KZN gears for bumper winter tourism
Holidaymakers heading for KwaZulu-Natal are in for an action-packed mid-year break that is estimated to bring in at least R800 million. ||| Durban - Holidaymakers planning to converge on Durban and the...
View ArticleLand claim victory in Bishopscourt
A 21-year-long battle by claimants of Protea Village to return to the area now known as Bishopscourt may soon become a reality. ||| Cape Town - A 21-year-long battle by claimants of Protea Village to...
View ArticlePE pyramid scheme fraudster sentenced
A 56-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for defrauding investors of R5.5 million, but the sentence has been conditionally suspended. ||| Johannesburg – A 55-year-old Eastern Cape...
View ArticleStatsSA targets 15 000 households in health survey
Statistics South Africa has urged thousands of households to be sampled in the SA Demographic and Health Survey 2016 to welcome fieldworkers into their homes. ||| Johannesburg – Statistics South Africa...
View ArticleWorker injured in DUT fire leaps to safety
A shopfitter jumped out of a window in a desperate attempt to escape a fire in a student residence under construction at the Durban University of Technology. ||| Durban - A shopfitter has been injured...
View ArticleWraparound ad has tenants gasping for air
A giant advertisement enveloping a Durban building has got tenants steamed up, saying it is depriving them of fresh air. ||| Durban - A giant advertisement enveloping a Durban building has got tenants...
View ArticlePrank callers warned they’ll face prosecution
Pranksters abusing the City of Cape Town’s emergency number have been warned they will be tracked down and prosecuted. ||| Cape Town - Pranksters abusing the City of Cape Town’s public emergency...
View ArticleGuilty verdict in gruesome New Year’s Day murder
A Postmasburg man who has been convicted of the brutal murder of his child’s mother, is adamant that he woke up to find her savaged body next to him. ||| Kimberley - Emmanuel Smous, who was convicted...
View ArticleCold weather straining electricity resources
An expert says that City Power and Eskom would not be able to cope with more cold snaps because their already strained electrical distribution networks are stretched to their limits. ||| Johannesburg -...
View Article35 hurt as three taxis crash in Durban
Thirty-five people were injured when three taxis collided on the M4 southbound just after Quality Street in Durban, KZN paramedics said. ||| Durban – Thirty-five people were injured when three taxis...
View ArticleRobbers gun down Durban businessman
A Durban businessman died after being shot by robbers who made off with cash and airtime vouchers. ||| Durban – A businessman died soon after being shot by robbers in Durban on Friday.Police spokesman...
View ArticleRemembering the horror of the Boipatong massacre
For survivors and relatives of the 45 victims of the Boipatong massacre, one of the bloodiest mass killings in SA, the pain still lingers. ||| Johannesburg - Twenty-four years ago on June 17 Maria...
View ArticleFinal chapter in tragic Oscar saga
Three years after Reeva Steenkamp’s murder, the release of graphic images of her body and Oscar Pistorius’s walk on stumps has stirred a huge public debate. ||| Johannesburg - South Africans hoping...
View ArticleNo place at schools for scores of Blikkiesdorp kids
At least 40 Blikkiesdorp children have not seen the inside of a classroom for more than two years, but the Western Cape education department denies any knowledge of them. ||| Cape Town - With the...
View ArticleMourners urge backing for Zinde’s son
Mourners at the memorial service for Hope Zinde appealed for support for her son Mark Warona Zinde, who has been charged with her murder. ||| Pretoria - Mourners at the memorial service for Hope Zinde...
View ArticleTimeline of a brutal family murder
Just hours before three members of the van Breda family were hacked to death, raised voices were heard coming from the plush De Zalze home. ||| Cape Town - Raised voices were the only hint something...
View ArticleANC councillor’s son shot dead
The provincial ANC’s door-to-door election campaigning was stopped short in Elsies River when one of its member’s teenage sons was fatally shot. ||| Cape Town - The provincial ANC’s door-to-door...
View ArticleOff-duty cop fatally wounded in robbery
An off-duty police officer was fatally wounded when he intervened in an armed robbery at a grocery store in the Queenstown area. ||| King William’s Town – An off-duty police officer was fatally wounded...
View ArticleMuslims on high alert after prayer time attack
Durban’s Muslim community will beef up security when the men go to mosque for prayers, after a home invasion in Sydenham. ||| Durban - The Muslim community will beef up its home security and remain on...
View ArticleMiracle escape in train crash
Eleven people sustained minor to moderate injuries when a train collided with a truck trailer which had become entagled in overhead electric cables. ||| Durban - Eleven people sustained minor to...
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