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Duff is a psychic medium, soul coach, spiritual mentor, healer and animal communicator. She has been connecting with spirit for more than 20 years and runs her business, Quantum Soul, from Waterfall in KwaZulu-Natal. Watch her weekly predictions on GlowTV on Sundays after 8pm with Denver Naicker on the Get Real Show. She can be contacted at 072 986 5514 or email sharron@quantsoul.com SHARRON DUFF ARIES (March 21 – April 19) The world is at your feet and it’s time to shine. You have great energy around you so it’s time to step out of the shadows and own it! Step back and count your blessings and make way for new beginnings. Lucky colour: blue. TAURUS (April 20 – May 20) Think before you speak and be patient…

Rasam is a South Indian staple that has been enjoyed for centuries. It is also known as the king of soups and has a number of health benefits. There are many variations of rasam in India which differs from state to state. However, there are a few ingredients that are essential to rasam. The key ingredients: tamarind, coriander seeds, turmeric powder, curry leaves, asafoetida (devil’s dung), cumin seeds, mustard seeds and garlic. Rasam, one of the most nutrient-dense foods, is packed with thiamin, folic acid, vitamins A and C, and niacin, along with minerals such as potassium, iron, calcium, zinc, selenium, copper and magnesium. Rasam helps to clean the respiratory tract and helps fight off flu-like symptoms. It also eliminates sore throats. ½ cup (125ml) dried tamarind soaked in…

Turmeric is a yellow aromatic powder which comes from the turmeric root. It is used in curries and savoury rice dishes in Indian cooking. It has a warm and bitter taste, and a wealth of health benefits including reducing inflammation, increasing antioxidants and lowering the risk of heart disease. This tea is a popular way of consuming turmeric. It has a unique but subtle flavour. 1 cup (250ml) almond milk (unsweetened) ½ tsp (2.5ml) turmeric ¼ tsp black pepper (optional) 1 tsp (5ml) brown sugar (optional) Option 1: Add all the ingredients to a small pot and bring to a boil. The black pepper helps with the absorption of curcumin, a chemical produced by the turmeric plant. Option 2: Boil 2 to 3 cups of water…

Candice Soobramoney and Nonjabulo Bhengu WITH Christmas on Saturday, we asked a few personalities what their plans were. l Actor Rory Booth, of Treasure Beach, said church on a Christmas morning was a family tradition. “However, the world has changed drastically in the last two years. There will be no Christmas mass for me. Gatherings of all kinds are not safe. If it can be avoided, I avoid it. God is in our hearts and in our actions.” He did, however, miss the nostalgic Christmas feeling – Christmas carols, the nativity play, and fellowship of friends and family. But Booth said he was grateful that he would be out of quarantine on Christmas Eve. “After six negative PCR tests in the last two years, I’ve tested positive for Covid-19…

Nonjabulo Bhengu Nonjabulo.Bhengu@inl.co.za BOLLYWOOD fanatics, get ready. The 22nd International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend and awards ceremony is scheduled to be held at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi from March 18 to 19 next year. The event, which is in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Miral, Abu Dhabi’s leading curator of magnetic experiences, will be hosted by Bollywood A-lister Salman Khan. Following the announcement, Khan had reportedly said that the IIFA would be a grand celebration at one of his favourite destinations. “It will be an even bigger celebration as we celebrate the 75th year of India’s independence and UAE’s 50th Anniversary-Golden Jubilee celebration,” the indianexpress.com quoted him as having said. “Over the last 21 years, IIFA has not…

Janine Moodley janine.moodley@inl.co.za FAWZIA Peer, the former deputy mayor of eThekwini, is using Facebook to spread love and light. The veteran activist, who has spent the last 25 years in local government, often shares quotes to inspire her 4 900 friends and fellow Facebook users. In one post, she said: “To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.” These daily inspirations, said Peer, were for those who faced challenges in silence, and to some degree, to provide guidance and insight. “Our circumstances in life are not always smooth sailing. Even our relationships with others can be confusing. When presented with difficulties, it can be hard to gain insight without external…

