A Durban athletics coach charged with the statutory rape and grooming is insisting his teenaged accuser testify in open court and not via closed circuit television.

A well-known athletics coach was charged with raping a teenager two...

An athletics coach charged with the statutory rape and grooming, who was arrested more than two years ago but cannot be named until...
Floods in November destroyed hundreds of houses in uMshwati. Photo: Joseph Bracken

Families wait for houses, two months after floods

Families left homeless by floods in uMshwati on 23 November are waiting to be given temporary houses. More than 700 homes were...
Police shield learners from protesters at Addington Primary School. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Anti-immigrant protests erupt at Durban school

Police had to protect immigrant learners from protesters outside Addington Primary School in Point, Durban, on Wednesday. Members of the anti-immigration movement March and March,...
West African National Arrested in Richards Bay Drug Bust, R80,000 in Narcotics Seized

West African National Arrested in Richards Bay Drug Bust, R80,000 in...

A 29-year-old West African national is in custody after a targeted operation by specialised police units led to a significant drug bust on Tuesday,...
Man Sentenced to 18 Years for 2020 Murder

Man Sentenced to 18 Years for 2020 Murder

The Mtubatuba Regional Court sentenced 46-year-old Musawenkosi Lucky Menyuka to 18 years’ imprisonment on Tuesday, 20 January 2026, for murder. Menyuka was convicted of killing...
Kidnapped Child Located - Female Suspect Arrested: Canelands - KZN

Kidnapped Child Located – Female Suspect Arrested: Canelands – KZN

An eight-year-old boy who was kidnapped after going fishing in Canelands – KZN has been safely located, and a female suspect has been arrested...
Fatal Armed Robbery & Attempted Hijacking – KwaMashu A Section

Fatal Armed Robbery & Attempted Hijacking – KwaMashu A Section

A 52-year-old male has been fatally shot following an armed robbery and attempted hijacking incident that occurred just off Dumsani Makhaye Road, near KwaMashu...
Celebration Turns Violent After Armed Robbery: Trenance Park - KZN

Celebration Turns Violent After Armed Robbery: Trenance Park – KZN

A celebration marking a young woman’s successful completion of matric was violently disrupted when her boyfriend was robbed & assaulted at gunpoint at his...
Four Killed, Seven Arrested in Police Shootout

Four Killed, Seven Arrested in Police Shootout

 Police shot and killed four suspects during a shootout at a residence on Glanville Road, Woodlands, Montclair on Friday afternoon, 16 January 2026. The suspects...
Man Arrested with R170,000 of Cocaine on South Coast Road

Man Arrested with R170,000 of Cocaine on South Coast Road

A man has been arrested by the Provincial Drug and Firearms Unit on South Coast Road in Montclair for possession of cocaine. Police acted on...
Man Attacked By 5 Dogs, Yellow Wood Park area South of Durban.

Man Attacked By 5 Dogs, Yellow Wood Park area South of...

Just after 1 am on Sunday morning, ALS Paramedics responded to reports of a dog attack in Wrenway Road in the Yellow Wood Park...
Five Suspects Killed in Inanda Police Shootout

Five Suspects Killed in Inanda Police Shootout

Police shot and killed five suspects during a shootout at Bester Area 10 in the early hours of Thursday morning. The suspects were wanted for...