‘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...
View ArticleDad killed son over mom’s cheating
A Wartburg father has pleaded guilty to stabbing his three-year-old son, to punish the boy's mother for having an affair. ||| Durban - A Wartburg father on Thursday pleaded guilty to stabbing his...
View ArticleCEO lays charge over crime label
A Durban hospital boss mistaken for a criminal by his neighbour has laid a charge against him for crimen injuria. ||| Durban - A Durban hospital boss mistaken for a criminal by his neighbour in an...
View ArticlePolela axing draws fire
The dismissal of Hawks spokesman, Colonel McIntosh Polela, for his tweets on prison rape has drawn criticism. ||| Durban - The dismissal of Hawks spokesman, Colonel McIntosh Polela, for his tweets on...
View ArticleUKZN decision decision welcomed
The University of KwaZulu-Natal's decision to make Zulu a compulsory course for all first-year students is a watershed moment in education, the PanSALB said. ||| JOHANNESBURG - The University of...
View ArticleMarikana sangoma case postponed
The case against a man allegedly linked to the murder of the sangoma responsible for the rituals performed on Marikana mineworkers has been postponed. ||| Durban - The case against a man allegedly...
View ArticleSecond cancer doc quits Addington
A second top oncologist has quit in the wake of the failure to keep two state-of-the-art radiotherapy machines operational at Addington Hospital. ||| Durban - A second top oncologist has quit in the...
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