Nokuthula Mabuza nokuthula.mabuza@inl.co.za MOTIVATIONAL speaker Mfundo Shozi hopes his life story of losing his right leg after he was hit by a car inspires others to greatness. After the accident in 2011, he dropped out of his first year of studying public relations management at the Durban University of Technology. But in 2012, he returned to continue his studies and he graduated in 2015 with 11 distinctions. He got his BTech degree a year later. In 2016, he shared his story on Facebook and received positive feedback. He then decided to use social media to effect positive change. Shozi, 29, of uMlazi, shares inspirational quotes on his social media platforms. His Facebook page, Mfundo Shozi Global, has almost 7 000 followers. He said he motivated others because he wanted them…

Looking to the new year with hope IN YEARS gone by, Nkandla was the place to be during the festive season. Elderly women would be given Christmas presents and blankets thanks to the Jacob G Zuma Education Trust. Children would receive food, toys and sweets, all thanks to generous benefactors. Another firm favourite was a chess tournament that the former president made a point of attending and sometimes playing in. But these days Zuma is running out of moves. The Christmas celebrations are a lot more subdued as his fortunes, and those of his benefactors, have taken a turn for the worse. Last week, things took a particularly bad turn when Judge Keoagile Elias Matojane revoked Zuma’s medical parole and ordered him back to jail for defying a court order…

DESPITE practising sanitising, masking and social distancing, the question remains: Why and how does the coronavirus continue to spread? This is a Sars, or respiratory virus. This indicates that the virus mainly enters the human body through the lungs. Once infected, the virus spreads from lung to lung in human breath. Human breath forms an invisible halo around one’s head, measuring 3cm when breathing, 10cm when talking, 1m when coughing and singing, and 3m when sneezing. The virus in infected individuals will orbit in this halo like the planets around the sun and will therefore spread from person to person by human breathing. Wearing a mask is the only effective method we have to control how far one’s breath travels. However, the mask, made up of a mesh-like material, does…

PANDEMIC? Lockdown? While we all suffered under the dreaded virus and the lockdown rules, thousands of schoolgirls threw caution to the wind, had sexual relations with their partners, and fell pregnant. While we concede that some of these teenage girls are victims of sexual perverts, others were willing partners in this crime of underage sex. Last year, while the country was under lockdown, underage girls between 10 and 19 became mothers of 136 386 babies. In the previous year it was bad enough, when teenage girls had 13 000 babies. While this places a heavy burden on schools and social services, it is not a problem for these teenage mothers. Children themselves are ill- prepared for the long-term role of motherhood and so dump their babies with their mothers and…

ONE of the greatest issues that is encountered within the human species is violence upon one another, more especially gender-based violence (GBV). The worst and most devastating of this violence is when it is against young children and babies. GBV is on the increase. It is mostly reported by women. Abuse against men is hardly reported because it is regarded by some men as a weakness. This is unfortunate. Irrespective of who is being mistreated, there is an underlying reason for this behaviour. But this does not provide a licence for the perpetrator to commit these acts of violence. They must seek counselling or some form of rehabilitation. One way to resolve the problem of GBV is to nip the problem in the bud. All schoolgoing children should be assessed…

Charlene Somduth charlene.somduth@inl.co.za THE Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry believes the festive season has the potential to create a multiplied positive effect on travel, tourism, employment and entertainment. Nigel Ward, the president of the chamber, said these sectors have the potential of boosting the local economy and benefiting small and medium-sized businesses. “According to Durban Tourism, it’s projected that around 9 500 international tourists would visit Durban over the festive season, in the optimistic scenario, and their spend would be around R55 million. “If they all cancel, then this is the potential loss in direct spend. If half cancel, then the loss is 50% of the R55 million. If we lose R55 million in direct spend that equates to a loss in GDP of R138 million.” Ward said, because…

Chanelle Lutchman chanelle.lutchman@inl.co.za ACTRESS Shika Budhoo lives by the words: “You can. End of story.” Budhoo, 36, of Johannesburg, often spreads positivity on her social media pages. She said if people focused on the negativity around them, they would have negative thoughts. “I have always been a positive person, but I realised that staying positive involves intended action and conscious effort every day. I want to share that with anyone who may need a boost, a shift or words of encouragement. That's why so many of my posts are awareness and alignment affirmations with a positive and honest observation of life, and its ebb and flow. “We all have our own issues, challenges and obstacles, and we are also facing a scary pandemic. I believe one of the ways to…

