Dedicated cop killed in crash
Durban police are mourning the loss of a KwaMashu officer killed in a high-speed crash at the weekend. ||| Durban - Durban police are mourning the loss of a KwaMashu officer killed in a high-speed...
View ArticleBaboons to go, or be put down
Durban-based animal rehabilitation organisation Crow have two weeks to remove a troop of baboons from a farm in Richmond, or the animals will be put down. ||| Durban - Durban-based animal...
View ArticleStrikers stone Pikitup truck
Striking workers at Joburg waste management company, Pikitup, stoned a municipal truck that was collecting refuse in the city. ||| Johannesburg – Striking workers at Johannesburg waste management...
View ArticleTansnat pays its way without being bailed out
Durban’s municipal bus service paid its way for the first time in several months without the municipality being forced to bail out the operator of the service. ||| Durban – Durban’s municipal bus...
View ArticleSuspect’s girlfriend killed in shootout with cops
Durban - Police have arrested two suspects after a woman was killed in a shoot-out with police at the Wema hostel near Lamontville. ||| Durban - Police have arrested two suspects after a woman was...
View ArticleNSRI continues search for missing West Coast man
The National Sea Rescue Institute is still searching for a man who went missing at sea off the Cape West Coast on Sunday. ||| Cape Town – The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Tuesday that...
View ArticleWits students ‘ready to be arrested’
Strict control measures were put in place at Wits, as students continued their protest in which a lecture hall was allegedly set alight on Monday. ||| Johannesburg - Strict access control measures were...
View ArticleGuptas in search of new auditors
Oakbay Resources and Energy has acknowledged that KPMG had resigned as auditors and that Sasfin Capital had given notice of their intention to terminate services. ||| Cape Town - Gupta mining firm...
View ArticleKZN man jailed for sex assault on teens
A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to 22 years behind bars for sexual assault, attempted rape and armed robbery for attacking two teenagers. ||| Durban – The Empangeni regional court has sentenced a...
View ArticlePartially burnt body found in Tlokweng
A 67-year-old North West woman’s burnt body was discovered near the mountains with only her legs still intact. ||| Rustenburg – The burnt body of a 67-year-old woman was found in Tlokweng in the...
View ArticleCape dam levels lowest on record
The levels of the main dams which supply the City of Cape Town continue to fall to the lowest on record, but the city says there is no need for panic. ||| The levels of the main dams that supply the...
View Article‘Dishonest’ Hawks boss fights for his job
Lieutenant-General Berning Ntlemeza says a high court judgment which described him as “biased and dishonest” has no bearing on new cpourt action against him. ||| Durban - A damning high court judgment...
View ArticleKZN commits to work on social cohesion
A report on migration and community, by a special reference group led by Judge Navi Pillay, blames jealousy toward foreign business owners for last year’s xenophobic attacks in KZN. ||| The xenophobic...
View ArticleFight over soap ends in murder
A verbal altercation between two car washers in Kimberley, apparently over soap, rapidly escalated and ended in death. ||| Kimberley - A fight, apparently over soap for washing cars, on Monday ended in...
View ArticleFirefighter killed in sketchy M5 crash
A popular firefighter who fought massive fires along the South Peninsula has died in a tragic car crash. ||| Cape Town - A popular firefighter has died in a tragic car crash on the M5 highway.Deliah de...
View ArticleFamily in dark over Cape man bust in Brazil
A Cape Town mother is desperate to bring home her son, who she believes is in a jail in Brazil for smuggling drugs. ||| Cape Town - A Cape Town mother is desperate to bring home her son, who she...
View Article‘He tried to stab me with a fork for fuel’
A farmer caught a thief red-handed trying to steal fuel by using a hosepipe to siphon diesel from a tractor. ||| Cape Town - Fuel is becoming so expensive that criminals are now targeting farms to fill...
View ArticleLichtenburg man held for girlfriend’s murder
A 46-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend yo death in Boikhutso, North West police. ||| Cape Town – A 46-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend in...
View ArticleEx-Hawks captain’s assets seized over ‘black dollar’ scam
An asset forfeiture order has been granted against a former Hawks captain who was jailed for 10 years for extortion, theft and defeating the administration of justice. ||| Cape Town – A court in Cape...
View ArticleProsecutor in dock for corruption
A prosecutor appeared briefly in the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court on suspicion of accepting cash to release suspects on bail. ||| Rustenburg – A prosecutor accused of corruption appeared briefly in...
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