KZN ready for demerit system
KZN’s Transport Department will effect a traffic demerit system on April 1. ||| The KZN Transport Department and eThekwini’s metro police say their officers are ready to implement the Administrative...
View ArticleFrostbite fails to stop explorers
A South Pole expedition has been accomplished by among others, a 19-year-old orphan from KZN. ||| Mission accomplished. The Unlimited Child South Pole expedition team overcame sub-zero temperatures to...
View ArticleChildren’s shelter owner to face trial
Durban North children’s shelter owner Hester van Schalkwyk allegedly ran the home illegally and facilitated illegal adoptions. ||| Durban North children’s shelter owner Hester Elizabeth van Schalkwyk...
View ArticleCommunity kills men for alleged robbery
Two men were stoned to death in KZN for allegedly stealing cellphones. ||| Two men were stoned to death after they allegedly robbed two girls of their cellphones in the township of Minitown, near...
View ArticleThree nabbed for mosque murder
Three people have been arrested for the murder of a worshipper outside a mosque in Bayview, Durban. ||| Three people have been arrested for the murder of a worshipper outside a mosque in Bayview,...
View ArticleKing denies attacking gays
The Zulu Royal Household has criticised what it called a “reckless translation” of King Goodwill Zwelithini’s speech on Sunday. ||| Durban - The Zulu Royal Household has criticised what it called a...
View ArticleMEC condemns torching of trucks
The KwaZulu-Natal government has asked for a probe into the burning of several trucks at the Uthukela district municipality's offices. ||| flaFIRE-TRUCKSDURBAN Jan 23 SapaKZN MEC CONDEMNS BURNING OF...
View ArticleService protests in KZN, Mpumalanga
Residents in parts of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal protested over poor service delivery on Monday. ||| FLAPROTEST-SERVICEJOHANNESBURG Jan 23 SapaMPUMA, KZN RESIDENTS IN SERVICE PROTESTSResidents in...
View ArticleThree in court for stolen goods
Three men have appeared in the Umbumbulu Magistrate's Court for the possession of suspected stolen property worth about R800 000. ||| Three men appeared in the Umbumbulu Magistrate's Court on Monday...
View ArticleKing’s ‘homophobic utterances’ to be probed
The SA Human Rights Commission will be writing to King Goodwill Zwelithini following reports that he made homophobic comments at a function. ||| The SA Human Rights Commission said on Monday that it...
View ArticleShopper dies after truck crashes into mall
A woman was killed when the driver of a truck lost control and sped through the parking lot of a KZN mall, paramedics said. ||| One person was killed and three others were injured when a truck crashed...
View Article‘Show up or ship out’
Nearly 600 ‘ghost’ employees of the KZN Education Department have until the end of January to show up to work. ||| Nearly 600 employees of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education have until the end...
View ArticlePress ombuds lacks “teeth” - IFP
The IFP says there are shortcomings to self-regulation amongst the press. ||| The IFP has called for the transformation of the current office of the press ombudsman into a “super media regulatory body”...
View ArticleRejected street names unlikely to change
A public submission process has revealed that all previously rejected names have re-emerged. ||| The nine new street names which were rejected by the Supreme Court of Appeal are likely to remain on our...
View Article‘River man’ to swim Midmar Mile
Martin “Big River Man” Strel, has swum through the Amazon, dodging piranhas and crocodiles, and now, is in SA. ||| World distance swimming record holder Martin “Big River Man” Strel, 57, who swam...
View ArticleChild loses part of foot in escalator
A six-year-old girl has had three toes amputated after an accident at a shopping mall in Durban. ||| A six-year-old Amanzimtoti girl, whose left foot became lodged in an escalator at a local shopping...
View ArticleStudents given eye care software
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s optometry department has been given a R600k software donation. ||| The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s optometry department has been bolstered with a software donation...
View ArticleCriticism over R26m tidal pool
The eThekwini Municipality plans on spending R26.7m on building a tidal pool at Umhlanga, Durban. ||| DA ward councillor Heinz de Boer has criticised eThekwini Municipality’s plans to spend R26.7...
View ArticleCrematorium crisis in Pietermaritzburg
Half-burned corpses are being sent to Durban at the eleventh hour to finish the procedure. ||| Msunduzi Municipality has malfunctioning cremators and this has resulted in half-burned corpses being sent...
View Article'It was too late to run'
A Pietermaritzburg businesswoman’s family are in shock after she was crushed to death by a runaway truck outside a mall. ||| A Pietermariztburg businesswoman was crushed to death by a runaway truck...
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