Nadia Khan nadia.khan@inl.co.za ANUSHA Bisaal aims to lighten hearts through her inspirational posts and help heal those who have been hurt. Bisaal, 51, of Durban, created the S.H.E Force Foundation group on Facebook at the start of the lockdown last year. “I felt we needed to spread hope, support and encouragement during a time when anxiety, uncertainty and fear were circulating emotions.” Bisaal said the page aimed to support women, either through business, personal encounters or basic emotions. “My posts are random thoughts or triggered through reading or conversations. There can be a deeper meaning to such posts. For example, ‘We need to elevate ourselves to lead a soulful purpose in life’. There are various ways to interpret this. However, diving deeper in thoughts delivers divine dividends.” Bisaal said people…

ENGLAND captain Joe Root might be running out of patience as he said after the tourists’ 275-run defeat in the second Ashes Test that the team has to “learn fast” if it still harbours hopes of regaining the Ashes. England have lost both Ashes Tests so far – by nine wickets at The Gabba and by 275 runs at the Adelaide Oval – and stare at a whitewash as they prepare for the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) from December 26. There was brave resistance from Jos Buttler, who fended off 207 deliveries and stayed at the crease for more than four hours for his 26 on Day 5, but England were still unable to avoid a humiliating defeat. “We need to learn, and we need…

Latoya Newman latoya.newman@inl.co.za KASHMIRA Dahya, a registered chartered accountant, fashion designer and influencer, specialises in Eastern wear with a modern twist. Her call to fame has been eco-friendly fashion and recycling old saris into modern daily wear. Dahya offers tips on trends and budget-friendly fashion hacks for the festive season in this Q&A with the POST: Q: What are the popular colours and prints this season? A: When it comes to recycling or upcycling an old sari, anything goes. The prints that I love working with are the more traditional prints like bhandini, Banaras and kutch work. These prints connect you to your roots and are infused with our culture. It makes a big fashion statement when worn in a Western setting. Colours are limitless. I always say it depends…

Janine Moodley janine.moodley@inl.co.za A VERULAM girl who was repeatedly raped by her stepfather has beaten the odds and excelled at school. The child, who is now 14, achieved six distinctions in her grade and topped her class. A few years ago, the year she started school, her mother died. After the funeral, she went to live with her maternal aunt and her husband in Shakas- kraal. However, the man her mother had been living with went to her aunt’s home and, after an argument, took the child with him. He had a house in Ottawa where they stayed for a while. Over time he broke off all contact with her mother’s family. The stepfather and the child subsequently moved to Pinetown where they shared a home with the man’s new…

nadia khan As holidaymakers from around the country arrive in Durban for the festive season, KwaZulu-Natal is now recording the highest number of new Covid-19 infections. Gauteng was the first province to enter a fourth wave but in recent days new infections are falling. However, in KwaZulu-Natal the numbers are rising. They’re also rising in the Western Cape which is another popular tourist destination. Since the virus first emerged two years ago, more than 90 000 South Africans have died after testing positive for Covid-19. Worldwide the virus has taken more than 5.3 million people. The news website iol.co.za quoted Professor Mosa Moshabela, as having said: “KZN is the second-most populous province and the next in line after Gauteng. So we can expect the numbers to rise until the…

Janine Moodley janine.moodley@inl.co.za ANU Nepal, a human rights lawyer and wellness entrepreneur, uses social media to not only express herself but to inspire others to speak their truth. “Each of us is born unique with a special gift. My special gift is to be true and bring truth into people’s lives. Through my posts I inspire people to get real about themselves, the world, spirituality and love.” Nepal, formerly from Durban and now living in Cape Town, is also a dance teacher, media and broadcasting specialist, and a volunteer at the Art of Living and the International Association for Human Values organisations. She said social media was a tool to exercise freedom of expression. "Expressing my emotions through music, dance and social media has helped me recover from heartbreak, grief…

A SRI LANKAN working in Pakistan, Priyantha Kumara, was lynched by a mob of hundreds of people on December 3, 2021, over allegations of blasphemy, or a sacrilegious act. After being assaulted, he was dragged into the streets and set on fire, and the lynching was recorded and shared widely on social media. Such tragic killings in Pakistan over blasphemy accusations are not just about extrajudicial vigilantism. Pakistan has the world’s second-strictest blasphemy laws after Iran, according to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. In December 2019, Junaid Hafeez, a university lecturer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani court on the charge of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Facebook. Hafeez, whose death sentence is under appeal, is one of about 1 500 Pakistanis charged with blasphemy over the…

