Top cop ‘too stout to flee’, court told
Major-General Bethuel Mondli Zuma's athletic ability has been called into question in a Pietermaritzburg court. ||| Pietermaritzburg - How did the stout Major-General Bethuel Mondli Zuma manage to...
View ArticleMan gets 5 years for statuory rape
A 22-year-old man has been jailed for five years by the Empangeni Regional Court for raping his 14-year-old girlfriend, police said. ||| Johannesburg - A 22-year-old man has been jailed for five years...
View ArticleSupport for Field’s Hill truck driver
Sanele May might be on trial for the murder of 22 people, but he has more than 1 000 supporters in the world of social media. ||| Durban - Sanele May might be on trial for the murder of 22 people, but...
View ArticleField’s Hill crash victims named
The 22 victims of the Field’s Hill crash were almost all passengers in the four taxis that were hit by the truck. ||| Durban - The names of the 22 people who died in the Field’s Hill truck accident...
View ArticleMbalula earns approval from league
KwaZulu-Natal’s interim ANCYL has endorsed Fikile Mbalula as someone who should remain in the cabinet after the 2014 polls. ||| Durban - Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula has been publicly...
View ArticleMass ride to protest bike tolling
Durban bikers have slammed toll fees and are demanding a free open lane for motyorcycles. ||| Durban bikers have slammed toll fees as “poorly executed form of taxation” by the government and are...
View ArticleShots fired at Melmoth mayor’s home
A case of attempted murder is being investigated after an unknown gunman fired several shots into the mayor’s bedroom. ||| Durban - A case of attempted murder is being investigated by Melmoth police...
View ArticleKZN executive thanks crash response teams
The KZN executive has thanked the teams that responded to two accidents in which 32 people died, for their services. ||| Johannesburg - The KwaZulu-Natal executive has thanked the teams that responded...
View Article‘Horror’ animal shipload
A ship carrying 3 500 cattle, sheep and goats set sail for Mauritius - leaving furious animal rights activists in its wake. ||| Durban - A ship carrying 3 500 cattle, sheep and goats set sail for...
View ArticleNo breath sample from Zuma, court told
A traffic officer insists that Bethuel Mondli Zuma produced a damning breathalyser reading after evading police. ||| Maj-Gen Bethuel Mondli Zuma, who was to have become Gauteng's new provincial police...
View Article'Field’s Hill truck had faulty brakes'
The KZN Transport MEC says the owner of the truck involved in the Field's Hill tragedy will be taken to task. ||| Durban - The truck that ploughed into four taxis and cars on Field’s Hill last week,...
View ArticleForeign vessel held by SA authorities
A Japanese vessel has been arrested after allegedly fishing illegally near the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area near Durban. ||| Durban - A Japanese vessel has been arrested for allegedly fishing...
View ArticleDrug sting nets three suspects
Three people, including an alleged drug dealer, have been arrested with rock cocaine in a sting operation in KZN. ||| Durban - Three people, including a man police say is a notorious drug dealer, have...
View ArticleMpisane case: Six-week postponement sought
The State seeks a postponement in the trial of Shawn Mpisane, who faces 53 charges fraud and forgery. ||| Durban - The State sought a six week postponement in the case against Durban businesswoman...
View ArticleDecision on Mpisane’s bid postponed
Shawn Mpisane will have to wait to find out if her bid to keep her case out of the High Court was successful. ||| Durban - Durban businesswoman Shawn Mpisane will have to wait until next Thursday to...
View ArticleHotel accountant in court for fraud
An alleged scheme to defraud Raya Hotel group owners has landed it’s assistant accountant in court. ||| An alleged scheme to defraud the Raya Hotel group owners of the Capetonian Hotel in Cape Town and...
View Article‘These brakes are faulty’
The truck driver charged with murder following the Field’s Hill crash that claimed 22 lives only took the job when a colleague turned it down because of the vehicle’s faulty brakes. ||| The truck...
View ArticleThousands gather for accident funeral
A huge crowd gathered at a sports ground in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal, for the funeral of four people killed in a crash on Fields Hill in Pinetown. ||| Durban - A huge crowd gathered at a sports...
View ArticlePinetown accident funeral underway
A huge crowd gathered at a sports ground in Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal, for the funeral of four people killed in a crash on Fields Hill in Pinetown. ||| Durban - A huge crowd gathered at a sports...
View ArticlePinetown accident death toll rises
The death toll of an accident in Fields Hill, Pinetown, has risen to 23, KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo said. ||| Durban - The death toll of an accident in Fields Hill, Pinetown, has risen...
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