Persistent heavy rain over large parts of KwaZulu-Natal has resulted in widespread flooding‚ school closures‚ roads collapsing and several accidents. The province has been pounded by rain since Saturday‚ causing damage‚ injuries and loss…
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…
A third of all new Covid-19 cases recorded in SA in the past 24 hours were identified in KwaZulu-Natal. This is according to latest data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). This comes as the country stands on the…
Former Ukhozi FM presenter and Jacob Zuma supporter Ngizwe Mchunu left police headquarters in Durban in handcuffs on Monday and is headed to Gauteng to face charges. The police would not immediately confirm the charges but Mchunu —…
SA’s largest crude-oil refinery‚ Sapref‚ has shut down operations amid the ongoing violence in KwaZulu-Natal. The refinery‚ in the South Durban Basin‚ sent out an alert on Tuesday citing force majeure linked to the violence‚ which started…
Two members of the same family were killed by lightning in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. A survivor of the lightning strike in Nongoma, 300km north of Durban, was taken to hospital, co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Sipho…
Crates of sardines which were netted on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast beaches of Ramsgate and Margate on Monday are selling for between R1,000 and R1,500 each. Scores of fishermen and fans of the silvery fish, which usually make an annual…
Another “tornado” was spotted forming in KwaZulu-Natal, this time in Bergville, in the central part of the province. In a video posted on Facebook on Thursday, Storm Report SA quoted a witness who said the “tornado” had touched the ground…
Hundreds of KwaZulu-Natal residents from Umhlanga to Underberg were left shaken, literally, on Thursday when they experienced what has been described as a tremor. The movement lasted for about 10 seconds with social media users posting…
Two police officers were shot dead during a shootout with members of the National Intervention Unit (NIU) in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday. Police spokesperson Brig Vishnu Naidoo said the incident occurred in the Dalton area, about 49km from…
KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala has mandated the provincial department of co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) to conduct an assessment of all 54 municipalities in the province which incurred R2.94bn in irregular…
Nine truck drivers were arrested on Wednesday morning for blockading the N3 outside Pietermaritzburg in protest against rising fuel prices. Road Traffic Inspectorate spokesperson Superintendent Zinhle Mngomezulu told TimesLIVE that eight…
Police on Friday questioned a relative of Siam Lee, whose badly burnt body was discovered in a sugarcane field in New Hanover, KwaZulu-Natal, at the weekend. The 20-year-old’s body was found by a farmer travelling along a district road…
BY YASANTHA NAIDOO The storm that hit KwaZulu-Natal wreaked havoc in the Durban port on Tuesday with gale force winds blowing containers and cranes into the water. The harbour was closed after a container-laden ship‚ the MSC Innes‚ was…
By: Jeff Wicks And Taschica Pillay Severe storms in KwaZulu-Natal have claimed their first fatality as relentless rain and wind forced some schools to suspend learning. A policeman died after a container collapsed onto a police vehicle in…
