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By Musa Zondo Many Durban University of Technology (DUT) students say they’d like to be given a choice of whether to protest or not. The university had to shut down briefly at the start of the year and suspended learning for two days again in May because of repeated disruptions of lectures by masked men in Economic Freedom Fighters shirts. EFFYC would often have physical protest action later in the day and this would be every day over a space of two or more weeks sometimes. “Though we understand the importance of fighting for the marginalised, the [EFFYC] refuses to…
By Wandiswa Mncube Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Mondli Gungubele, says South Africa must upscale the process of digitisation in order to save money. “Through technology and digitisation we would have reduced the operational costs dramatically and would have empowered many to take care of them. selves also reduced the 18 million Rand that is being spent on social grants.” He says that this was proven during the COVID 19 pandemic when most services went online. Gungubele was speaking at the South African Internet Governance Forum (ZAIGF) at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) where he said he…
By Zandile Nyathikazi When you hear the news about Inanda – stories would be about gang violence, murder and other violent crimes. Recently, social media was full of details of the killing of the leader of a violent gang of young people called West. This is an area with young people who have very few opportunities and close to no positive role models, but one young man is trying to change that. In 2013, Thabo Magwaza faced a difficult challenge after completing high school. For years of searching for a job with no success, leading to years of frustration, Magwaza…
Jabulani Mathonsi It’s Workers’ Month in South Africa and the Tertiary Education National Union of South Africa (TENUSA) gathered in the Durban University of Technology to celebrate 20 years of its existence. Unions often represent their members rights and are the gateway between the employee and the employer, especially when there are disputes. “Trade Unions are to protect every worker’s rights in terms of the Labour Relations Act,” said TENUSA chairperson, Naresh Sentoo. The union is on the path to growth and in 2018, the DUT branch assisted staff members at Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) launch their own. “We…
By Andiswa Zondi In recent years, there have been many stories in the news about people who would get sick or die after allegedly buying food from spaza shops. Thabile Magwaza from Kwamashu says her family knows this story really well. “I lost a nephew to food poisoning last year.” This has led to raids that have been conducted by many municipalities and government authorities on these informal businesses. Many had to shut down and the government requested that that they register and comply with the law. Spaza shop owners say they also lost their customers’ trust. “We lost everything…
By Thivanni Naidoo In the 1860s,established by an indentured labourer named Narainsamy Moodley, the Isipingo Shri Mariamman Temple started off just as a simple “Puthu” (snake sand hill) that he believed to house the snake incarnation of mother Mariamman. When their sugar baron bosses gave them time off during Easter, indentured labourers would gather at this Puthu to pray and give offerings to the snake mother to show their devotion. Noticing this, the sugar barons decided to give them this piece of land to continue their prayers and that’s when the temple was built around the Puthu that still stands…
By Musa Zondo Thirty from all over South Africa and neighbouring eSwatini exhibited their work and shared knowledge with each other in a satellite exhibition that took place at the Durban University of Technology’s City Campus. Organisers of this event say that it also serves as a space for training. The organisers are known and Unlearn To Learn and they partnered with the university this year. “It came to a point where by we felt like this thing should be formal, where by we mentor other artists because it was difficult for them to go to art spaces and for…
By Sabelo Seroke The Durban University of Technology (DUT) has extended the first semester academic calendar due to repeated disruptions of lectures and tests that are caused by the Economic Freedom Fighters Students’ Council (EFFSC) as its members repeatedly storm lecture venues to stop writing of tests and lectures. The organization says that this is because there are still students who have not received their National Student Financial Aid Scheme (SNFAS) allowances. “Teaching days have been extended by eight working days, moving the end date from 20 May 2025 to 30 May 2025,” the DUT statement reads. It says final…
By Haylee Maduray The Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple will be standing for nearly 40 years come October 2025. It is a building of monumental significance in the Chatsworth community and was founded by Srila Prabhupada. The temple consists of 3 domes covered in white and gold which rises over an octagonal mirrored roof and is 12 storeys high. The building itself holds religious symbolism in the way the windows of the central dome are structured to form a large Vaishnava tilak, which is usually adorned upon the foreheads of the Hare Krishna Devotees. The building is a work of…
By Andiswa Zondi Some street criminals in Durban fake disabilities in order to attack students who stay in the residence on St George’s Street. Recently. Five students reported being mugged by a man seated on a wheelchair and his friend. “They got to me I started to walk fast hoping they wouldn’t catch up, until they did. they just pulled a knife and demanded my purse while the other reached out for my plastic bag. I had no choice but to give it to them and they ran off,” said third year Durban University of Technology (DUT) student, Luyanda Ntuli.…