eThekweni mayor fingered in probe
Former eThekwini Municipality mayor Obed Mlaba has been fingered in a forensic report on corruption in the municipality. ||| Former eThekwini Municipality mayor Obed Mlaba has been fingered in a...
View ArticleWoman killed by train, baby survives
A woman was killed when she was hit by a train in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg, on Tuesday. ||| A woman was killed when she was hit by a train in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg, on Tuesday, paramedics said....
View ArticleMan dead, 2 hurt as car overturns
A man was killed and two others injured when their car overturned on the N3 near Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday. ||| A man was killed and two others injured when their car overturned on the N3 near...
View ArticlePoor hard hit by lost millions
The Social Development Department has failed to bring to book government officials who stolen millions of rands. ||| KwaZulu-Natal legislators on Tuesday expressed anger and dismay at the failure of...
View ArticleNew land claims chief tackles backlog
A new chief director in the regional land claims office will sort out more than 2 000 land claims in KZN. ||| More than 2 000 land claims in KwaZulu-Natal remained unsettled, the new chief director in...
View ArticleImposter singer appears in court
Sibusiso John Gcabashe, 28, maintains he is the late KZN maskandi musician Khulekani “Mqgumeni” Khumalo. ||| Sibusiso John Gcabashe, 28, who created a stir by claiming to be the late KwaZulu-Natal...
View ArticleCattle battle hearing postponed
Multimillion-rand Pietermaritzburg fraud accused Gary Porritt’s still case continues ||| The latest episode of a court battle involving multimillion-rand Pietermaritzburg fraud accused Gary Porritt and...
View ArticleR10.6m to investigate cable theft
The Msunduzi municipality, in KZN, has set aside R10.6 million to address ongoing power outages in the district. ||| The Msunduzi municipality has set aside R10.6 million to address power outages in...
View ArticleOrange is the new black
Colleen Dardagan writes about residents who are fed-up with those who don’t use recycle bags properly. ||| Fed up with residents who abuse facilities built for recycling in the outer west, local...
View ArticleMagistrate must pay up
A magistrate must pay R35 000 in damages to a court interpreter, who sued him for unlawful detention. ||| Umlazi’s acting chief magistrate, Fordsman Myeni, found himself on the wrong side of the law on...
View ArticleDamning Durban fraud report
Top eThekwini municipality officials face disciplinary action over R1.3 billion in irregular spending. ||| Former eThekwini municipal manager Michael Sutcliffe failed to report fraud and corruption in...
View ArticleMan wanted for murder, missing
A judge has issued a warrant of arrest against a Durban man, who’s accused of killing his wife. ||| A judge has issued an arrest warrant against a man who failed to pitch for his trial involving his...
View Article‘Sri Lanka’ protest moves to Lenasia
The death of an estimated 100 000 tamil people, remembered at wreath laying ceremony in Gauteng. ||| The Tamil Federation of Gauteng (TFG) has moved their protest against the persecution of Tamils in...
View ArticleFamily desperate to find teen
A 15-year-old girl has disappeared from her home in Phoenix, north of Durban. ||| A Phoenix mother says a dark cloud has been hovering over her family since the disappearance of her teenage daughter...
View ArticleMan drowns near family chalet
A fisherman, who knew how to swim, has died after allegedly hitting his head on rocks when he fell into the surf. ||| When Devan Soobramoney emerged from his seaside chalet on Sunday afternoon and...
View ArticleGloves are off over DBN report
Former Durban city manager Mike Sutcliffe questions why MEC Nomusa Dube’s sister did not feature in Manase report. ||| Former city manager Michael Sutcliffe has come out swinging at Co-operative...
View ArticleDbn probe a wake-up call: mayor
eThekwini municipality mayor James Nxumalo says the findings of a forensic investigation came as a wake-up call. ||| The findings of a forensic investigation in the eThekwini municipality came as a...
View ArticleEleven in court for murder
Eleven men accused of murdering an elderly couple, who were suspected of killing their grandchild, have appeared in the Ntuzuma Magistrate's Court. ||| Eleven men accused of murdering an elderly...
View ArticleMetro cops probed over licences
Thirty eThekwini metro police officers are being probed for helping trainee policemen obtain fraudulent driver’s licences. ||| Thirty eThekwini metro police officers are being probed for helping...
View ArticleMan dies in tanker plunge
An elderly man, transporting cooking oil, has died in KZN after his tanker plunged down an embankment. ||| Police are investigating exactly how a 78-year-old man lost his life, after the tanker he was...
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