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WORKING TIRELESSLY TO HELP OTHERS Businesses provide water to frustrated residents NADIA KHAN nadia.khan@inl.co.za RESIDENTS in Trenance Park, Verulam, frustrated about not having water over the Easter weekend, staged a protest outside a reservoir on Madrona Drive this week. The group of more than 50 people set tyres alight. Last month, the POST highlighted the plight of residents who experienced ongoing disruptions to their water supply. It included the areas of Trenance Park, Buffelsdraai, Amaoti, Redcliffe and parts of the Verulam CBD. Zainub Ally, 35, of Madrona Drive, a mother of two, said: “We are at work when the tankers arrive, so we don't get water for two or more days. Our children are not washing their hands properly during the coronavirus pandemic.” She said they were given various reasons…
Crematorium woes mount Doubt cast on city’s ability to run facility CHANELLE LUTCHMAN chanelle.lutchman@inl.co.za MOTSHWARI MOFOKENG African News Agency (ANA) FRUSTRATED ratepayers, political leaders and funeral directors have called on eThekwini Municipality to once again fix the Mobeni Heights Crematorium. After numerous incidents, they have questioned the municipality’s ability to effectively run the facility. For more than a decade, the furnaces at the crematorium lay idle. In 2019, the Office of the Public Protector wrote to the municipality asking that it address the issues at the crematorium. The public protector instructed the city to install a new furnace before 2020. In April last year, a R3.5 million furnace arrived in Durban via America. But installation only started in September. In February this year, the crematorium was opened. But within hours,…
THIS IS NO WAY TO RESPECT THE DEAD Families struggle to find gravesites CHARLENE SOMDUTH charlene.somduth@inl.co.za FAMILIES whose loved ones are buried at cemeteries in Merebank have accused the city of not doing enough to maintain the graveyard. Preston Naidoo, 40, of Merebank, said his mother, Brenda, was buried at the Merebank Cemetery. She died in 2016, aged 55, after a stroke. “I visited her gravesite on March 21 last year to mark her 59th birthday. I was unable to return during the course of the year due to the lockdown and the Covid-19 restrictions. But I went this month for her 60th birthday. “As we drove into the cemetery, I was shocked. It was in a terrible condition. The grass reached my knees and because my mother’s grave does…
INDIA RECORDS HIGHEST SINGLE-DAY SPIKE Top Bollywood stars test positive ON MONDAY, India registered 103558 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours. It was the highest single-day spike since the onset of the pandemic last year. On Tuesday, it recorded 96982 new coronavirus cases. The infection rate stands at more than 12.6million. The death toll has increased to more than 165000. The daily cases in India peaked on September 16, 2020, with 97894 people testing positive for the virus in a single day. Monday’s figure is the highest spike since the first case was detected in the country last January. Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Ker-ala, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Haryana were deemed states of grave concern. Owing to the spike in infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired…
COVID: INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW ‘We cannot be complacent’ DESPITE some countries easing travel restrictions and reopening their economies during the Covid-19 pandemic, they have done so cautiously. For others, a resurgence in infections has led to a strain on health-care. UK UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that from April 12, non-essential shops would reopen and pubs and restaurants would restart outdoor dining as the country moved to step two of the roadmap out of the Covid-19 lockdown. Meanwhile, hairdressers and barbers, as well as gyms and spas, can reopen, along with zoos, theme parks, libraries and community centres. “The net result of your efforts and, of course, the vaccine roll-out is that I can today confirm that from Monday, April 12, we will move to step two of our road…
PASSING IS A GREAT LOSS Tributes for first KZN premier CHANELLE LUTCHMAN chanelle.lutchman@inl.co.za SHARIKA REGCHAND African News Agency (ANA) Archives DR FRANK Mdlalose, who has been described as an outstanding servant of South Africa, succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday. He was 89. Mdlalose was KwaZulu-Natal’s first premier, from May 1994 to March 1997; the country’s ambassador to Egypt and the former national chairperson of the IFP. He retired from active politics in 2005. Mdlalose and his wife Eunice were admitted to hospital after contracting the virus. His wife is still in hospital. Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the founder of the IFP, said that as one of the first members of Inkatha, Mdlalose had quickly shown his leadership qualities and his ability to ignite a vision in South Africans. “He served in…
