Worker dies after blast at Durban harbour
A young labourer, who was working for a Transnet contractor, has died after he was injured in a blast in the Durban harbour. ||| Durban - A young labourer, who was working for a Transnet contractor,...
View ArticleMan seeks R920K for police cell rape
A man who was raped in a police cell six years ago, when he was 17, is suing the minister of safety and security for R920 000. ||| Durban - A man who was raped in a police cell six years ago, when he...
View ArticleKZN man held hostage for 3 days
A businessman who went missing on Friday was found traumatised after allegedly being hijacked and held hostage for three days. ||| Durban - An Overport businessman who went missing on Friday was found...
View ArticleBusinessmen at war over Ferrari
Two former business partners are embroiled in a bitter fight over a R2.5m Ferrari, with one accusing the other of theft. ||| Durban - Two businessmen are embroiled in a bitter dispute over a R2.5...
View Article‘Let killer see his dying son’
The mother of a man jailed for killing his wife wants a court to allow him to visit his terminally ill son in hospital. ||| Durban - The mother of a “high-risk and aggressive” KwaZulu-Natal prisoner,...
View ArticleTwo charges against Zuma dropped
Senior police officer Lt-Gen Bethuel Zuma has succeeded in having two charges against him thrown out of court. ||| Pietermaritzburg - Senior police officer Lt-Gen Bethuel Zuma has succeeded in having...
View ArticleNew police station rental headache
The Mpumalanga SAPS head office staff are still not occupying the office space rented more than three years ago. ||| Nelspruit - A few months ago the 200-strong SAPS in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, was...
View ArticleKZN stokvel members robbed
Four men have been robbed of their stokvel money outside a bank in Pietermaritzburg. ||| Pieternaritzburg - Four men have been robbed of their stokvel money outside a bank in Pietermaritzburg,...
View ArticleAccused wife pointed out body: witness
Flamboyant murder accused Thenjiwe Griffiths pointed out the body of her dead husband to police when she was arrested. ||| Durban - Flamboyant murder accused Thenjiwe Griffiths pointed out the body of...
View ArticleKZN uranium case postponed
The case against two men caught in possession of unenriched uranium was postponed by the Durban Magistrate's Court. ||| Durban - The case against two men caught in possession of unenriched uranium was...
View ArticleHijacker did it, says murder accused
A woman accused of murdering her 60-year-old alcoholic husband told the KZN court he was killed by hijackers who assaulted her. ||| Pietermaritzburg - A woman accused of murdering her 60-year-old...
View ArticleMan killed in KZN accident
One man died and six people, including a nine-month-old baby, were injured in an accident in Sunningdale, paramedics said. ||| Johannesburg - One man died and six people, including a nine-month-old...
View ArticleCrash taxi driver a convicted rapist
A taxi driver, who has been charged with culpable homicide in connection with a crash, is a convicted rapist. ||| Durban - An Emkhomazi taxi driver, who has been charged with culpable homicide in...
View ArticleTop cop acquitted of drunken driving
Major-General Bethuel Mondli Zuma, the man who was almost Gauteng’s police commissioner, is off the hook… almost. ||| Durban - Major-General Bethuel Mondli Zuma, the man who was almost Gauteng’s police...
View ArticleCall to fast-track Tongaat mall investigation
The ANC and the DA have expressed concern about the time frame and called for the investigation to be accelerated. ||| Durban - The police’s criminal investigation and the eThekwini Municipality’s...
View ArticleUranium suspects ‘won’t divulge source’
Two men who were arrested for uranium possession had gone back on an offer to divulge their source, a court heard. ||| Durban - Two men who were arrested last month for possessing uranium, which is...
View ArticleSeven clean audits for KZN
Seven of KwaZulu-Natal's 61 municipalities received clean audits for 2012/13. ||| Durban - Seven of KwaZulu-Natal's 61 municipalities received clean audits for 2012/13, the co-operative governance and...
View ArticlePolitical tensions high in KZN court
IFP and NFP members packed the Durban regional court waiting for a decision on murder charges against three NFP members. ||| Durban - Tension ran high in Durban's regional courtroom on Wednesday while...
View ArticleRobbers make off with stokvel’s R140k
Police have urged people to make use of electronic banking facilities after a stokvel robbery in Pietermaritzburg. ||| Durban - Police have urged people to make use of electronic banking facilities...
View ArticleCall for overhaul of police management
Community Safety and Liaison MEC Willies Mchunu has called for national police intervention of police management in Wembezi. ||| Durban - Community Safety and Liaison MEC Willies Mchunu has called for...
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