‘Hunting can also help save rhino’
One of SA leading rhino conservationist’s Ian Player has defended a controversial rhino hunt. ||| International rhino conservationist Ian Player has defended provincial conservation agency Ezemvelo KZN...
View Article‘Raj did not have to die’
Late Minority Front leader’s widow alludes to alleged medical malpractice. ||| These are the words of Shameen Thakur Rajbansi – the widow of Amichand Rajbansi – who has vowed to avenge her husband’s...
View ArticleR1m drug bust in Chatsworth
A home in Chatsworth is believed to be the centre of a drug dealing syndicate worth millions. ||| Police have dealt a major blow to the illegal underworld, with an estimated R1 million drug bust in...
View Article3 held for KZN priest’s murder
Police have arrested three men for allegedly killing a priest in the Catholic Church Magwaza Mission in KwaZulu-Natal. ||| Three men have been arrested for allegedly killing a priest in the Catholic...
View ArticleMob burns elderly couple
INSTEAD of joining the thousands of pupils who returned to school yesterday, a seven-year-old boy was left traumatised after watching a mob burn his grandparents to death at Lindelani, near Ntuzuma,...
View ArticleAccounting firm may be held liable over scam
A LOCAL accounting firm may be held liable for losses suffered by people who collectively invested R55 million in what has now been exposed as a pyramid scheme run by disgraced Durban attorney Colin...
View ArticleMob burns elderly couple
A boy has been left traumatised after watching a mob burn his grandparents to death at Lindelani, near Ntuzuma. ||| Instead of joining the thousands of pupils who returned to school on Wednesday, a...
View ArticleKZN sizzles in “heatwave”
The coastal province of KZN has seen temperatures peak past 36°C. ||| All indications to the contrary, KwaZulu-Natal is not experiencing a heatwave but rather the effects of a high pressure system...
View ArticleReturn of senior officer upsets union
Rajen Chin, head of specialised units at the eThekwini Municipality, says people are jealous of him. ||| A number of eThekwini metro police staff are threatening to protest further after Director Rajen...
View ArticleFirst for multi-product pipeline
Transnet pipeline able to pump 3 million liters of fuel per hour. ||| Diesel flowed through Transnet’s new multi-product pipeline (NMPP) from Durban on Wednesday to reach Heidelberg in Gauteng for the...
View ArticleActivists contest stormy weather bill amendment
Environmental activists are to attempt stopping an amendment to the South African Weather Service Act. ||| Environmental activists are to make a submission on Thursday to try to stop government’s plan...
View ArticleMining search granted offshore
Another mining exploration company may search the KZN coastal region for heavy sand minerals. ||| Another mining exploration company has been given permission to search the sea off Richards Bay for...
View ArticleThieves vandalise honourary KZN school
Police say steel frames and copper fittings are the target. ||| As the ANC celebrates its centenary, a school named after one of its former presidents is in a sorry state after being vandalised and...
View ArticleTwo bodies found in KZN river
Two more bodies have been found in a Midlands river, following recent storms. ||| Two more bodies have been recovered after a storm in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, bringing the confirmed death toll to...
View Article14 held after elderly couple’s murder
Police have arrested 14 people for allegedly killing an elderly couple thought to be practising witchcraft. ||| Fourteen people were arrested on Thursday morning for allegedly killing an elderly couple...
View ArticleAlleged fraudster’s bail reinstated
Bail for an alleged fraudster was reinstated by the Durban Regional Court on Thursday. ||| Bail for an alleged fraudster was reinstated by the Durban Regional Court on Thursday, January 12, 2012,...
View ArticleOppostion invited to ANC bash
ANC supporters in KZN will travel to the South Coast to mark the party’s centenial anniversary. ||| ANC supporters in KwaZulu-Natal are to travel to the South Coast on Saturday for a celebration as the...
View ArticleANC activists to appeal expulsion
The ANC activists who staged a sit-in at the party’s regional offices in KZN, will appeal being expelled. ||| The ANC activists who staged a sit-in at the party’s regional offices in Pietermaritzburg...
View ArticleFraud accused has bail reinstated
The court finds that Visham Panday, alleged con artist, did not breech his bail conditions. ||| Businessman Visham Panday, who stands charged with fraud, had his bail reinstated in the Durban Regional...
View ArticlePupils rapped for registration fraud
There’ll be disciplinary action against two pupils who fraudulently tried to register for shcool. ||| While the State has declined to prosecute two teenagers arrested while trying to register for grade...
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