Boat show afloat with hope
Barry Meehan and Devra Smith are the force behind the Durban Internatioal Boat and Lifestyle show. ||| Barry Meehan and Devra Smith – partners in arms for the past 18 years – are no showboaters.When...
View ArticleRiot police dispatched to ANCYL lecture
Pro-Zuma protesters tried to storm a venue where ANCYL deputy president Ronald Lamola was delivering a lecture. ||| Riot police had to prevent pro-Jacob Zuma protesters from storming a Durban venue...
View ArticleCall for council to recoup salary
The municipal manager in the Ingwe municipality, outside Pietermaritzburg, is facing allegations she faked her bachelor’s degree. ||| Opposition parties in the Ingwe municipality, outside...
View ArticleCowan ‘super profits’ targeted
People who made “super-profits” from investments with Colin Cowan’s “pyramid scheme” are being sued. ||| People who made “super-profits” from investments they made in disgraced Durban attorney Colin...
View ArticleRhino horn gangs can ‘forfeit’ bail
A police office has testified that rhino poachers are so wealthy, they would forfeit bail if granted it, and escape arrest. ||| Rhino poaching syndicates had so much money they could afford to forfeit...
View ArticleFlight to hunt for shy sardines
The annual east coast sardine run has been delayed, prompting authorities to find out why. ||| The Sharks Board was due to fly along the Eastern Cape coastline again on Wednesday in search of sardine...
View ArticleThousands of dogs get rabies shots
Over 12 000 animals in KwaZulu-Natal’s uThukela district have been vaccinated against rabies in the past few weeks. ||| Over 12 000 animals in KwaZulu-Natal’s uThukela district have been vaccinated...
View ArticleExtra R900k for IT billing system
The yet-to-be live municipal billing system will receive almost R1m extra to sort out extraordinary implementation delays. ||| The eThekwini municipality is throwing a further R900 000 into what has...
View ArticleCouple robbed at gunpoint
A Pietermaritzburg couple and owners of Lugugo Shoes, were robbed at gunpoint at their Augusta Road home in Northdale. ||| A Pietermaritzburg couple, Duncan and Saro Naidoo, were robbed at gunpoint at...
View ArticleOlympic kit designer on the map
Durban designer Leigh Schubert is going global – and billions of people will see her work soon. ||| Durban designer Leigh Schubert is going global – and billions of people will see her work when Team...
View ArticleBaby food spit ritual not racist
Forcing two black netball recruits to drink a cocktail of baby food mixed with saliva, was not racially motivated, say authorities. ||| Forcing two black netball players to drink a cocktail of baby...
View Article‘Give Mamabolo benefit of the doubt’
Comrades Marathon runner Ludwick Mamabolo is adamant he did not take drugs banned from the competition. ||| Comrades winner Ludwick Mamabolo should be given the benefit of the doubt and could have...
View ArticleHawks swoop on 'death squad'
Members of the Cato Manor organised crime unit division have been arrested over ‘death squad’ allegations. ||| More than 20 members of the Durban Organised Crime Unit, Cato Manor, have been arrested...
View ArticleSadtu irresponsible: DA
The DA believes Sadtu is irresponsible for resisting the proposal for education to be made an essential service. ||| The SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) is irresponsible for resisting the proposal...
View ArticlePrincipals probed for misusing funds
More than 30 KwaZulu-Natal school principals were being investigated for the misappropriation of schools funds. ||| More than 30 KwaZulu-Natal school principals were being investigated for the...
View Article‘Death squad’ cops seek interdict
An urgent interdict to set aside the arrests of 20 members of the now disbanded Durban Organised Crime Unit was due to be heard on Wednesday. ||| An urgent interdict to set aside the arrests of 20...
View Article‘Death squad’ cops to seek bail
A judge has ordered that the bail hearing of 20 members of the now disbanded Durban Organised Crime Unit be heard on Thursday. ||| A Durban High Court judge has ordered that the bail hearing of 20...
View ArticleCops widen search for ‘brigadier’
A team of KZN detectives had travelled to Mozambique and Zimbabwe trying to track down an alleged killer. ||| Durban - A team of KZN detectives has been to Mozambique and is now in Zimbabwe trying to...
View ArticleAccused in court over family murders
The sole survivor of a trio of men alleged to have massacred two families in 2010 has appeard in court. ||| KwaZulu-Natal - The sole survivor of a trio of men alleged to have massacred two Shongweni...
View ArticlePair survive emergency landing
Two men survived an emergency crash landing in a sugar cane field in Cato Ridge on Thursday. ||| Cato Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal - Two men survived an emergency crash landing in a sugar cane field in Cato...
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