IN JULY, South Africa suffered the worst violence since the 1990s. Highways were blocked, and businesses, warehouses and other property looted and set alight. More than 300 people died. In mid-October, people were again shocked when a group of men, said to be Somali nationals, openly brandished high-calibre weapons during a fight between Somali shop owners and local taxi drivers in public view in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. Not long after, 56 people, said to be disgruntled military veterans, were arrested after allegedly holding two government ministers and a deputy minister hostage in Pretoria. They allegedly demanded compensation for their role in the liberation Struggle against minority white rule. These violent incidents led to a question being asked: has South Africa become a failed state? The issue has come up and…

PRAYERFUL best wishes to all South Africans, overseas and local associates and families for a lovely festive season, including a blessed Christmas and a successful New Year. This will be the second festive period that we will be in lockdown. With the successful local government elections held on November 1, it is hoped that the new councils and councillors will work in unison and make good on their many promises so that the new year will result in good governance, clean administration and above all, successful service delivery per constitutional mandate. In this way, many persons and families, primarily those previously disadvantaged, will now be able to enjoy the real benefits of democracy and have their lives uplifted. Despite the ongoing challenges, including the new Omicron variant, it is hoped…

COUNCILLOR Patrick Pillay, the leader of the Democratic Liberal Congress (DLC), is a poor politician. This is why the DA is the biggest opposition party in South African politics. On the day of the council meeting, the DA voted for Councillor Mdu from the IFP for deputy mayor and an ACDP candidate for the chief whip position. These were the executive positions that were voted on. Based on these facts, do you Councillor Pillay, read EFF anywhere? So you are a mischievous politician. Secondly, if the EFF chose to vote with the DA, how is it a DA problem? See, you and a lot of small parties sold out the Indian votes. That’s the truth. Stop treating us Indians as if we are illiterate. Accept the fact that you and…

THE letter “Caucus leader of pretenders” (the POST, December 8-12) by the former DA, Freedom Front Plus and Mosa member Duncan du Bois is an attack on the Democratic Liberal Congress (DLC) that smacks of narcissism. It is clear that Du Bois has lost the plot and is poised to make himself relevant in the political arena, coming from a background where all of his former bosses booted him out of their political parties for reasons of absolute incompetence, irrelevance and non-performance. I am not surprised that Du Bois and Robin Naidoo, another letter writer, choose to attack the DLC after it exposed the DA for selling the Indian votes to the EFF. This clearly confirms that the DA is getting major backlash from the Indian voters and uses these…

Janine Moodley janine.moodley@inl.co.za eThekwini has forked out R4.5 million to fund several festivals around the city. Most councillors voted in favour, but a few thought it was wasteful expenditure. In total, 18 events will be funded by the city. They include the Umnini Dam Festival, which took place last Tuesday. The report stated that they would receive R200 000. The Virtual Ink Kasi Festival in KwaMashu this week was set to receive R200 000, the Mojo’s Sunday Detox was set to get R100 000 and the Umlazi Jazz Festival, which takes place on December 28, will get R200 000. African Democratic Change (ADeC) voted against the proposal. “At a time when ratepayers can barely survive because of the lockdown and joblessness, the city should be doing everything in its power…

NIKITA CHINIAH nikita.chiniah@inl.co.za PROFESSOR Brij Maharaj began posting inspirational messages on Facebook shortly after the start of the lockdown. Maharaj, 64, a professor of geography at UKZN, said over the years, he posted erratically, especially satire, frustration and anger about corruption. However, since the Covid-19 pandemic, he posts motivational and inspirational messages regularly. “I have taken the time to understand that social media is an excellent platform to effect change once you strategise and work within the parameters allowed. I post daily at around 6am as I am an early riser.” Maharaj has also been in the leadership of many professional, non-governmental and faith-based organisations, nationally and internationally. He is a regular media commentator on topical issues as part of his commitment to public intellectualism. “I normally post universal messages…

