Baby dies in landslide in KZN
A one-year-child has died in uMlazi following heavy rain and flash floods over the past 48 hours in coastal areas of KwaZulu-Natal. ||| Durban – A one-year-child has died in uMlazi following heavy rain...
View ArticleChildren evicted from shelter ‘hide from social workers’
Children who were evicted with their families from a shelter for abused women scattered in all directions as they hid from social workers after being told that they would be taken away from their...
View ArticleRichards Bay cost of living report slated
Richards Bay has been named South Africa’s fourth most expensive city to live in by website Expatistan, but not everyone agrees. ||| Richards Bay has been named South Africa’s fourth most expensive...
View ArticleSA needs to know the Constitution - Mbeki
Former president Thabo Mbeki believes here would be more “social intervention” by citizens to defend the constitution if they were familiar with its contents. ||| Johannesburg - There would be more...
View ArticleWe are ready to lead - ANCWL
ANCWL president Bathabile Dlamini has called for capable women leaders to avail themselves to help achieve gender parity at the municipal elections. ||| Johannesburg - ANC Women’s League president...
View ArticlePremier reshuffles North West cabinet
North West premier Supra Mahumapelo axed two MECs and hired four new ones in his latest cabinet reshuffle. ||| Rustenburg - North West premier Supra Mahumapelo axed two MECs and hired four in his...
View ArticleFamily mourns slain paramedic
A family of a paramedic who was killed while trying to save a woman and child are struggling to come to terms with his death. ||| Durban - The Hammarsdale family of a paramedic killed on Saturday while...
View ArticleTobacco heist suspect crashes into cops
A suspect in a British American Tobacco truck heist was arrested by Port Elizabeth K9 officers after he backed his vehicle into a police van. ||| Port Elizabeth - Port Elizabeth police in the Eastern...
View ArticleFlying squad members charged with cop’s murder
Two members of the Soweto flying squad have arrested for allegedly shooting dead a fellow officer while in pursuit of a hijacked car in January this year. ||| Johannesburg – Two members of the Soweto...
View ArticleFraudster’s overdose buys him a reprieve
An accountant who is facing an application to have his suspended sentence for fraud put into action, missed his scheduled court date because he was recovering from an overdose. ||| Cape Town – An...
View ArticleCash-for-jobs report put on hold again
The release of the cash-for-jobs investigation has been postponed for the third time in three months. ||| Durban - The release of the cash-for-jobs investigation has been postponed for the third time...
View Article‘I saw cop shoot farm worker dead’
An eyewitness has told how he saw a policeman shoot 29-year-old Thabo Majoro, who sustained several bullet wounds during an altercation with police at his home. ||| Kimberley - A man was shot five...
View ArticleBid to jail eThekwini metro bosses
A property owners’ association in Durban is attempting to have municipal bosses jailed for contempt of court for allegedly ignoring two court orders related to evictions. ||| Durban - Frustrated with...
View ArticleMan killed in horror bakkie collision
A 48-year-old man was killed after his bakkie rolled multiple times on Thabo Mbeki Drive in Potchefstroom, ER24 said. ||| Johannesburg - A 48-year-old man was killed Monday morning after his bakkie...
View ArticleDurban human traffickers wait to hear their fate
Three men found guilty of human trafficking and running a brothel from a Durban hotel will have to wait until later this month to find out how long they will spend behind bars. ||| Durban – Three men...
View ArticleKZN dam levels low despite heavy rains
Rain in KZN has made no significant impact on the dam levels despite the heavy rainfall levels reported throughout Durban. ||| Durban - While KwaZulu-Natal mops up and counts the cost of the downpours...
View ArticleDurban floods claim six lives, displace 325
Flooding from the heavy rain that fell in Durban over the weekend claimed at least six lives and left hundreds homeless, authorities said. ||| Durban – Flooding from the heavy rain that fell in Durban...
View Article‘How can an 11-year-old know things like this?’
Nadine Cloete was shocked at by the things that were accepted as the norm by children on the Cape Flats when she filmed her short film Miseducation. ||| If a picture tells a thousand words then short...
View ArticleSix West Rand taxi crash victims buried
A funeral service for six of the 15 people who died in a taxi and truck crash on the R41 near Randfontein was held at the Swaneville Sports Complex ove rthe weekend. ||| Johannesburg - Six families...
View ArticleTests on Wits crash victims ongoing
DNA tests on the seven Wits students killed in a minibus accident in Limpopo last weekend have not been concluded as yet. ||| Johannesburg - DNA tests on the seven Wits students killed in a minibus...
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