Clinic nurses ‘sent baby to sangoma’
KZN health officials are investigating two Dundee nursing sisters who allegedly referred a sick baby to a sangoma. ||| Durban - Two nursing sisters at a rural health clinic in KwaZulu-Natal allegedly...
View ArticleDurban’s Transplant Games embarrassment
With just two days to go before the World Transplant Games start, the stadium's track is still in a state of "disrepair". ||| Durban - With just two days to go before the World Transplant Games start...
View ArticlePub robbers get long sentences
Three men, including a policeman, convicted of a spate of robberies at South Coast pubs, have been handed lengthy prison terms. ||| Pietermaritzburg - Three men, including a policeman, convicted of a...
View ArticleOxygen ‘crisis’ overblown: KZN health
The DA’s claim of an oxygen crisis at Emergency Medical and Rescue Services bases was nothing but hot air, according to the KZN Department of Health. ||| Durban - The DA’s claim of an oxygen crisis at...
View ArticleAccused prosecutor ‘treated for panic attacks’
The Durban public prosecutor who was arrested for allegedly taking a bribe from an advocate, is being treated for panic attacks. ||| Durban - The Durban public prosecutor arrested for allegedly taking...
View ArticleElection fraud campaigner to up ante
A Vryheid man wants to take his fight against voter registration fraud to the Constitutional Court. ||| Durban - Three months after his successful legal action against the Independent Electoral...
View ArticleOfficials fired, councillors slapped on wrist
Top ANC members were given a slap on the wrist for doing business with the city, while errant city officials were fired, says the Manase report. ||| Durban - While top ANC members and two councillors...
View ArticleBoss not ‘butt of joke’
A Durban medical technologist sent colleagues a "humorous" e-mail which his boss felt depicted him as an anus. ||| Durban - Durban medical technologist Tyrone Venketsamy said he would think twice...
View ArticleKhoza: the guilty got off lightly
Councillors found guilty of doing business with the municipality should be fired, says local government specialist Makhosi Khoza. ||| Durban - Councillors found guilty of doing business with the...
View ArticleOfficials in court for bought licences
A SAPS clerk admitted in court that she obtained a driving licence after sending an imposter to do the test on her behalf. ||| Durban - A SAPS administration clerk on Thursday admitted in court that...
View ArticleNo jail for college fraudster
A Durban nursing college fraudster has escaped being sent to jail because most of her victims could not be found. ||| Durban - A Durban nursing college fraudster escaped being sent to jail on Thursday...
View ArticleSchool book firm rebuffs claims
A KZN shool book supplier caught shredding and burning workbooks has apologised for it actions but denied any wrongdoing. ||| Durban - A SCHOOL book supplier caught shredding and burning workbooks at...
View ArticleSwartberg vultures poisoned
Forty-nine dead vultures found on a farm in the Swartberg area of KZN were poisoned, the Endangered Wildlife Trust said. ||| Durban - Forty-nine dead vultures found on a farm in the Swartberg area of...
View ArticleAxe MEC over lack of oxygen: union
Hospersa called for KwaZulu-Natal's health MEC to be sacked over an apparent shortage of oxygen for the province's ambulances. ||| Durban - The Health and Other Service Personnel Trade Union (Hospersa)...
View ArticleHijack victim backs rescued sugar boss
Social networking sites are abuzz about the circumstances of Bruce Galloway’s disappearance and rescue two days later. ||| Durban - Bruce Galloway’s two young rescuers will each receive R25 000 for...
View ArticleS'manga goes for Gold Cup
After winning the Vodacom July Durban jockey S'manga Khumalo is hoping to add the Gold Cup to his list of victories. ||| Durban - Durban jockey S'manga Khumalo is fast galloping his way into the...
View ArticleRelief oxygen supplies for KZN
The health department has taken steps to ease an apparent shortage of oxygen cylinders for the province's ambulances, the Weekend Witness reported. ||| Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal health department has...
View ArticleANC KZN lekgotla to look at performance
The KwaZulu-Natal ANC started its three-day lekgotla on Saturday to review the party's performance in province. ||| Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal ANC started its three-day lekgotla on Saturday to review...
View Article‘Durban’s business in suburbs stay’
An “entrenched colonial-era mindset” informed town planning, and it had to change, an eThekwini Municipality official said. ||| Durban’s “residential only” neighbourhoods are a thing of the past. This...
View ArticleMysterious kidnapping laid bare
The family of abducted Kloof businessman Bruce Galloway laid bare the details surrounding his mysterious kidnapping. ||| The family of abducted Kloof businessman Bruce Galloway yesterday laid bare the...
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