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/ 8 November 2007
The 37-year-old mayor of a KwaZulu-Natal South Coast municipality was killed in a car crash, police said on Thursday. Police spokesperson Zandra Hechter said Mfundo Lushaba, the mayor of Umzumbe, was found dead in his Toyota Hilux double-cab about 10m from the Ifafa offramp on the N2 near the resort town of Hibberdene.
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/ 8 November 2007
The Group Five-WBHO Consortium on Thursday obtained a Labour Court interdict preventing construction workers from entering the site where Durban’s Moses Mabhida 2010 Soccer World Cup Stadium is being built. The interdict followed an incident in the morning when two security guards were chased off the building site by striking workers.
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/ 8 November 2007
Cold, rainy conditions are expected to lessen the number of firework injuries on animals and people during Diwali this year, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said on Thursday. ”It seems the weather is not conducive for setting off fireworks,” said the SPCA’s spokesperson for Pietermaritzburg, Maureen Vida.
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/ 8 November 2007
Attorneys for the Group Five-WBHO Consortium on Thursday said they were seeking a high court interdict that would prevent striking construction workers from entering the site where the Moses Mabhida 2010 Soccer World Cup Stadium is being built in Durban.
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/ 7 November 2007
Locked security gates and the immobility of some residents as well as a suspected electrical fault all possibly contributed to the 12 deaths in a blaze on Tuesday night at one wing of a KwaZulu-Natal old-age home. One of those who managed to escape from the home is believed to be a 99-year-old woman.
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/ 7 November 2007
Construction on the Moses Mabhida Soccer World Cup stadium in Durban is on track and its delivery is not in jeopardy, the Group Five-WBHO Consortium said on Wednesday, hours after thousands of workers downed tools. A union negotiator said no agreement had been reached after 11 hours of talks with management.
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/ 7 November 2007
People who open false cases and are convicted of the crime will pay police back for investigating the case, Durban central police station Commissioner Bala Naidoo said on Wednesday. ”If they don’t pay my money back, I will go back and arrest them,” said Naidoo at a press briefing in Durban.
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/ 6 November 2007
Two robbers and two security guards were shot dead during an attempted cash-in-transit heist and subsequent high-speed chase and shoot-out on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast near Port Shepstone on Tuesday morning, police said. A third robber, a police officer and a police dog were also wounded in the attempted heist.
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/ 5 November 2007
Union representatives and management of the company contracted to build Durban’s 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium will meet on Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to avert a strike that would halt construction at the stadium. The National Union of Mineworkers is demanding project bonuses of R1 500 a month for each worker.
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/ 5 November 2007
A Durban motorist shot a hijacker on Sunday night when a gang pounced on him, police said on Monday. Police spokesperson Captain Debbie O’ Brien said several armed men had attempted to hijack a man in Sandhurst Road in New Germany at about 9:30pm.
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/ 5 November 2007
Two more men have been arrested in connection with the murder of former crime journalist Elaine Anderson, police said on Monday. Police spokesperson Superintendent Henry Budhram said the two men -– aged 24 and 33 — were nabbed by police on Saturday in the Ntoubeni area in Edendale.
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/ 2 November 2007
Actor Henry Cele, famous for his role as Shaka Zulu, died in Durban’s St Augustine’s Hospital on Friday afternoon. The 58-year old actor passed away in the intensive-care unit of the hospital, a statement released by the hospital said. He had been admitted to the hospital more than a week ago with a chest infection.
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/ 2 November 2007
A chapter in Sharks rugby closed on Thursday evening as the team bid farewell to two players who have served with distinction. John Smit and Butch James are taking up contracts to play in France and England respectively, and on Thursday evening were honoured for their contributions to rugby in KwaZulu-Natal.
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/ 2 November 2007
A bomb that was attached to a cash-in-transit vehicle in Durban was defused by the police’s bomb squad on Friday afternoon, police said. Spokesperson Superintendent Vincent Mdunge confirmed the incident at a shopping mall in Durban’s Montclair suburb, but said details were sketchy.
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/ 1 November 2007
Construction on Durban’s 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium is set to come to a halt next Wednesday when workers down tools, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday. Mzi Poswa, NUM’s regional organiser and chief negotiator said the strike would start on November 5.
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/ 31 October 2007
KwaZulu-Natal opposition parties on Wednesday accused the ruling African National Congress of ignoring the wishes of the residents of Matatiele and forging ahead with the district’s incorporation into the Eastern Cape. The Democratic Alliance (DA) accused the ANC of ”totally ignoring the wishes of the people of Matatiele Maluti”.
