Protesters want minister axed
About 100 people protested peacefully outside the department of education building on Stalwart Simelane Street in Durban. ||| Durban - About 100 people protested peacefully outside the department of...
View Article15 hurt in KZN bakkie crash
Fifteen people were injured when their bakkie lost control and over-turned on the N3, in the direction of Durban. ||| Durban - Fifteen people were injured when their bakkie lost control and over-turned...
View ArticleGrisly find on Phoenix field
The partly naked and hacked bodies of three men were found at a sport ground in Gandhi informal settlement near Phoenix. ||| Durban - The semi-naked and hacked bodies of three men were found at a...
View ArticleRobbed retired bishop forgives
"It has come about in a dense population where there is no real community life." ||| A retired bishop is without his gold bishop’s ring since he was robbed at knifepoint on the second floor of the...
View ArticleMEC to act on KZN housing corruption
The heat is intensifying for embattled company as the KZN MEC speaks up. ||| The heat is intensifying for embattled company Woodglaze Trading, as the KZN MEC for human settlements Ravi Pillay called...
View ArticleDurban to rename street after Chavez
Durban may soon have a street named after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. ||| Durban may soon have a street named after Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez whose death this week is being mourned by...
View ArticleKZN gunmen kill six siblings
Six siblings were killed by armed intruders with AK47s while sleeping in their home. ||| Six siblings were killed by armed inruders with AK47 rifles while sleeping in their home in Muden near Greytown...
View ArticleCops search for gunmen who killed siblings
The manhunt for the gunmen who killed five brothers and another relative in Muden, continue, KwaZulu-Natal police said. ||| KwaZulu-Natal - The manhunt for the gunmen who killed five brothers and...
View ArticleSix dead as terror strikes
A family's slumber turned tragic when six members were mowed down. Nathi Olifant and Agiza Hlongwane report. ||| KwaZulu-Natal - A high-level police investigation is under way after six members of a...
View Article‘I spent a night in a jail cell’
An argument resulted in a man spending a night in a jail cell, in what he describes as an act of retribution exacted by cops on behalf of his neighbour. ||| Durban - An argument with a neighbour...
View ArticleFrom peanuts to Mustangs
Agiza Hlongwane recalls the life of a man with nine lives who finally succumbed to assailants' bullets. ||| Durban - Hamilton Mchunu sold peanuts on the dusty streets of Clermont township before...
View ArticleMurder accused dies in his cell
A magistrate’s show of compassion wasn’t enough to save a prisoner, who eventually died of cardiac arrest while in a holding cell. ||| Durban - A magistrate’s show of compassion wasn’t enough to save a...
View ArticleBotch-up leaves students on KZN streets
Hundreds of UKZN students spent the night on the pavement outside the Royal Hotel after a botch-up with their accommodation arrangements. ||| KwaZulu-Natal - Hundreds of University of KwaZulu-Natal...
View Article‘It’s not their job to kill inmates’
The brother of slain awaiting-trial prisoner Bongani Makhubu wants the warders at Westville Prison to be arrested. ||| Durban - The brother of slain awaiting-trial prisoner Bongani Makhubu wants the...
View ArticleBBM drug dealer bust on campus
Police have seized a "client list" containing more than 200 names from a UKZN student nabbed for drug dealing. ||| Durban - Police have seized a “client list” containing more than 200 names from a...
View ArticleSlaughter of relatives haunts boy
A boy, grazed by a bullet in the rain of gunfire that killed his dad and six other relatives, cannot be consoled. ||| KwaZulu-Natal - A young boy, grazed on the chin by a bullet in a rain of...
View ArticleCops frustrated over ‘unfair’ promotion policy
Experienced police officers who have been passed up for promotion are refusing to work beyond the call of duty. ||| Durban - Experienced police officers who have been passed up for promotion are...
View ArticleMob drive couple from their home
A Merebank couple accused of being drug dealers have gone into hiding after a large mob tried to attack them at their home. ||| Durban - A Merebank couple accused by residents of being drug dealers...
View ArticleDiver takes the plunge
The Shelly Beach dive master who kept his cool while drifting in the ocean for more than seven hours is now a married man. ||| Durban - The Shelly Beach dive master who managed to keep his cool while...
View ArticleBusinessman ousted from ward post
After 10 years as ANC chairman in the powerful Ward 35, uMhlanga, businessman Roy Moodley has been ousted in a surprise move. ||| Durban - After 10 years as ANC chairman in the powerful Ward 35,...
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