Agency (ANA) Archives THE first grandchild of the late Amichand Rajbansi, Avineshsing Rajbansi, is fighting for his life in hospital. The 30-year-old, who is an awaiting-trial prisoner at Westville Prison, suffered seizures on September 26. After two days, prison authorities moved him to King Edward VIII Hospital. But for two weeks, they failed to inform the Rajbansi family, despite Avineshsing being admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit. On Tuesday morning when the family tried to move him to a private facility, Westville Prison officials demanded R145 000 from them to cover the costs of a guard being stationed at the hospital. This was equivalent to R4 800 a day for 30 days.…
Residents in fear after violent protest CHANELLE LUTCHMAN SIBONELO NGCOBO Africa News Agency ANA A CLARE Estate resident is wondering whether to continue providing meals to people living in the informal settlements around Clare Estate and Reservoir Hills after she was attacked during a service delivery protest on Monday. “I am part of a group that goes out and feeds these communities. But after what happened, I am traumatised. I don’t think I will be the same person again. I keep checking over my shoulder in fear.” She said she was on the M19 approaching the Reservoir Hills off-ramp when she saw the protesters. “It was about 6.20am. There were cars in front and behind me taking the off-ramp. I saw the protesters but I did not stress because the…
New hope for monument to mark arrival of Indians NADIA KHAN PREMIER Sihle Zikalala has put Ravi Pillay, MEC for Finance, in charge of ensuring a monument is erected to mark the arrival of Indians in South Africa. November 16 will mark the 160th anniversary since the first ship, Truro, anchored off Durban with 342 indentured Indian labourers. In the days, months and years that followed, others arrived, initially under indenture and later as passengers. Next month will also mark a decade since the government announced that an 1860 commemorative monument would be erected. Earlier this year, Zikalala said the monument would be erected by November. This week, the KZN provincial government said in a statement that it was still committed to a monument that would honour the contribution the…
Durban woman receives recognition from the UN Grateful for strong support structure NADIA KHAN I was young and fearless in my youth. I believed I could achieve anythingMehreen Mia-Cassimjee UN Goodwill Award winner MEHREEN Mia-Cassimjee has been recognised for her contribution to the betterment of society, after she won an International Goodwill Ambassador in Humanitarianism award. The Global International Alliance – an affiliate of the UN and People of Choice Award Programme – notified Mia-Cassimjee, of Durban, last week. A goodwill ambassador advocates for a specific cause or global issue on the basis of their notability as a public figure. Mia-Cassimjee also became the diplomatic official of the alliance to South Africa. The 45-year-old is the director of the NGO Muslim Relief Alliance-KZN, and the co-founder and director of the…
Banana tree project to mark 160th anniversary POST REPORTER Supplied THE community of Depot Road Memorial Primary School will next month plant 160 banana trees to mark the 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indians to the country. “This is a simple but symbolic gesture,” said Yogs Moodley, the principal. The school, in Bayview, Chatsworth, has its origins in Magazine Barracks, a compound for municipal workers near the Durban beachfront. The area was destroyed in 1965 and the community was moved to Chatsworth because of the Group Areas Act. Depot Road Memorial Primary was the community’s school. “When we arrived here, the banana farmers were forced by the apartheid government to give up their land,” said Moodley. By recultivating the land, the school community wants to make a statement about…
Artist uses her skills to fight cancer THANDEKA MGQIBI Supplied ARISHA Brijlal Lalli, 31, is using her love for art as a means to give back to the community. The married mother of one has donated her painting of a poem to the Cancer Association of SA (Cansa) Foundation, which will be auctioned off during Cancer Awareness Month this month. Lalli said the painting was a dedication to her mother-in-law, Sitha, who is recovering from breast cancer after being diagnosed last year. “The inspiration behind this painting was the strength and positivity displayed by my mother-in-law,” said Lalli, of Reservoir Hills. “During her chemotherapy, radiation treatment and her operation, she uplifted the spirits of other patients and gave them hope. “I couldn’t help but express my feelings through a poem.”…
