Man gets 18 years for statutory rape
A 28-year-old man has been jailed for 18 years for having sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend, KZN police said. ||| Johannesburg - A 28-year-old man has been jailed for 18 years by the KwaDukuza...
View ArticlePolice slap cuffs on ‘chilled’ intruder
Cops nabbed a would-be thief who apparently became disorientated after hiding in the fridge of the shop he targeted. ||| Durban - A would-be thief who apparently became disorientated after hiding in...
View ArticleLt-Gen Zuma’s case postponed
Lt-Gen Bethuel Zuma, who was to become Gauteng's new top cop, has appeared briefly in court. ||| Pietermaritzburg - Lt-Gen Bethuel Mondli Zuma, who was to become Gauteng's new provincial police...
View Article‘No comment’ on Field’s Hill report
A task team will explore the possibility of restricting heavy-duty trucks from using the M13 near Fields Hill, says MEC. ||| A PROVINCIAL task team investigating safety improvements on the M13 near...
View ArticleCity manager must explain ‘political evictions’
Two Durban city bosses may face jail for defying a court order by carrying out evictions and demolishing shacks. ||| Durban city manager, Sbu Sithole, and the head of the city's land invasion unit,...
View ArticleThief attacks man with rocks, rake
A farmworker has escaped with minor injuries after being attacked by a would-be cable thief. ||| A FARMWORKER escaped with minor injuries after he was attacked with rocks and a steel rake by a would-be...
View ArticleTeen denies role in gang rape, murder
A teenager has denied having raped and murdered a 14-year-old schoolgirl at the Mountain Rise cemetery. ||| A teenager has denied having raped and murdered a 14-year-old schoolgirl at the Mountain Rise...
View ArticleTruck driver killed in N3 smash
A truck driver died and three other people were seriously injured in an accident involving two trucks and a bakkie in Bedfordview, Ekurhuleni metro police said. ||| Johannesburg - A truck driver died...
View ArticleField’s Hill lawyer sees no conflict of interest
Attorney Theasen Pillay is defending the driver involved in the Field’s Hill truck accident - and he was hired by the vehicle’s owner. ||| Durban - The lawyer defending the young driver involved in the...
View ArticleMondli Zuma ‘protected our leaders’
Major-General Bethuel Mondli Zuma once acted as a bodyguard for Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. ||| Durban - Major-General Bethuel Mondli Zuma, the man whose miscalculated appointment as Gauteng police...
View ArticleWitness: I was a sex slave
A woman, 18, has told a Durban court how she became a cocaine-addicted prostitute after meeting Sandile Zweni. ||| Durban - “We were sex slaves.” These were the words of a former child prostitute who,...
View ArticleCellphone shops hit by fancy phone scam
Cellphone shops have have been swindled out of millions by a syndicate that uses fake IDs to get fancy phones. ||| Durban - Cellphone shops across Durban may have been swindled out of millions by a...
View ArticleSafety training for truckers on cards
Truck drivers may have to complete safety modules before using certain Durban routes. ||| Drivers of vehicles transporting goods on public roads to generate income may be required to complete safety...
View ArticleResidents united after Fields Hill crash
Highway residents start The Fields Hill Accident Fund to help survivors and the familes of the deceased. ||| Durban - Highway residents have started The Fields Hill Accident Fund aimed at comforting...
View ArticleI wasn’t there: teen rape, murder supect
A19-year-old Woodlands man claims has no idea why he was implicated in the rape and murder of a schoolgirl. ||| WEARING a white rosary around his neck, a 19-year-old Woodlands man has told a judge he...
View ArticleAnger after cop shot in nature reserve
Criminals operating in Chatsworth’s Silverglen Nature Reserve have shot and wounded a police officer. ||| Criminals operating in Chatsworth’s Silverglen Nature Reserve have shot and wounded a police...
View ArticleMore poll fraud cases uncovered
The IEC in KZN is again preparing to remove hundreds of people from the voters roll for two by-elections. ||| THE Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in KwaZulu-Natal is again preparing to remove...
View Article‘Despicable’ faith healer acquitted of rape
“I didn’t acquit you because I think you’re innocent,” the judge told a Durban man who had sex with a client. ||| A DURBAN faith healer, chided by a court for his “despicable” conduct in having sex...
View ArticleTop cop ‘too stout to flee’, court told
Major-General Bethuel Mondli Zuma's athletic ability has been called into question in a Pietermaritzburg court. ||| Pietermaritzburg - How did the stout Major-General Bethuel Mondli Zuma manage to...
View ArticleMan gets 5 years for statuory rape
A 22-year-old man has been jailed for five years by the Empangeni Regional Court for raping his 14-year-old girlfriend, police said. ||| Johannesburg - A 22-year-old man has been jailed for five years...
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