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/ 31 October 2007
A 42-year-old Mpumalanga man has developed breasts after he was enrolled in the government’s antiretroviral (ARV) treatment programme, a media report said on Wednesday. The resident of Standerton’s Sakhile township said doctors and nurses at Standerton’s TB hospital had refused to listen to him.
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/ 30 October 2007
More than 3Â 000 people packed the local soccer stadium in Matatiele as the second day of public hearings on the region’s controversial incorporation into the Eastern Cape started on Tuesday. Matatiele was incorporated into the Eastern Cape on February 28, hours before voting started in the local government election of 2006.
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/ 30 October 2007
At least 500 people packed a local soccer stadium in Matatiele as the second day of public hearings on the region’s controversial incorporation into the Eastern Cape started on Tuesday. Matatiele was incorporated into the Eastern Cape on February 28, hours before voting started in the local government election of 2006.
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/ 30 October 2007
Teachers and school staff are the responsibility of their employers, and parents are responsible for getting their children to school safely, the KwaZulu-Natal Parents’ Association (KZNPA) said on Tuesday. KZNPA chairperson Sayed Rajack said schools have become the easiest targets for criminals.
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/ 30 October 2007
A Durban teacher was stabbed and robbed of her vehicle by five men on Monday, police said on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Superintendent Daniela Veldhuizen said the teacher was leaving Mariann Park Primary School in Mariannhill when the incident took place.
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/ 29 October 2007
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Groutville, the party branch founded by former African National Congress (ANC) president Albert Luthuli, has nominated Thabo Mbeki for ANC president, the Daily News reported on Monday. Arch-rival Jacob Zuma did not even make the branch’s list of its top six preferred candidates.
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/ 29 October 2007
A KwaZulu-Natal woman accused of stealing a placenta pleaded guilty to the crime at the Durban Regional Court on Monday. Hloniphile Sokhela was charged with theft and contravening the Human Tissue Act. The mother of two stole a placenta from a storage room at Parklands Hospital on October 6.
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/ 28 October 2007
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Thousands of people turned out to see the Rugby World Cup champions hold their victorious ticker-tape parade in Durban on Sunday morning. Bok jerseys, South African flags and banners proclaiming the Boks’ World Cup triumph were seen along the entire route.
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/ 27 October 2007
Fast bowler Shane Bond led New Zealand to victory by 216 runs against a South African Invitation XI in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Bond took 3-26 as the home side, who were set 308 for victory, crashed to 91 all out in the eighth over before the scheduled close on the third day of the four-day match.
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/ 26 October 2007
One person has died and two others were seriously injured in separate shootings in Durban late on Thursday night. Spokesperson Superintendent Danelia Veldhuizen said detectives were investigating the possibility that two of the shootings — which took place in the Hillcrest area — could have been linked.
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/ 25 October 2007
In a bizarre case of overloading, two policemen in northern KwaZulu-Natal impounded a blue Fiat Uno on Thursday that was being used to transport two cows and two goats. Police spokesperson Captain Jabulani Mdletshe said two off-duty policemen were informed by residents of the Phelindaba area near Emanguzi that they had seen a man loading a cow into the small vehicle.
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/ 24 October 2007
More than 20 teachers were held at gunpoint at a Durban school on Wednesday as two classes were about to write a matric paper, KwaZulu-Natal police said. The incident took place at Chatsworth’s Savannah Park Secondary School at 7.40am, Chatsworth police spokesperson Captain Edmund Singh said.
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/ 24 October 2007
The fifth man arrested in connection with the murder of historian David Rattray appeared briefly in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court on Wednesday, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Zwelihle Mtshali (21) had his case postponed until Thursday, when he would appear in the local high court, police spokesperson Superintendent Muzi Mngomezulu said.
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/ 24 October 2007
A Pietermaritzburg court clerk was arrested after being linked to 178 counts of theft and fraud, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Inspector Joey Jeevan said a team arrested the 38-year-old woman at the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, after months of intensive investigations.
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/ 24 October 2007
A case of assault has been opened with the police in Vryheid on Tuesday after a daughter of Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi was struck by chairs during a KwaZulu-Natal legislature session. African National Congress and IFP leaders clashed over issues of service delivery moments before the chair throwing occurred.
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/ 23 October 2007
A plane bound for Margate made an emergency landing on a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Coast beach on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Police spokesperson Zandra Hechter said the light aircraft, carrying three people, landed on the beach at Pumula, midway between Hibberdene and Port Shepstone.