Traffic cops on warpath in KZN
KwaZulu-Natal authorities resorted to extreme measures to curb the Easter holiday death toll, with undercover cops looking to catch drivers offering bribes, and hi-tech helicopters on standby to help...
View ArticleCouple caught in robbers’ crosshairs
An uMhlanga couple fled the scene of a robbery in Phoenix, only to be chased by the robbers and shot at, leaving the husband seriously injured. ||| Durban - An uMhlanga couple fled the scene of a...
View ArticleMayor’s suburb shines as Alex chokes in trash
The City of Joburg has been mobilising volunteers from the community to clean up the debris left by the Pikitup strike, as residents express concern over health risks. ||| Johannesburg - The good...
View ArticleUK paedo fugitive had SA police clearance
A man who is wanted by UK authorities for 42 counts relating to sexual offences received a police clearance to remain in SA the day before his arrest. ||| Cape Town - A suspected serial sex offender...
View ArticleLeaving Carolina - hopefully for good
A new life awaits Nonkululeko Malaza and her daughter after readers opened their hearts to the single mom who struggled to survive on a R350 child grant. ||| Johannesburg - Nonkululeko Malaza can’t...
View ArticleMEC worried after vigilante killings
Three suspected criminals died in separate vigilante attacks this week, prompting Community Safety MEC Dan Plato to schedule urgent meetings in the areas where violence broke out. ||| Cape Town - Three...
View Article62% drop in Easter road death toll
Early indications are that it’s proving to be a good Easter weekend on the roads. ||| Johannesburg - Early indications are that it’s proving to be a good Easter weekend on the roads. The number of...
View ArticleCourt pays 'lip service' to the fight for equality
Judicial showpiece set up to take discrimination to task lies dormant because most people don’t understand how the Equality Court works ||| Johannesburg - The Equality Court sitting at the Joburg...
View ArticleThe promised 'fertile' plots that proved poisonous
Residents of Steel Valley claim they have suffered serious illnesses due to the pollution from a steel plant. ||| Johannesburg - When mechanic Strike Matsepe cashed in his pension and bought his farm...
View ArticleChildren missing at Richards Bay beach
Two children went missing and are presumed drowned at a beach in Richards Bay in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, the NSRI said. ||| Richards Bay - Two children went missing and are presumed drowned at a beach...
View ArticleEaster weekend road deaths lowest in 5 years
Early indications are this could be a good Easter weekend on the roads, with KZN having had zero fatalities by on Saturday. ||| Early indications are this could be a good Easter weekend on the roads,...
View ArticleBodyguard robbed family of breadwinner
Buyi Hadebe’s mother wants the bodyguard of the premier of KZN, Senzo Mchunu, to pay for robbing the family of their breadwinner. ||| Buyi Hadebe’s mother wants the bodyguard of the premier of...
View ArticleKZN businessman spends Easter weekend in cell
Rajiv Narandas, who was arrested on charges of intimidation, spent the Easter weekend in a cell at a Joburg police station. ||| Durban businessman Rajiv Narandas, 29, spent the Easter weekend in a cell...
View ArticleI prayed for my abductors, says kidnap victim
The Hawks launched a manhunt for a gang of kidnappers preying on wealthy, mostly Indian and Pakistani families, in Limpopo. ||| In the three days that Anisah Moosa was held captive by kidnappers, she...
View ArticleDurban key to MH370 mystery?
A top investigator believes debris found by a KZN teenager “almost certainly” comes from the doomed flight MH370. ||| A top investigator looking into the disappearance of Malaysian flight MH370 has...
View ArticleMissing mother murdered, says family
Family of Zara Hector believe she is dead even though police are tight-lipped about a body they have found. ||| Family of missing Kuils River mother Zara Hector believe she is dead and are adamant...
View ArticleHow Durban man escaped Brussels terror
Koshir Kassie has described how he cheated death twice, first during the 2005 London bombings and again in Brussels. ||| A Durban man has described how he cheated death twice, first during the 2005...
View Article#SenzoMeyiwa probe: police to arrest suspect
The police are about to arrest a suspect who was one of the people who were present in the house when Senzo Meyiwa was killed. ||| The police are about to arrest a suspect who was one of the people...
View ArticleWho designed Moses Mabhida Stadium?
Moses Mabhida Stadium is one of Durban’s major tourism attraction sites, but for the Nene family it is a painful memory. ||| Moses Mabhida Stadium is one of Durban’s major tourism attraction sites, but...
View ArticleCape poet urges universities to teach his work
Cape Town poet James Matthews criticised several SA institutions for failing to include his anti-apartheid writing in their curriculum. ||| As one of the country’s top universities bestows an honour on...
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