FIFA president Gianni Infantino believes he has majority backing for his biennial World Cup plan, after national football leaders were told the switch would create an extra $4.4 billion (about R70bn) in revenues for the world body. Fifa held a “global summit” of leaders of national football federations to discuss its proposal to increase the frequency of the World Cup from every four years to two. The financial data forms part of an overall feasibility study, of which Fifa presented a summary with a full 700-page report set to be published. The upbeat findings are in marked contrast to analysis put forward by critics of the proposals. There has been opposition from European clubs, the top leagues and European governing body Uefa, whose president Aleksander Ceferin has threatened to…

FORMER Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has questioned Joe Root's comments about England's bowlers during the Ashes and said that as captain of the touring side the onus is on him to make changes when needed. After a nine-wicket thrashing in the Brisbane opener, England lost the second Test in Adelaide by 275 runs on Monday to trail the five-match series 2-0. Root said after the pink ball test that his bowlers needed to bowl fuller and “be a bit braver”. “I nearly fell off my seat when I heard that,” Ponting told a Cricket Australia website. “Whose job is it then to make them change? Why are you captain then? “If you can’t influence your bowlers on what length to bowl, what are you doing on the field? “Joe Root…

LEADING South African professional tennis coach, Jeff Coetzee has signed a new coaching deal with rising Belgian tennis doubles team of Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen. The Belgian duo, who are ranked 13th in the world, approached Coetzee after they learnt that Coetzee had ended his long-standing coaching arrangement with Colombian Grand Slam winner Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah last month. Gillé, 30, and Vliegen, 28, are ranked individually 24 and 32 respectively on the ATP world doubles ranking. The team have won five ATP tour career titles. They reached the semi- finals of the ATP Masters in Madrid (May) and Toronto (August) this year. Coetzee said that both players had great potential. “I have watched the Belgians with interest over the years. “They have made some impressive moves…

A MAN was allegedly beaten to death on Saturday evening after he tried to desecrate the sacred Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The youth, reportedly from Uttar Pradesh, entered the restricted area and tried to pick the sword kept in front of the Guru Granth Sahib. He was caught by security and was handed over to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) office, where he was beaten to death. Videos of the incident show the mob trying to break the gate of the SGPG office and raising slogans. Weapons were also visible in the crowd. The police have admitted that the man was thrashed to death by the mob. However, the identity of the man is yet to be ascertained. “The man, about 20 to 25…

THE clerics of Darul-Uloom Deoband, an Islamic seminary, have voiced their opposition to the national government’s decision to raise the marriage age of girls from 18 to 21 years. This comes after the Khaps (community organisations) of western Uttar Pradesh declined to accept the decision and announced that they would convene a Maha Panchayat (a meeting for people from neighbouring rural areas) to discuss the issue. Deoband clerics say the decision seemed to have been taken in haste and must be reconsidered. Jamiat Dawat Ul Muslimeen’s patron, Ishaq Gora, said that if the union government wanted to make it a law, then they should have consulted the religious heads of all faiths. He said India was a country where people followed and obeyed religious heads more than the government.…

Nadia Khan nadia.khan@inl.co.za AUTHOR Ravi Govender has created three Facebook pages to motivate and bring laughter to the lives of his followers. The former radio presenter has a personal page, another called Bond with RaviG and The Ravi Govender Friend Page with a combined following of more than 20 000. “I use the Ravi Govender Friend Page the most. It used to tackle community problems. However, it got too demanding, so I opted to use it to share music as well as humour and inspirational posts. This became necessary during the pandemic where bad news abounds. I try to motivate my friends to stay positive and I also give them a chuckle or two through these depressing times.” Govender, of North Beach, said he received daily inspirational messages on WhatsApp,…

THE situation in Afghanistan is increasingly dragging towards haplessness and desperation with no signs of any positive initiatives by the Taliban government to ensure an inclusive government and an end to human rights violations. More reports of the killing of those from different professional backgrounds who served in the previous government have emerged over the last few weeks. The process of targeting the so-called “anti-Taliban” elements by the secret police of the Taliban has instilled a sense of fear and anxiety among people across the country. The Taliban have quite adroitly managed to carry out such missions in far and remote parts of the country where knowledge of such instances and coverage by media remain remote. In the given situation, the international community has been debating ways and means of…

