Furore at SABC over COO appointment
Senior managers have raised questions about Ben Ngubane’s role in Motsoeneng’s elevation to the 2nd most powerful job in the SABC. ||| Questions have hit the embattled SABC anew in the wake of...
View ArticleSabotage, fuel hike strangle Cape transport
The Western Cape transport network is under severe pressure. ||| The Western Cape transport network is under severe pressure, with continued incidents of sabotage on Metrorail trains combined with...
View ArticleTraffic cop killed in shebeen shootout
A man believed to be an off-duty traffic officer was shot and killed at a shebeen in Protea Glen in Soweto, Gauteng police said. ||| A man believed to be an off-duty traffic officer was shot and killed...
View ArticleMan ‘kidnapped, forced girl to marry him’
A Philippi man who allegedly kidnapped a teenager has appeared in court in one of the first cases of "ukuthwala" to be brought to court. ||| A Philippi man who allegedly kidnapped a teenager, then...
View ArticleBusy prison network
South Africa's inmates also want in on the action of tweeting, updating Facebook statuses and surfing the internet... ||| South Africa’s inmates also want in on the action of tweeting, updating...
View ArticleMystery death puzzles family
"Don't cry mom. Dad is not here now. Granddad has taken him away to heaven. We are not going to ever see him. But I am here." ||| Three-year-old Nihaar Mohanlal wipes away the tears from his mother’s...
View ArticleSquabble over Beeka’s posh home
The future of the upmarket, 11-roomed house that Cyril Beeka bought on auction before his death hangs in the balance, thanks to the absence of a will. ||| The future of the upmarket, 11-roomed house...
View ArticleDA and Didata in Plett tender
The DA in Plettenberg Bay has allegedly given a company run by a resident in the area a R4.3m short-term IT contract without tender. ||| The DA in Plettenberg Bay has allegedly given a company run by a...
View ArticleFishing trip ends in tragedy
Paramedics could not resuscitate a young angler who fell into the sea during a fishing trip at Umdloti. ||| Johannesburg - A man died after he fell into the water while fishing at the north beach in...
View ArticleMan dismembered by train
A man was killed and dismembered by a train at the George Goch train station, Johannesburg emergency management services said. ||| A man was killed and dismembered by a train at the George Goch train...
View ArticleDecades of toxic waste in KZN
Government has failed to get rid of more than 3 000 tons of mercury waste stored at a British company’s factory in KZN. ||| Decades after the first drums of toxic sludge began to pile up in SA, the...
View ArticleSex pest faces R3m claim
A prominent cyclist will have to defend a claim from a woman who says he sexually exploited her since she was a child. ||| The past of a prominent and well-known figure in cycling circles may, after...
View ArticleTough registration process at UKZN
UKZN’s first-semester lectures would start on Monday, despite a bumpy registration process. ||| First-semester lectures would start on Monday at the University of KwaZulu-Natal after a bumpy...
View ArticleOrphan NGO faces closure over funds
The fate of thousands of orphans in Durban is unknown after an NGO faces closure at the end of February. ||| Thousands of orphans in Durban will have to wait a long time to get foster parents as an NGO...
View ArticleSisters sport plans goes swimmingly
Two sisters from Pinetown, near Durban, have both been named their schools’ swimming captains for 2012. ||| Two Pinetown sisters are planning to take the swimming world by storm after they were both...
View ArticleCouple drown in freak accident
A couple walking on a beach drowned when the sand gave way and they were washed out to sea, the NSRI said. ||| A man and woman walking in ankle-deep water on a beach near Port Shepstone drowned when...
View ArticleTaxi boss’s family sues police for R2.3m
Slain KZN taxi boss Bongani Mkhize, applied for police officers not to kill him, weeks before he was shot dead at their hands. ||| While the death of KwaZulu-Natal taxi boss Bongani Mkhize at the hands...
View ArticleMunicipality unable to trace polluters
The source of a large stream of dark liquid which stained the sea next to the Bluff, in Durban, cannot be found. ||| The eThekwini municipality has come under fire for failing to trace the source of a...
View ArticleJudge questions high divorce rate
A Durban High Court judge says many foreigners who have married South African women are seeking divorce. ||| A Durban High Court judge has questioned several divorce applications being brought by...
View ArticleCops question ‘resurrected singer’
Maskandi artist Khulekani Kwakhe claims that he "was kept with zombies before returning to his family."p> ||| A man claiming to be resurrected multi-award winning maskandi (traditional Zulu folk...
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