Reed crash driver was a temp
The driver of the bus in which 10 people died when the vehicle crashed after the reed dance was "not authorised" to drive it. ||| Durban - The driver of the bus in which eight Zulu maidens and two...
View ArticleStorm over Indian reed dancers grows
A retired academic has slammed the participation of Indian maidens in the Reed Dance as a political stunt. ||| Durban - A retired academic has slammed the participation of Indian maidens in the Reed...
View ArticleElderly crime victim shows improvement
The elderly woman who was beaten up by a gang and left her for dead, was taken off oxygen and started breathing on her own. ||| Durban - The elderly South Coast woman who was beaten up by a gang that...
View ArticleGogo, 70, to finally wed sweetheart
Patience is a virtue. So says a 70-year-old woman who, after 44 years of dating her teen sweetheart, will finally exchange vows. ||| Patience is a virtue. So says a 70-year-old grandmother who, after...
View ArticleKZN crash: survivors tell of their night of horror
Survivors of the Field’s Hill horror crash told of their agony while relatives of those who died wept. ||| Pinetown - Survivors of the Field’s Hill horror crash this week told of their agony while...
View Article‘Stop these trucks’
The clamour to get the heavies off Fields Hill grows as it was revealed that thousands of heavily loaded trucks a month could be using the dangerous route to avoid paying toll fees at the Mariannhill...
View ArticleMan gets 5 years for beer bottle rape
Darren Mogany has been jailed for raping an unconscious teen with a beer bottle, filming it and then sharing the video. ||| Durban - Darren Mogany thought raping an unconscious 17-year-old girl with a...
View ArticleTurf war ends in bloodshed
Durban police are investigating a confrontation between local and foreign drug pedlars that ended in a fatal shooting. ||| Durban - A turf war between local and foreign drug pedlars ended in a fatal...
View ArticleTask team to resolve Field’s Hill safety
A KZN task team has been given one week to come up with safety recommendations for Field’s Hill after last week’s crash. ||| Durban - A task team comprising road and engineering experts and police has...
View ArticleTop land claims official under fire
The chief land claims commissioner in KZN has been blasted by the head of Parliament’s rural and agrarian portfolio committee. ||| Durban - KwaZulu-Natal’s chief land claims commissioner, Bheki Mbili,...
View Article‘I almost became another statistic’
John Stewart walked away unscathed after the Field’s Hill crash - but it wasn’t his first narrow escape from a truck accident. ||| Durban - Durbanite John Stewart appears to have cheated death a second...
View ArticleDA: Come clean on Nkandla ‘meddling’
The DA wants cabinet members to come clean amid claims they interfered in Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla probe. ||| Pretoria - The DA wants cabinet members to come clean on allegations that...
View ArticleField’s Hill driver faces 22 murder charges
The truck driver who crashed into four taxis and a car, killing 22 people, cried as he was brought into a Pinetown court. ||| Durban - The truck driver who crashed into four taxis and a car, killing...
View ArticleField’s Hill: Report warned of tragedy
KZN transport authorities rejected a 2011 report that called for heavy-duty trucks to be banned on Field’s Hill, it has emerged. ||| Durban - As funeral plans for the 22 people killed in the Fields...
View ArticleMozambican held in KZN for poaching
A Mozambican man suspected of rhino poaching has been arrested, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife authorities said. ||| Durban - A Mozambican man suspected of rhino poaching was arrested on Sunday, Ezemvelo KZN...
View Article‘DA using crash for political point-scoring’
The transport MEC says the DA “could not resist temptation” as KZN mourns the 22 Field's Hill crash deceased. ||| Durban - KwaZulu-Natal transport MEC Willies Mchunu has accused the Democratic Alliance...
View ArticleKZN police find 600 straws of heroin
Durban police have charged a Phoenix man with drug possession. ||| Durban - A man has been arrested for possession of heroin in Phoenix, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Tuesday.On Monday, police...
View ArticleBrothel witness admits she lied
The woman who said that she was "forced" into prostitution after moving into the Inntown Lodge, admits that she lied. ||| Durban - In an unexpected turn of events, the woman who said last week that she...
View ArticleTop cop Zuma is due in court
The NPA says Bethuel Mondli Zuma - the policeman who almost became Gauteng’s commissioner - will appear in court today. ||| Pietermaritzburg - The man who was about to become Gauteng's new provincial...
View ArticleMan burnt to death in PMB
A 30-year-old man was found burnt to death in his shack in the Pietermaritzburg area, KwaZulu-Natal paramedics said. ||| Pietermaritzburg - A 30-year-old man was found burnt to death in his shack in...
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