Kings Park attack cover-up claim
Allegations of "attempts to create a smokescreen" emerged during Brett Williams murder trial. ||| Durban - Allegations of “propaganda, counter-intelligence” and “attempts to create a smokescreen”...
View ArticleLand claimants ‘were cheated’
A man posing as a lawyer allegedly duped poor people out of their savings by claiming he was authorised to process land claims. ||| Durban - A man posing as a Midlands lawyer allegedly duped poor...
View ArticleHard line on family contracts
If you are on eThekwini municipality’s staff payroll, but also run a private company, your firm could be blacklisted by the city. ||| Durban - If you are on the eThekwini municipality’s staff payroll,...
View ArticleDurban doctor accused of overcharging
I didn’t know what I was signing for, a patient who accused an anaesthetist of overcharging him has told the Health Professions Council. ||| Durban - A Durban anaesthetist, accused by a patient of...
View ArticleTwo jailed for rhino horn possession
Two men have been convicted and each sentenced to six years in prison for being in possession of rhino horns. ||| Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal - Two men were recently convicted and each sentenced to six...
View ArticleMF eyes Gauteng
Minority Front leader Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi says her party is poised for success in the May 7 elections. ||| Durban - Minority Front leader Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi says her party is poised for...
View ArticleFrying pan murder accused ‘can’t remember’
A man accused of murdering his 17-year-old girlfriend has told a court he had suffered “temporary mental incapacity”. ||| A man accused of murdering his teenage girlfriend has told a court he went to...
View ArticleMoving Durban vagrants causes stir
The eThekwini Municipality's "Clean My City" programme has been criticised for creating problems in Glenwood. ||| Durban - The ethekwini Municipality’s “Clean My City” programme, which includes...
View ArticleBafana star joins ANCYL
One of Bafana Bafana' midfield generals has joined the ANCYL and will campaign for the ruling party in the May 7 polls. ||| Durban - One of Bafana Bafana’s midfield generals has joined the ANC Youth...
View ArticleKZN home robberies bloodshed
A police officer was killed and a man was shot four times in the legs during separate home robberies in Durban. ||| Durban - A Durban police captain was killed in a shoot-out with home robbers on...
View ArticleHome invaders shoot cop dead
A police officer was shot dead and a man was wounded in a shoot-out in Umgeni Park North in Durban. ||| Umgeni - A police officer was shot dead and a man was wounded in a shoot-out in Umgeni Park North...
View ArticlePupil dies in KZN crash
A pupil was killed and six others injured when a car overturned in Pietermaritzburg. ||| Pietermaritzburg - A pupil was killed and six others injured when a car overturned in Pietermaritzburg on...
View ArticleKwaZulu-Natal killers get life sentences
Two men were each handed life sentences for murder in the Madadeni High Court, KwaZulu-Natal police said. ||| Johannesburg - Two men were each handed life sentences for murder in the Madadeni High...
View ArticleNew African record for sandcastles
A new Africa record was set when thousands of sandcastles were built in an hour on a Durban beach. ||| Johannesburg - A new Africa record was set when thousands of sandcastles were built in an hour on...
View ArticleThree die in KZN plane crash
Three people were killed when their aircraft crashed near a landing strip at Camperdown in KwaZulu-Natal. ||| Durban - Three people were killed when their aircraft crashed near a landing strip at...
View ArticleR500k for just 10 days’ work
The eThekwini Municipality will fork out for R50 000 per day for a Facebook campaign it could run with its own staff. ||| Durban - Two Facebook status updates a week. Upload three pictures on Facebook...
View ArticleKZN plane broke up in flight: witnesses
Witnesses say a light aircraft that crashed near Camperdown, killing three men, broke up in flight while doing a low-level flypast. ||| Durban - Three men were killed when a light aircraft crashed in a...
View ArticleBrave girl, 6, wants to identify her rapists
A six-year-old girl, brutally raped by two men who abducted her as she walked home from school, is on a quest to identify the men. ||| Durban - A brave six-year-old girl raped by two men who abducted...
View ArticleWas nurse victim of airport bullet ‘scam’?
The nurse arrested in India after a bullet was found in her luggage may have been the victim of a plot to frame travellers. ||| Durban - The Pietermaritzburg nurse who was arrested in India last month...
View ArticleConvicted drug dealers freed
A judge has set aside the jail terms of five drug dealers after finding there had been a “gross irregularity” during their sentencing. ||| Durban - The five Durban North drug dealers who have been in...
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