‘Touchy’ worker finally gets fired
A judge overturns a CCMA exoneration to say a post office employee’s behaviour was “sexual”. ||| A post office employee accused of sexually harassing two female colleagues was exonerated by a...
View ArticleOnce bitten, twice shy?
For Johannes Ferreira, the adage should read “twice bitten...” after he was struck twice by a puff adder in KZN ||| Once bitten, twice shy. So goes the adage. But a Howick West man found himself...
View ArticlePonzi investors ponder payback
Investors in the defunct Ingede Mineral Holdings, say the SA Reserve Bank has not been forthcoming. ||| After waiting almost two years, thousands of investors in the defunct Ingede Mineral Holdings,...
View ArticleDurban harbour construction still unclear
Lobby groups to prevent property developers and local politicians from building a small-craft harbour in Durban. ||| Durban property developers and local politicians are hoping to secure high-level...
View Article14 to appear for couple’s murder
Fourteen people will appear in court for allegedly killing an elderly couple in Lindelani, KwaZulu-Natal. ||| Fourteen people will appear in the Ntuzuma Magistrate's Court for allegedly killing an...
View ArticlePriest murder case postponed
Three men have appeared in court for allegedly killing a Catholic priest in KwaZulu-Natal. ||| Three men appeared in the Melmoth Magistrate's Court on Friday for allegedly killing a Catholic priest,...
View ArticleTwo toddlers die in DBN blaze
A mother has been arrested after her children were killed in a fire in Durban on Friday. ||| Two toddlers have burned to death in a fire at a block of flats in the Durban city centre on Friday...
View ArticleMurder accused dies in shoot-out
A man wanted for murder and attempted murder has died during a shoot-out in KwaMashu. ||| A man wanted for murder and attempted murder was killed during a shoot-out in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal police...
View ArticleFive in court for couple’s murder
Five men accused of the murder of a Tongaat couple appeared in the Verulam Magistrate's Court on Friday. ||| Five men accused of the murder of a Tongaat couple appeared in the Verulam Magistrate's...
View ArticleTwo found dead on KZN road
A man and a woman were found dead on the side of a road in Inanda in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. ||| A man and a woman were found dead on the side of a road in Inanda in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday, police...
View ArticleMan arrested in Durban heroin bust
A man was arrested after being found in possession of heroin worth an estimated R15,000 in Chatsworth, Durban on Friday afternoon. ||| A man was arrested after being found in possession of heroin worth...
View ArticleNetcare rejects blame for Raj’s death
Netcare Umhlanga Hospital maintains international best practice infection control measures that are regularly monitored by the Department of Health, hospital manager Shaun Ryan said yesterday. |||...
View ArticleSnake-bite incidents on the rise
THE Pietermaritzburg man bitten by a puff adder this week was in a stable condition in Edendale Hospital yesterday ||| THE Pietermaritzburg man bitten by a puff adder this week was in a stable...
View ArticleRajbansi’s death not our fault - hospital
Netcare Umhlanga Hospital has responded to media reports following Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi’s death from a hospital-acquired infection two weeks ago. ||| Netcare Umhlanga Hospital...
View ArticleWaitress killed by ex at restaurant
Colleagues of a Durban waitress watched in horror as her boyfriend shot her in the head at a restaurant. ||| Colleagues of a Durban waitress watched in horror on Sunday as her disabled boyfriend – on...
View ArticleKZN family tells of ship terror
A Pietermaritzburg family of four say passengers never did an evacuation drill. ||| It was dinner time on the luxury ship and a Pietermaritzburg family of four had just sat down, looking forward to...
View ArticleR1.3m bribe money kept safe
A court application has been filed to have money allegedly meant to bribe the Hawks boss, put into a bank account. ||| The R1.3 million in cash allegedly used in an attempt to bribe provincial hawks...
View ArticleDA challenges ‘Illegal’ KZN evictions
Residents of an informal settlement in Cato Crest have been backed by the DA in protesting their forced removal. ||| Violence erupted at the Cato Crest informal settlement in Durban early on Sunday...
View ArticleMantashe warns of ‘blood money’
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe says there is no “succession” leader picked within the party. ||| As the ANC gears up for its elective conference in Mangaung at the end of the year,...
View ArticleShark kills man in waist-deep water
Exactly a year after a surfer was killed by a shark at Second Beach in Port St Johns, another life is claimed ||| A 25-year-old man died after being attacked by a shark at Second Beach, Port St Johns,...
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