A grade 11 pupil at Sonyongwane high school in Creighton, southern KwaZulu-Natal, allegedly ended her life on Friday, leaving a note highlighting the torment she endured from some school pupils.

In keeping with his stance of protecting the earth, the body of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was returned to dust by aquamation, an environmentally-friendly process using water instead of fire only.

Social media was abuzz with the sighting of a large, travelling body of light on Saturday night.

Several groups marched to Durban's high court on Monday, where they burnt their masks in protest against what they deem as state control.

Jackie Shandu, the convener of a coalition of civic groups under the banner #JusticeForPhoenixMassacreVictims, is expected to appear in the Durban magistrate’s court on Tuesday.

Water tankers, municipal offices and a fresh market on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast were set alight and vandalised on Monday morning.

eThekwini officials have quashed speculation that city police officers were participating in widespread looting and criminality that has plunged KwaZulu-Natal into anarchy.

The body of Lindani Myeni, the former rugby player from KwaZulu-Natal who was shot dead by Honolulu police in Hawaii last week, is set to leave the US on Tuesday and arrive in SA on Friday.

Throngs of prospective students - many not wearing masks - jostled for space at Durban University of Technology on Tuesday to register for an apparent hoax advertisement offering academic places.

A group of EFF students blockaded an entrance of the Mangosuthu University of Technology in Umlazi, south of Durban, with burning tyres and other debris on Tuesday.