Healers get flak for muti deaths
Two leading traditional healers are outraged at the recent slaughter of 37 white-backed vultures for supposed “muti” purposes. ||| Durban - ‘This cannot be allowed to continue. It must stop. Now!” So...
View ArticleDurban goes hi-tech in war on crime
Desirable items most likely to be stolen in home burglaries - such as cellphones and laptops - are to be marked with microdot codes. ||| Durban - Desirable items most likely to be stolen in home...
View ArticleSuspects held after Durban shoot-out
Private security guards and police arrested five suspects after a shoot-out in the Durban CBD, where a businessman was followed from a bank. ||| Durban - Private security guards and police arrested...
View ArticleElderly couple assaulted and robbed
Pietermaritzburg police are trying to trace a gang of men who brutally assaulted and then robbed an elderly couple in Hilton. ||| Pietermaritzburg police are trying to trace a gang of men who brutally...
View ArticleScrap dealer disputes copper source
A raid on a major scrap metal dealership and the arrest of a manager on “theft charges” was challenged in the Durban High Court. ||| Durban - A police raid on a major scrap metal dealership last week...
View ArticleIt wasn’t me, says murder accused wife
The young KZN woman accused of the murder of her 60-year-old husband has denied she had any part in his death. ||| Durban - The young woman accused of the murder of her 60-year-old husband has denied...
View ArticleKZN, SAPS work together to fight crime
KwaZulu-Natal will allocate more resources to the police to help fight crime in the province, premier Senzo Mchunu said. ||| Durban - KwaZulu-Natal will allocate more resources to the police to help...
View ArticleNo ballistics link to NFP accused
A lack of ballistic tests on the bullet found in a dead IFP supporter seriously undermined the State's case, the Durban Regional Court was told. ||| Durban - A lack of ballistic tests on the bullet...
View ArticleNFP councillor walks free
Murder and attempted murder charges against an NFP councillor and his son were withdrawn by the Durban Regional Court. ||| Durban - Murder and attempted murder charges against an NFP councillor and his...
View ArticleDurban taxi crashes injure 38
Thirty-eight people were injured in three separate minibus taxi accidents in Durban. ||| Durban - Thirty-eight people were injured in three separate minibus taxi accidents in Durban on Wednesday,...
View ArticleMurder accused wife’s testimony queried
In an affidavit before his death Alan Griffiths stated that he met his wife at a haven for prostitutes, but she says that’s not true. ||| Pietermaritzburg - The testimony of a woman accused of killing...
View ArticleTwo die in KZN plane crash
Two people died when a light aircraft crashed into a sugarcane field in Richmond, near Pietermaritzburg, paramedics said. ||| Pietermaritzburg - Two people died when a light aircraft crashed into a...
View ArticleR200K payout for man raped in police cell
A man who was raped in a police cell six years ago, when he was 17, is to get R200 000, according to a settlement. ||| Durban - A man who was raped in a police cell six years ago, when he was 17, is to...
View ArticleANC to welcome DA stalwarts
In the latest controversy to rock the DA in KZN, two of its longest-serving councillors have jumped ship and joined the ANC. ||| Cape Town - In the latest controversy to rock the DA in KwaZulu-Natal,...
View ArticleMan jailed for raping his daughter
A father has been jailed for 25 years by the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court for raping his 10-year-old daughter. ||| Durban - A man has been jailed for 25 years by the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court...
View ArticleJudgment in University of Zululand case
The Concourt dismissed an application by a man who sought an order stating that he was employed by the university in 2008. ||| Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court dismissed an application on...
View ArticleOlympic and Dusi star dies in plane crash
Rescuers found the bodies of two pilots in the wreckage of a missing plane by tracking a cellphone signal. ||| Lauren Anthony, Lee Rondganger and Tim Whitfield Durban - Rescuers on Thursday found the...
View ArticleTwo held for ANC man’s murder
Two men accused of killing an ANC party agent during voter registration were arrested in Wembezi, near Estcourt. ||| Durban - Two men accused of killing an ANC party agent during voter registration...
View ArticleDA councillors defect to ANC
Two DA ward councillors have defected to the ANC, claiming that support for the DA has deprived communities in Durban's northern suburbs of service delivery. ||| Durban - Two DA ward councillors have...
View ArticleFireman survives six storey fall
A Durban fireman who fell six storeys down a lift shaft, onto burning rubbish and a dead body, is lucky to be alive. ||| Durban - A Durban fireman who fell six storeys down a dark lift shaft into a...
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