Political Crisis Deepens as Impendle Municipality Leaders Suspended
The Impendle Local Municipality has been thrown into fresh political disarray after the suspension of its newly elected Mayor and Speaker, mere days after...
IFP Launches Aggressive Campaign in Crucial KwaZulu-Natal By-Election
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is fighting to reclaim a strategic municipal ward, with party president Velenkosini Hlabisa leading a rally in Umzumbe on...
Police Net Two Brothers in Drug and Weapons Bust
A coordinated intelligence-driven operation on Thursday resulted in the arrest of two brothers on a series of serious charges. The operation was conducted by...
Two Arrested for Drug Dealing
On Tuesday, 3 February 2026, police from the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit, assisted by private security, arrested two men, aged 34 and...
Police Arrest Two for Drug Dealing
On Saturday, 31 January 2026, police from the Provincial Drugs and Firearm Unit, together with private security officers, arrested two suspects in Madadeni.
The arrests...
Police Arrest Suspect, Recover Explosives
KwaZulu-Natal police arrested a suspected cash-in-transit robber and recovered explosives in Inanda just after midnight on Saturday, 31 January 2026.
Members of the Inanda Trio...
5 people have died in another horrific accident along the N2...
Inkosi Mhlabunzima Maphumulo House: I have just received a report from the Road Traffic Inspectorate informing me about another horrific accident that has claimed...
Critics Warn ‘KwaZulu’ Name Change Could Erase Province’s Shared, Complex Heritage
A significant proposal to rename the province of KwaZulu-Natal has ignited a debate over history, identity, and the legacy of colonialism. The call, made...
SAPS Condemns Tribalistic Abuse of Spokesperson
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has strongly condemned derogatory and tribalistic remarks directed at its spokesperson, Colonel Robert Netshiunda.
The condemnation follows a recording...
Four Wanted Suspects Killed in Police Shootout
Four suspects wanted for serious crimes were fatally wounded in a shootout with police at Adam's Mission in the KwaMakhutha precinct on Thursday afternoon.
Police...
Seven-year-old drowns in a dam in the Lidgetton area, just outside...
Midlands EMS crews were dispatched to the Lidgetton area, just outside of Howick, following reports of a drowning incident involving a child.
On arrival at...
Man Gets Life for 2019 Kidnapping and Rape
A local man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2019 sexual assault. The Madadeni Regional Court sentenced 34-year-old Siyabonga Christopher Xulu on 26...
