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[TOP STORY] Durban's Olympic bid faces questions over cost, corruption and accountability

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‘I could say that Durban lacks the moral and ethical fibre, and the organisational and administrative integrity and capacity to host the Games,’ says Professor Brij Maharaj of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

2 Nov 7AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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