Shop steward wants purge of metro cops
A Samwu shop steward has stuck his neck out in an open letter, calling for a purge of the metro police department of senior officers. ||| KwaZulu-Natal - A South African Municipal Workers Union shop...
View ArticleCops probe dog-smuggling link
Police may investigate if four American pitbulls recently stolen from their Durban owners are linked to an international dog-smuggling syndicate. ||| Durban - Police may investigate if four American...
View ArticleTop brass at glam event, but where’s Mom?
One person was absent from Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa’s nuptials – and she claims she was left off the guest list, writes Nathi Olifant. ||| Durban - South Africa’s political elite descended on...
View ArticleFamily tragedy that started with broken dreams
Traumatised teenage daughters witness shootings of family and dad’s lover. ||| Durban - Teenage sisters aged 16 and 17 endured a nightmare that lasted several hours in their family home in Westville...
View ArticleSydney to copy Durban’s Top Gear show
Durban Top Gear Festival is the benchmark for Sydney, which is planning its own event. ||| Durban’s successful Top Gear Festival, which was staged for the first time in 2012, is being held up as the...
View ArticleSeizure of Mpisanes’ cars ‘was respectful’
The curator who seized assets owned by Shauwn Mpisane and her husband said he had been fulfilling a court order. ||| Durban - The court-appointed curator who seized nine luxury cars and properties...
View ArticleSifiso Zulu to be free in 7 days
Sifiso Zulu has told how finally confronting the truth of a crash which killed two and injured 10 others has liberated him. ||| Durban - Durban businessman Sifiso Zulu, to be freed next Monday, has...
View ArticleFamilies ‘have forgiven Zulu’ for drunk crash
“He (Zulu) has made a mistake, lives have been lost. But, that does not mean he must rot in jail.” ||| Durban - Five years after two students were killed, one person was left permanently disabled and...
View ArticlePost Office agrees to pay hospital bill
The Post Office has agreed to pay the R40 000 hospital bill of the Newcastle postman who was mauled by three boerboel dogs. ||| Durban - The Post Office has agreed to pay the R40 000 hospital bill of...
View ArticleWoman, son shot at dad’s funeral
A KwaZulu-Natal widow was gunned down during her husband’s funeral service. ||| Durban - A widow was shot dead during her husband's funeral service and her son was wounded, said KwaZulu-Natal police...
View ArticleMan killed crossing highway
A man was killed when he was hit by a car on the KwaMashu Highway in Durban. ||| Durban - A man was killed when he was hit by a car on the KwaMashu Highway in Durban on Monday morning, paramedics...
View ArticleExpert joins Oscar’s defence team
A leading private forensic pathologist will assist the defence team in investigating Reeva Steenkamp’s death. ||| Pretoria - Prominent Durban private forensic pathologist Dr Reggie Perumal was to...
View ArticleWarder allowed escape: claim
A prison warder has been accused in court of a host of gang related crimes as well as helping an inmate to escape from prison. ||| Durban - A Westville Prison warder known as “26 Paul” because of his...
View ArticleLife sentence for raping niece
A man has been jailed for life by the Ngwelezane Regional Court for raping his niece. ||| Durban - A man has been jailed for life by the Ngwelezane Regional Court for raping his niece, KwaZulu-Natal...
View ArticleIllegal tenants owe R100m
About R100m is owed to the Ulundi municipality by illegal tenants occupying luxury homes built by the old KwaZulu government. ||| Durban - About R100 million is owed to the Ulundi municipality by...
View ArticleMillions still being paid to ex-KZN officials
KZN government employees who resigned from their posts during the past financial year continued to receive salaries in error. ||| Durban - KwaZulu-Natal government employees who resigned from their...
View ArticleMove for inquiry into cop job deaths
A commission of inquiry into the deaths of seven aspirant cops in KZN was nearing formation, premier Zweli Mkhize said. ||| Durban - A commission of inquiry into the deaths of seven aspirant traffic...
View ArticleLittle hope of clean KZN audits
Any hopes that KwaZulu-Natal municipalities would achieve a totally clean audit next year has been dashed. ||| Durban - Any hopes that KwaZulu-Natal municipalities would achieve a totally clean audit...
View ArticleInsurance scam trail' points to accused'
The alleged mastermind of an elaborate insurance scam had been implicated in the case by damning cellphone evidence. ||| Durban - The alleged mastermind of an elaborate insurance scam, who was charged...
View Article24 year jail sentence for rape
A man was sentenced to 24 years in prison by the Verulam Magistrate's Court for raping a girl, the KwaZulu-Natal police said. ||| Durban - A man was sentenced to 24 years in prison by the Verulam...
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