The bodies of two school rugby players‚ aged 17 and 18‚ were recovered at two Durban beaches on Monday morning ahead of a rugby tournament in which they were meant to play. SAPS spokesperson Lt-Col Nqobile Gwala said “an inquest docket…
ANC ward 11 branch chairperson Duduzane Zuma traded in his fancy suit for shorts and a black rubbish bag at the weekend‚ getting his hands dirty while helping to clean up a neighbourhood in rainy Newlands East‚ Durban. The…
ORRING SINGH The eThekwini municipality is not taking any chances, warning people to brace for possible heavy downpours as a result of a tropical storm which could make landfall in Mozambique on Thursday before moving into SA. #Eloise has…
The historic SAS Durban warship at the city’s maritime museum has partially sunk in the harbour. In a statement on Tuesday, the acting harbour master at the port of Durban, Capt Justin Adams, said the ship took on water overnight. “The…
A 51-year-old man was left fighting for his life after being shot in the abdomen in Pinetown, west of Durban, on Thursday. Police said the shooting happened on Shepstone Road in New Germany shortly after 9am. “A 51-year-old man was…
Vegetable gardens have changed life in Durban informal settlement Two communal vegetable gardens have made a big difference to life in the Khenana informal settlement in Durban, where residents have used the money from sales of spinach…
Sibusiso Zondi, who has been confined to his South Beach, Durban, flat for two years because of a malfunctioning lift, has been longing to feel sea water on his feet. On Friday, a group of emergency personnel made his wish come true when…
Paramedics treated a 13-year-old girl in Asherville, Durban, after she was attacked by two pit bulls on Monday. Rescue Care’s Garrith Jamieson said paramedics were currently on scene at the corner of Stanley Copley Drive and Crocus Road…
EAST London local Nowezi Mabope, 34, was among the thousands who braved the gruelling Comrades Marathon in Durban on Sunday. Mabope started to fall in love with running in 2016 when her netball teammates told her about the 5km Pick n Pay…
A teenager drowned in a residential swimming pool in Westville, outside Durban, on Friday. Rescue Care spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said paramedics were called to a home in the suburb on Friday where they found members of the public…
A Durban father is focusing his attention on a world record after his son demolished a monkey bar challenge held in Durban North at the weekend. Seven-year-old William Basson’s jaw-dropping 527m feat saw him hanging and swinging from one…
Seven people are expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday after a tip-off led police to a R50m drug bust. In a statement issued on Saturday, national police spokesman Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said a multi-disciplinary…
A thief who snatched a cellphone and fled did not have a leg to stand on when he was confronted about the robbery. Karma left the culprit with a broken leg after he fell from a building in Joubert Park, Johannesburg, in his bid to escape…
Two teenage boys alleged to have hijacked a Taxify cab in Ntuzuma, north of Durban on Sunday, will spend a week behind bars. The pair, aged 16 and 18, made a brief appearance in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court on Monday and were remanded…
All Woolworths customers will be searched before entering stores in KwaZulu-Natal. This follows bombs threats and the discovery of incendiary devices planted at several Woolworths stores in Durban in the past three weeks. In an e-mail to…
