Durban beaches dotted with bluebottles
While Durban’s weather has been inviting to beach-goers, its waters have not been as welcoming. ||| While Durban’s weather has been inviting to beach-goers, its waters have not been as welcoming. Swept...
View Article710 festive season road deaths
Since the beginning of the festive season on December 1, there have been 592 fatal crashes on South African roads. ||| Since the beginning of the festive season on December 1, there have been 710...
View ArticleNo more hiding behind ANC flag: Vavi
Cosatu’s general secretary says the ANC needs to rid itself of corrupt “blue flies” and “mosquitoes”. ||| The ANC needs to clean house and rid itself of corrupt blue flies and mosquitoes, Cosatu...
View ArticleViolence erupts at KZN taxi rank
Fifty-two people have been arrested after violence erupted at the Newcastle taxi rank. ||| Fifty-two people were arrested after violence erupted at the Newcastle taxi rank on Tuesday morning,...
View ArticleMan killed in truck crash
A man has been killed and another seriously injured after two trucks collided near Hammarsdale, KZN. ||| A man was killed and another seriously injured when two trucks collided near Hammarsdale in...
View ArticleHealth Dept will pay hefty bill
The KZN, Gauteng and Northern Cape health departments collectively owe a lab, R2 billion. ||| The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department said on Tuesday that it was only a matter of days before its hefty bill...
View ArticleANC top dog secures trespassing order
Squatters who’ve invaded the ANC’s KZN chief whip must vacate her Hillcrest property and stop threatening her. ||| Makhosi Khoza, the ANC chief whip in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature, has secured an...
View ArticleBeachgoers warned of spring tide
Authorities have laid out safety rules for swimmers as a spring tide rolls in around the coast. ||| As the festive season reaches its peak with 3 million visitors expected to flock to KwaZulu-Natal,...
View ArticleHome donated to IFP leader’s son
IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s eldest son, who was born out of wedlock, will celebrate Christmas in a new home. ||| IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s eldest son will celebrate Christmas in some...
View ArticleA cloak and ‘dagga’ game
The state has seized the home of a convicted Durban drug dealer. ||| A DURBAN North woman, who was convicted of drug dealing in November, is not opposing the confirmation of an order preserving her...
View ArticleDefiant metro cops take stand
Metro cops may still go ahead with a mass meeting in which they will air their grievances management. ||| Despite having been warned to desist, metro police officers said they were going ahead with a...
View ArticleNo bail for cop accused of rape
A police constable who was arrested for allegedly raping an awaiting-trial prisoner was denied bail, KwaZulu-Natal police said. ||| A police constable who was arrested for allegedly raping an...
View ArticleMchunu warns Zuma detractors
President Jacob Zuma’s attackers are ightweights, says KZN party chairman. ||| The ANC in President Jacob Zuma’s home province of KwaZulu-Natal has thrown its weight behind the president, vowing to...
View ArticleSpat over Israeli skin products
Pharmacy giant Dis-Chem is embroiled in an ugly spat that has now received a threat of boycott. ||| Ivan Saltzman, the chief executive of pharmacy giant Dis-Chem, is embroiled in an ugly spat with a...
View ArticleThieves clean out paddler
Opportunists make off with expensive equipment belonging to charity paddler, Richard Kohler. ||| A good night’s rest ahead of an early start for the next leg of his Paddling for Smiles coastal...
View Article15 arrestd for counterfeit goods
SAPS and Sars officials conduct a successful sting operation to nab theives in KZN. ||| Fifteen people have been arrested for theft at a warehouse in Pietermaritzburg’s Winston Road.Provincial police...
View ArticleCop shoots wife, self
A shopping mall at Port Shepstone, south of Durban, was the scene of gruesome deaths. ||| A WOMAN was killed at a Port Shepstone shopping centre before her policeman husband turned the gun on...
View ArticleCourt slammed for slating holy book
A Russian court has compared the Bhagavad Gita, to Adolf Hitler’s controversial Mein Kampf. ||| Local religious leaders and organisations have slammed a Russian court for comparing the Bhagavad Gita,...
View ArticleDad ends life as kids come home
A widower took his life, following depression over the death of his wife five years ago. ||| Five years ago, Sergeant Henderik Heinz lost his wife in a car crash, leaving him to raise his two teenage...
View ArticleBorder posts working overtime
Several border posts have increased working hours to accommodate travellers during the festive season. ||| Several border posts have increased their working hours to accommodate the large number of...
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