Five Suspects, 34 to 70, Nabbed for Unlicensed Guns and Ammo

Five Suspects, 34 to 70, Nabbed for Unlicensed Guns and Ammo

In a coordinated crackdown on Tuesday, 9 December 2025, police in KwaZulu-Natal arrested five suspects, ranging in age from 34 to 70 years old,...
Single-Vehicle Crash Smashes into Edendale Home, PMB. Driver Miraculously Uninjured

Single-Vehicle Crash Smashes into Edendale Home, PMB. Driver Miraculously Uninjured

KwaZulu Private Ambulance responded to a single-vehicle collision last night, Wednesday, 19 December 2025, at approximately 20:30, in the residential area of Edendale, Pietermaritzburg....
Couple and Construction Company Charged with Falsifying VAT Returns

Couple and Construction Company Charged with Falsifying VAT Returns

 In a decisive move against white-collar crime, members of the Pietermaritzburg Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit of the Hawks arrested a local couple and...
Court Imposes Double Life Sentence for 2023 Taxi Kidnapping and Murder

Court Imposes Double Life Sentence for 2023 Taxi Kidnapping and Murder

The Esikhaleni Regional Court has sentenced 28-year-old Samkelo Dumisa to two life terms plus 25 years imprisonment for a vicious 2023 attack that left...
Triple Murder Conviction Results in Multiple Life Sentences

Triple Murder Conviction Results in Multiple Life Sentences

The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Monday, 8 December 2025, sentenced 33-year-old Thabiso Zondi to three terms of life imprisonment for a triple murder committed...
Strategic Forum Collapses Amidst King’s Disavowal and Board Dispute

Strategic Forum Collapses Amidst King’s Disavowal and Board Dispute

The launch of the Ingonyama Trust Board’s inaugural Traditional Council Strategic Engagement Forum was abruptly derailed today after His Majesty King MisuZulu kaZwelithini, the...
ANC KZN in Last-Minute Scramble to Salvage National Conference Delegation

ANC KZN in Last-Minute Scramble to Salvage National Conference Delegation

The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal is making a second attempt to convene its Provincial General Council (PGC) this week, after its first gathering...
Asanda Mlingo is one of the people who, displaced by floods in 2022, built shacks here on higher ground. The eThekwini Municipality says this is not allowed. Photo: Tsoanalo Sefoloko

Flood victims’ homes demolished by Ethekwini Municipality

Families previously displaced by flooding in Durban say the eThekwini Municipality is demolishing their shacks. The families moved to higher ground in the Kennedy Road...
Man Sentenced to Life for Repeated Rape of 13-Year-Old Girl

Man Sentenced to Life for Repeated Rape of 13-Year-Old Girl

The Scottburgh Regional Court has sentenced 58-year-old Siyabonga Nicholas Jali to life imprisonment for the repeated rape of a 13-year-old girl in the Mthwalume...
KwaZulu-Natal Police Arrest 49-Year-Old, Recover AK-47 and Other Firearms

KwaZulu-Natal Police Arrest 49-Year-Old, Recover AK-47 and Other Firearms

In a pre-dawn intelligence-led operation on Thursday, 04 December 2025, police arrested a 49-year-old man and seized a cache of three unlicensed firearms and...
National Construction Watchdog Launches Probe into KZN Transport Project Failures Amid Fraud Allegations

National Construction Watchdog Launches Probe into KZN Transport Project Failures Amid...

The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has initiated a formal investigation into suspected systemic fraud and incompetence linked to a series of failed provincial...
One Arrested, One at Large After Chase Involving Stolen Car and Shooting of Security Guard

One Arrested, One at Large After Chase Involving Stolen Car and...

A high-speed pursuit along the N2 on Tuesday culminated in the arrest of a heavily armed suspect and the recovery of a stolen vehicle,...