Armed robbers stop to play with baby
A KZN family experienced a different kind of goodwill on December 26 when burglars broke into their house. ||| Durban - A Botha’s Hill family experienced a different kind of goodwill on December 26...
View ArticleFormer mayor dies after crash
Former Durban mayor, Trevor Warman, 86, has died of injuries he sustained in a car crash which also claimed the life of his wife. ||| Durban - Former Durban mayor, Trevor Warman, 86, has died of...
View ArticleChaos as 15 000 apply for 90 cop jobs
Scores of people competing for 90 traffic officer posts were treated for dehydration when they collapsed after the fitness test. ||| Pietermaritzburg - There was mayhem in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday...
View ArticleNo uShaka parties, says NSPCA
The National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is calling for the cancellation of uShaka New Year’s Eve parties. ||| Durban - The National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...
View ArticleRanger saves walker from rhino goring
A KZN woman escaped with grazes and bruises after a juvenile rhino rammed into her and tossed her into the air. ||| Durban - A Durban North mother on a game walk in KwaZulu-Natal escaped with grazes...
View ArticleMicro-light crashes near Richards Bay
A micro-light aircraft crashed just outside Richards Bay, 911 paramedics reported. ||| A micro-light aircraft crashed just outside Richards Bay, Netcare 911 paramedics said on Saturday.“It sounds like...
View ArticleRescue teams chase 'toy' micro-light
Rescue teams sent on a wild goose chase after toy plane mistaken for real thing. ||| Rescue teams were sent on a wild goose chase on Saturday, after a radio-controlled micro-light toy plane was...
View ArticleKZN cop recruitment test kills six
Six have died from suspected dehydration after taking part in a recruitment fitness test. ||| Six people have died from suspected dehydration after taking part in a KwaZulu-Natal traffic department...
View ArticleMEC suspends tests for jobs
KwaZulu-Natal's transport MEC has suspended all tests for Road Traffic Inspectorate jobs after seven people died. ||| Durban - KwaZulu-Natal transport MEC Willies Mchunu has suspended all tests for...
View ArticleUmalusi happy with Matric results
Education quality assurance body Umalusi has rubber stamped the 2012 national senior certificate results for release on Thursday. ||| Education quality assurance body Umalusi has rubber- stamped the...
View ArticleClose shave for eThekwini speaker
eThekwini Speaker Logie Naidoo’s driver and another man thought to be his bodyguard were killed in a car crash. ||| “It could have been me – if I was in the car I would have been killed,” said...
View ArticleProbe into fitness test deaths
Investigators will look into events at the Harry Gwala Stadium, where seven people died during strenuous fitness tests. ||| Pietermaritzburg - Seven people died this week after participating in...
View ArticleDurban businessmen in sex scam
Prominent Durban businessmen, literally caught with their pants down, are at the centre of a multi-million-rand extortion racket. ||| Durban - Prominent Durban businessmen, literally caught with their...
View ArticleZuma’s wife in hot water over renovations
Thobeka Madiba-Zuma will face penalties and may be forced to demolish alterations if her plans are not approved. ||| Durban - President Jacob Zuma’s third wife, Thobeka Madiba-Zuma, who commissioned...
View ArticleRhino hero’s barehanded triumph
A Hluhluwe game farm manager has been hailed as a hero after taking on a gang of five heavily armed suspected poachers. ||| Durban - A Hluhluwe game farm manager has been hailed as a hero after taking...
View ArticleCop on bail is back in uniform
Police chiefs refuse to suspend a policeman who is facing three charges, including armed robbery and theft. ||| Durban policeman Dean van Zyl, who was recently arrested in a sting operation when he...
View ArticleWearing his art on his sleeve
Tattooing was once frowned upon, but now even celebs come to him, writes Jeff Wicks ||| Amid the low vibration of tattoo guns, Malcolm “Mully” Hilton crouches over a teenager who is having a portrait...
View ArticleToddler only survivor of family massacre
A boy was rescued after spending hours tied to his mother's corpse, a few metres from the bodies of his five siblings. ||| Durban - A 14-month-old boy was rescued on Sunday after spending hours tied to...
View ArticleMan questioned over family massacre
KZN police are questioning a man in connection with the murder of a woman and her five children over the weekend. ||| Durban - KwaZulu-Natal police are questioning a man in connection with the murder...
View Article‘Inquiry needed into cop fitness test deaths’
A commission of inquiry must be established to investigate the deaths of seven aspirant traffic officers, the SACP said. ||| Pietermaritzburg - A commission of inquiry must be established to...
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