Dying is about to get more expensive
The cost of dying is going up for eThekwini residents when a price hike for cremations at municipal facilities takes effect. ||| Durban - The cost of dying is going up for eThekwini residents from next...
View ArticlePrison violence causes concern
Acute staff shortages and overcrowding have been blamed for the high levels of gang violence at several KwaZulu-Natal prisons. ||| Durban - Acute staff shortages and overcrowding have been blamed for...
View ArticleWitness’s medical state in dispute
A woman claiming to have suffered seizures after taking part in a fitness test that claimed eight lives was alert and lucid in hospital. ||| Pietermartzburg - A woman claiming to have suffered seizures...
View ArticleBucs condemn attack on goalkeeper
Orlando Pirates have condemned an attack on the team’s goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa, and his family by supporters in Umlazi. ||| Durban – Orlando Pirates Football Club have condemned an attack on the...
View ArticleKZN varsity makes Zulu compulsory
Those applying to study at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2014 will have to register for a course in Zulu. ||| Durban - School leavers applying to study at the University of KwaZulu-Natal will be...
View ArticleNtshongwana may have ‘delusion disorder’
A psychiatrist says former rugby player Joseph Ntshongwana must have had a “psychotic breakdown” when he allegedly committed the crimes he is charged with. ||| Durban - Former Blue Bulls flanker Joseph...
View Article‘No water for recruits during fitness test’
The panel investigating the deaths of eight people during a fitness test for jobs with the Road Traffic Inspectorate has heard that applicants weren’t given bottled water. ||| Durban - No budget for...
View ArticleDoctor cleared after patient’s death
The Health Professions Council has cleared Dr Sujatha Hariparsad after the death of a man who suffered a suspected heart attack the day after she discharged him. ||| Durban - An Umhlanga doctor was...
View ArticleANC candidate wins by-election in KZN
South Africa’s two biggest political parties sent in their big guns to campaign for votes in a by-election in KwaZulu-Natal - and it paid off for the ANC. ||| Durban - The ANC's candidate has won a...
View Article‘Injured’ former pupil sues for R3.9m
Simphiwe Shange is suing the KZN education minister for R3.9m for an incident that allegedly took place when he was in Grade 9. ||| Durban - Former Eshowe pupil Simphiwe Shange, who is suing the...
View ArticleRobber bites elderly victim
A Durban man, 79, is undergoing ARV treatment after he was bitten into submission during a struggle with an intruder. ||| Durban - A 79-year-old eManzimtoti man, bitten into submission as he wrestled...
View Article‘Our children need good role models’
Public prosecutor Val Melis says we're sitting on a ticking time bomb when it comes to boys perpetrating violence against girls. ||| Durban - Sipho was only six when he raped a girl two years older...
View ArticleHostel men to protest over ‘abuse’
Residents of Dalton Hostel plan to take to the streets to protest against the Metro Police and its head, Eugene Nzama. ||| Durban - Residents of Dalton Hostel plan to take to the streets on Saturday to...
View ArticleLawyers dig in to help beach sculptors
Durban’s unlicensed sand sculptors have been offered a lifeline to continue their artistic endeavours on the beachfront. ||| Durban - Unlicensed sand sculptors on Durban’s beachfront have been offered...
View Article‘Colonial hospital names must change’
KwaZulu-Natal’s King Goodwill Zwelithini says public hospitals with colonial names should be renamed in honour of African heroes. ||| Durban - Public hospitals with colonial names needed to be renamed...
View ArticleKZN varsity praised for Zulu policy
Educators have welcomed the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s decision to make it compulsory for students to learn Zulu. ||| Durban - The decision to make it compulsory for students at the University of...
View ArticleGasa killer can appeal sentence
A man convicted of the murder of businessman Nhlanhla Gasa has been granted leave to appeal his 30-year sentence. ||| Durban - A man convicted of the murder of businessman Nhlanhla Gasa was granted...
View ArticleThree convicted of sangoma's murder
The evidence of the three men convicted of murdering a sangoma was "fraught with inconsistencies," the Durban Regional Court found. ||| Duraban - The evidence of the three men convicted of the murder...
View ArticleRedraft secrecy bill, asks Right2Know
"Apply your mind Zuma, take this bill for redraft in Parliament, or review it at the Constitutional Court." ||| Durban - A vigil was held on Thursday night at the official Durban residence of the...
View ArticleMurderer apologises to family
A carpenter who had denied he killed a Pietermaritzburg widow, came clean and apologised to her family. ||| Durban - A carpenter who had denied he killed Pietermaritzburg widow Venotha Ince, came clean...
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