COVID-19 has dealt our communities a devastating blow and as a result, many people are unemployed and have difficulty in helping their children to study further. On the other hand, the matric exams are over. Matric pupils have a wonderful opportunity to extend a hand of generosity by handing over their school shoes and uniforms to less fortunate learners. It is important for children to appreciate that there are others who are less fortunate than themselves and by doing so, they would embark on a culture that fosters compassion and kindness as stated in Anne Frank’s diary: “No one became poor by giving”. They must be aware of the plight of less fortunate people. Sadly though, I have noticed that some matric pupils have chosen to write on their clothing…

THE ANC-supporting paid for placards handed to protesters at the Verulam Magistrate’s Court screamed loudly and dangerously “racist Indians”. Why? Is this to cause a further racial divide between them and us? Must the 99.9% of our law-abiding, decent and peaceful people of Phoenix be painted with the same brush as some of those before the court? We, as Indians, believe in accountability and we support the rule of law. Everyone is equal before the law. Every citizen, irrespective of race, is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The ANC and its supporters and the families of the victims’ rights to protest at court should never be used to sway justice, spew hate words or harbour, encourage or grow racist tension. Let’s not be blind-sided nor…

CHRISTMAS is celebrated all over the world, but millions who celebrate the day are ignorant of its meaning. To me, it means decoration of the houses, decking trees with mistletoe, angels, silver and gold decorations, and the homecoming of members of the family who have long been absent. It also means invitations are sent out to friends to share in the rejoicing, the abundance of food eaten with relish and the jovial singing and happy talk that make the day one to be remembered. But in the midst of all these delights, how many thought of Him in whose honour the day was being observed? What place has He in our hearts? The message of the angel to Mary was: “Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with…

Nadia Khan nadia.khan@inl.co.za TASJIA “Tash” Reddy is on a mission to build self-esteem and give people hope through her Facebook page, I AM. Reddy, 44, of Durban North, said she started the page because she realised communities lacked a wider perspective of the world, and the realities in it. “It is my mission to engage them and educate them to broaden their perspective.” The page started in November 2019, has more than 22 000 followers. Other than inspirational messages, the page provides details on job opportunities, grants, funding and scholarships. The businesswoman said the page was similar to a radio show, covering different topics every hour. These include motivation, recruitment, cuisine, opportunities, discussions, humour and real life stories from around the world. “It presents a holistic view of the world…

NIKITA CHINIAH nikita.chiniah@inl.co.za DESHNEE Govender hopes to inspire and motivate her Facebook friends after she experienced anguish in the workplace. Govender, 54, a strategist at a nuclear state entity, said after the experience she began working in different places over the years and moved up the ranks. She began posting motivational messages five years ago. “I have learnt that you need to take the good with the bad and that rejection steers you in the right direction. One will always be faced with negative and positive experiences as both help to shape you. “I have been resilient in that I turned negative experiences into positive ones. The negative experiences also give us the opportunity to self-reflect and find one’s purpose. Each person has the potential to live their dream and…

Yasmin Zaher and Claire Gounon AFTER collecting dust for nearly two years, the 228 rooms at Bethlehem’s Ararat Hotel were scrubbed last month in anticipation of a post-lockdown Christmas boom, hopes that have again been dashed by the coronavirus. A large Christmas tree and decorations did little to brighten a deserted lobby. Like other hotels in Bethlehem, the Ararat has no guests, with the tree offering cheer to no one but the seven out of 105 employees who have not been fired. “We were expecting 70% occupancy for Christmas but all overseas reservations have been cancelled,” said Augustine Shomali, a manager at the hotel. The people of Bethlehem – a Palestinian city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank considered the place of Christ’s birth according to Christian tradition – are…

DORADO, tuna and couta. These are just the top three species being caught along KZN. The offshore fishing has been phenomenal and it’s definitely the time to get on to the water. The Durban area has been full of charters and a splash of recreational anglers. The charters have done well with the dorado. These have mainly been due to their “secret spots”. The tuna are around most of the spots off Durban, so if you need some action on the boat, troll some lipped lures and wait for the strike. The shallower spots have produced good couta catches this past week. The areas off the Bluff have been particularly good, with some proper crocs being brought to the boat. Larger dead baits rigged down and live baits have been…