Durban cops in hunt for drug kingpin
Police are searching for a man they believe is the kingpin of a heroin and mandrax drug-dealing syndicate which was operating from a rented house. ||| Durban - KwaZulu-Natal police are searching for a...
View ArticleMan in dock over gada killing
The murder case against a man who allegedly bludgeoned his wife and two teenage children to death has been postponed. ||| Durban - A man who allegedly bludgeoned his wife and two teenage children to...
View ArticleHunt is on for woman linked to stolen baby
KZN police are searching for Nothando Nxumalo who is allegedly linked to the kidnapping of a 13-day-old baby boy. ||| Durban - A search is underway for a woman from Kilbachan in KwaZulu-Natal who is...
View ArticleTwo killed in KZN shooting
Two women were shot dead on New Year's day after a group of men entered a women's homestead and randomly opened fire. ||| Durban - Two women were shot dead on New Year's day in the Badlane area in...
View Article65 injured in KZN bus crash
Sixty-five people were injured when the bus they were travelling in overturned on a dirt road near Nongoma, KZN EMS have said. ||| Johannesburg - Sixty-five people were injured when the bus they were...
View ArticleNkandla man in court over guns
A man arrested near President Jacob Zuma's private Nkandla homestead has appeared in court, KwaZulu-Natal police said. ||| Durban - A man arrested near President Jacob Zuma's private Nkandla homestead...
View ArticleWrong time for cops to shop for booze
Police have launched a probe into two policemen who were photographed, in uniform, buying alcohol on New Year’s Eve. ||| Durban - Police have launched an investigation into two Umbilo policemen who...
View ArticleMissing KZN woman found in ravine
A 63-year-old woman who went missing on New Year's eve was found in a ravine near her home in Richmond, paramedics said. ||| Durban - A 63-year-old woman who went missing on New Year's eve was found in...
View ArticleTuck shop razed after ‘murder’
A tuck shop owned by a Mozambican in Durban was set alight just hours after police were called in to stop a mob from torching it. ||| Durban - A tuck shop owned by a Mozambican in Durban was looted and...
View Article‘Minority Front ready to return to fray’
Minority Front leader Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi said it would be too early to write off the MF as it could still spring a few surprises. ||| Durban - Minority Front leader Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi has...
View Article‘I won’t take my family back there’
Sitting in their Waterfall home, Dean and Tanya Hayward say the terror felt on the night of December 23 seems so far away. ||| Durban - Sitting in their Waterfall home on a sunny day overlooking their...
View ArticleArtist death leaves sadness, loss
After Clinton De Menezes was shot dead, his wife went to eManzimtoti to be comforted by the artist's close-knit family. ||| Durban - When her artist husband was shot dead, one year and three days...
View ArticleBoy, 5, nearly drowns trying to save girls
A five-year-old boy nearly drowned in a brave attempt to save two young girls from the murky, swift-flowing Msunduzi River. ||| Durban - A five-year-old boy nearly drowned in a brave attempt to save...
View ArticleHealth MEC works as volunteer doctor
KZN Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo has kicked off the new year as a volunteer doctor, and will do so monthly. ||| Durban - KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has kicked off the new year...
View ArticleEscaped murder accused re-arrested
A man charged with murder and robbery is back behind bars after he previously escaped from a Pietermaritzburg court building. ||| Durban - A man charged with murder and robbery is back behind bars...
View ArticleRe-arrested escapee ‘had hit list’
A murder and robbery accused who escaped from police custody had a list of people he wanted to assassinate while on the run, The Witness reported. ||| Durban - A Pietermaritzburg murder and robbery...
View ArticleMan shot, burnt to death
A 33-year-old man was shot before being burnt to death in his house in Durban's Umlazi area, police said. ||| Durban - A 33-year-old man was shot before being burnt to death in his house in Durban's...
View ArticleSA to tread lightly on ex-spy's death
Pretoria insists Karegeya's death at the Michelangelo Towers Hotel remains, for now, an ordinary murder investigation. ||| Durban - The government is bracing itself for another sharp plunge in...
View ArticleParty time for mom but fire kills kids
An inconsolable Phiwa Mthembu says he blames the deaths of his four children on their mother. ||| Durban - A KwaZulu-Natal father is devastated after losing all four of his children in a fire on New...
View ArticleTears for Chatsworth family
School, friends mourn murdered pupils and their mother. ||| Durban - While thousands of KZN matrics will be celebrating their results on Tuesday, the extended Kandasamy family of Chatsworth will be in...
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