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On Sunday, 23 August 2026, Durban Metro Police (security/patrol officers) discovered the body of a deceased newborn male baby (described in some reports as an approximately 8-month foetus) partially covered by sand on the beachfront near Addington Hospital / opposite Addington Oncology, along the lower Marine Parade in central Durban 0 (0)

Security personnel approached Metro Police officers who were on patrol around 09:20 and reported the…

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VF Plus draws large crowds in KZN 0 (0)

In that release, the party states that it has drawn large crowds at a series…

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Two Durban businessmen—one a 65-year-old prominent figure who cannot be named pending his plea on sexual assault charges, and his co-accused Rangasamy Naidoo (48)—are appearing in the Durban Magistrate’s Court for a bail application while facing human trafficking and related charge 0 (0)

The case arises from a 2022 incident in which young women (reports variously refer to…

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eThekwini (Durban) contract plumbers have staged repeated protests throughout 2026 over unpaid invoices, a forced shift to a new contracting model, and threats to their livelihoods. The dispute has heavily disrupted water services, contributed to high non-revenue water losses, and left thousands of leaks unattended. 0 (0)

Background and Root Causes The core issue stems from the previous system under which independent…

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South African Police Service (SAPS) members seized 100 firearms and associated ammunition from a security company based in Soweto, Johannesburg, during a compliance inspection under Operation Buyisa. 0 (0)

Operation Buyisa (launched in 2025) is a national SAPS effort focused on removing illegal or…

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ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has indeed emphasised the need for mayoral candidates and elected local leaders to stay committed to serving communities, stressing that residents expect consistent presence and accountability—especially during service failures, not only when projects succeed. 0 (0)

This aligns with statements he made around the ANC’s local government elections manifesto launch on…

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Malema addressed the EFF’s Msunduzi Ground Forces Forum at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall ahead of South Africa’s local government elections (scheduled for 4 November 2026) 0 (0)

He explicitly rejected the idea of “no-go areas” for his party in the province, framing…

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Ladysmith’s (KwaZulu-Natal) water crisis has indeed reached a severe point by late August 2026, with the multi-week outage disrupting daily life, education, and basic hygiene for residents in affected areas. 0 (0)

The outage began around 7 August 2026 and, by the time of reporting around 21…

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lab-grown human brain organoids (often called “mini-brains”) are being cultured in research labs and startups worldwide, and the emerging field of organoid intelligence (OI) or biocomputing is actively exploring whether these living neural networks can perform adaptive computation more efficiently than silicon-based neural networks in certain regimes 0 (0)

The claim that they could “soon outthink” conventional neural networks is an optimistic framing of…

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Browser fingerprinting (also called device fingerprinting or machine fingerprinting when broader) is a tracking technique that identifies and follows users 0 (0)

across websites by collecting a combination of technical details about their browser, device, operating system,…

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A murder investigation is underway in Durban, South Africa, after a man was found dead with multiple stab wounds inside a crashed vehicle on Effingham Road in Greenwood Park (north of Durban) 0 (0)

The incident occurred on the evening of Monday, 17 August 2026 (around 20:30). Private security…

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Gang-related shootings in Durban (eThekwini metro, KwaZulu-Natal) are a serious and ongoing problem 0 (0)

though they are less dominant as a share of overall murders than in the Western…

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Two-time world boxing champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete was shot dead in an ambush outside his home in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa, on Friday evening, 21 August 2026. 0 (0)

The 38-year-old was arriving home (reports indicate he was returning from the gym) and sitting…

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Claude Shannon (1916–2001) is one of the clearest examples of a single mind reshaping multiple fields at once. The narrative you shared is essentially accurate in its core claims, and the implications continue to structure nearly every digital system we use. Here is a fuller, multi-angle look at the man, the work, and the long shadow it still casts. 5 (1)

The 1937 Master’s Thesis: Switching Theory At 21, while working on Vannevar Bush’s differential analyzer…

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FOREIGN NATIONAL DETAINED DURING SHOP INSPECTION | DURBAN CBD 0 (0)

Last night, the Durban Metro Police Service (DMPS) Special Project Team conducted a shop inspection…

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A fire broke out at a creche in Waterloo this morning. It is said that a teacher managed to evacuate ten children who were present when he saw part of the creche on fire. 0 (0)

A fire broke out at a crèche in Waterloo early this morning, August 20, 2026.…

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The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health has strongly condemned a nurse’s conduct in a viral video from King Dinuzulu Hospital in Durban and placed the nurse on immediate precautionary suspension pending a full internal investigation. 0 (0)

The video, which circulated widely on X (formerly Twitter) around 19 August 2026, shows a…

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Cornelius van Dalen (40), a heavily armed man living on Top View farm at De Hoop outside Robertson in South Africa’s Western Cape, was killed by the SAPS Special Task Force during a roughly 24-hour armed standoff that ended on the evening of Monday, 17 August 2026. 0 (0)

Police later recovered a journal (described as five A4 pages or a diary/notebook) titled “Enemies…

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Residents in several Durban (eThekwini) suburbs are actively campaigning for a freeze (moratorium) on new student accommodation approvals, citing overcrowding, infrastructure strain, loss of residential character, non-compliance with zoning and safety rules, declining property values, and inadequate municipal enforcement. 0 (0)

This is a long-running tension that has intensified in 2025–2026, with a formal petition launched…

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Victoria announced a large-scale vaccination program for up to ~5,000 little penguins 0 (0)

H5 bird flu has spread across Australian states in wild birds (especially seabirds like terns).…

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Midmar Dam in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Midlands has been identified as the focal point for a proposed Creative Economic Zone (CEZ) aimed at developing the region into a major hub for film, media, and creative industries. 0 (0)

This initiative is led by the uMgungundlovu Economic Development Agency (Umeda), the economic development entity…

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eThekwini Municipality (Durban) is grappling with a severe wastewater infrastructure crisis, as evidenced by declining effluent flows into key treatment works and a massive funding shortfall for upgrades needed to meet national Green Drop standards 0 (0)

Decline in Flows to Isipingo Wastewater Treatment Works Municipal records show a clear drop in…

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