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PREPARATION HAS BEEN STARTED for the exhibition and accompanying fashion competition Durban Fashion Fair (DFF), which returns for the 15th time this year.This year’s theme is, Where Legacy Liveswhich means that its organizers, the Municipality of Thekwini, are looking to host fashion designers to help them build and grow their fashion businesses to help future generations.This year’s DFF will be held from September 16 to 18 and will conclude with the Recognition Awards at the Durban Exhibition Centre, Durban, and entries are already open from now until July 31.Another thing that will happen in this year’s program is that the…
Two wins to go. How can your team reach the final and win the World Cup 2026? Click here to find out.Who: France vs SpainWhat: FIFA World Cup 2026 – Semifinal 1Where: Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the United StatesWhen: Tuesday at 2pm (19:00 GMT)How to follow: We will have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 16:00 GMT before our live text commentary stream.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listGrab your popcorn, crack open a cold one – it’s time for the World Cup semifinals.Two-time world champions France – frontrunners to add another one to their tally – face European champions…
BREAST feeding your baby is a natural and unadulterated thing, but it doesn’t happen easily to some mothers, especially those who are starting to give birth because they want support especially if they have just given birth to a new born baby.This is why Affinity Health, a private health center, has witnessed the annual campaign called World Breastfeeding Week (August 1 to 7), which is carried out around the world at this time to encourage mothers to breastfeed their children.According to the world health organization, the World Health Organization (WHO), children need to breastfeed a lot, especially in the first…
Francine Higham, the Cape Town Metro’s mayoral committee member for community services and health, says statements and the debate that has arisen on social media are an attempt to deliberately spread misinformation and create outrage that does not exist.
AN ACTOR who made a name for himself in Durban Gen and Genesis, Lerato Nxumalo, has stepped on the tail of the people of this country by revealing that he refused to act in a drama that is in the news these days on Netflix, iThe Polygamist.Lerato (27) from Durban was going to play the role of one of Jonasi Gomora’s girlfriends which is played by Sdumo Mtshali.”I was given this job in this show while I was in Sweden. It wasn’t the place for some of the main characters. This girl was going to come and infect someone with…
The Municipal Council of Thekwini has passed a plan to run the Special Debt Relief Programme, which was closed in January this year, the purpose of which was to help reduce the burden on the residents of Thekwini from the various debts they have with the municipality.About R112.3 million is the total debt of the residents of Durban and the surrounding areas, which has been identified from the identification of their 154 debtor accounts, which include electricity, water, living expenses and so on. The Mayor of Thekwini Municipality, Councilor Cyril Xaba, urged customers who could not benefit from this program…
An elderly woman was shot dead inside her car in Parkhill, Durban North, on Sunday night.The child who was in the car with the deceased escaped unharmed but was very scared. A motorcyclist who was shot during the attack was injured. Marshall Security and its special operations team responded to the scene until the police arrived.
(Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP)At least 27 people died on Sunday evening when a large fire broke out in a bar in Bangkok, Thailand.A total of 63 people were admitted to hospital with injuries after the fire, 22 of whom were in a critical condition.”The fire spread very quickly and reached the ceiling. Smoke was probably the main cause of the deaths,” Chadchart Sittipunt, the governor of Bangkok, told reporters outside the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar and restaurant on Sunday night.The exact cause of the fire is still unknown at this stage.An investigation has been launched.According to the governor, a…
The ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) stated that the repeated extension of the Madlanga Commission without fully disclosing its progress and recommendations reduces its openness and credibility of the investigation to the public.The group said it welcomed the extension of the investigation but criticized the way the office of the President managed the investigation, saying it was unsure about the transparency of the office.On Thursday, Ramaphosa extended the working time of the commission, as its final report is due on 16 November 2026 instead of the original deadline of 31 August 2026.”The commission will deliver its report on Monday, November 16,…
Millions of people struggling with loneliness are now making Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots their friends and partners to get support. Professor Paul Bloom of Yale University believes that in the future, AI tools like ChatGPT or Gemini can prove to be a great cure for the disease of loneliness. At the same time, experts have also warned about its serious disadvantages.AI: Millions of people are turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) companions to overcome their loneliness, but being overly dependent on AI chatbots like ChatGPT can be harmful for people. An AI chatbot can understand your emotions and support you without…