LISTEN: E-hailers driven by fear after death of Durban driver Updated
Nomfundo Ngcobo
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The e-hailing service community says it s growing increasingly worried about the safety of drivers after one of their own was found dead in Durban.
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30-year-old Ntuthuko Goba disappeared on Friday after making his way to Umlazi to pick up a client. He was found murdered in Isipingo on Monday evening.
Andre de Bruin of the Durban E-hailing Taxi Association says criminals are now using e-hailing apps to hijack, rob, and kill drivers.
He says they are frequently getting reports of drivers being attacked.
Engen ordered to take responsibility for impact of 2020 explosion
By Thami Magubane
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DURBAN - THE National Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has warned Engen to take responsibility for the impact of an explosion at its refinery on the residents living in the area.
The committee, which visited the refinery in Wentworth on Friday, said it will not accept blame shifting by the company. The committee was accompanied by members of the provincial environmental committee on the oversight visit.
The Mercury understands from individuals that were part of the meeting that the national committee had taken a tough stance against the company, demanding it provides answers and take responsibility.
ECR Newswatch: A week in review Updated
Lauren Beukes
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Just two weeks into the new year and it has already been a
busy period for KwaZulu-Natal. We look back on Durban’s water crisis, another
family meeting and the tragic death of a woman at Wentworth Hospital who was
captured on a viral video pleading for help.
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The week did not start well for some Durban South residents
who woke up on Sunday to severe water cuts. Their water issues continued
throughout the week due to the failure of several pumps at the Northdene Pump
Station. Tensions rose high as residents scrambled in line for water at
New maps show SA towns and suburbs most vulnerable to Covid-19 impact Dec 14, 2020, 05:18 PM
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South Africa Covid-19 Vulnerability Index (Stats SA image overlay Google Maps)
A recently updated Vulnerability Index shows that densely populated areas in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban are most likely to be impacted by the second wave.
Comorbidities among multi-generational households are of particular concern in the urban environment.
Durban has the highest vulnerability ranking out of all major cities compared.
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As South Africa grapples with a second wave of infections ahead of the busy festive season, a newly updated Covid-19 Vulnerability Index (CVI) identifies communities and suburbs which are most likely to be adversely impacted by the resurgence.
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A blast at an Engen oil refinery recently rocked the community of Durban South, an industrial basin in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Several employees and community members were treated for smoke inhalation. The Conversation’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked Llewellyn Leonard to share his insights on South African communities and environments exposed to industrial risks.
The recent explosion at the Durban oil refinery is one in a long list of pollution incidents in the area. What has the government done to protect residents of communities surrounding the refinery?
The local South Durban Community Environmental Alliance recorded a total of 55 major industrial incidents in South Durban from 2000 to 2016. In 2018, the south Durban basin was declared a pollution hotspot, according to the provincial government’s Environment Outlook Report.