Tessa Beetge, the KZN woman imprisoned in Brazil for drug trafficking, was recruited by the wife of the state security minister, a court has heard.
Claims of threats by a government spin doctor against a Pietermaritzburg-based journalist should be investigated, the Democratic Alliance has said.
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/ 2 February 2010
Sheryl Cwele (50), wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, has denied being involved in drug trafficking.
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/ 4 December 2009
The court ruling allowing Zulus to go ahead with their killing of a bull has paved the way for cultural tolerance, Zweli Mkhize said on Friday.
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/ 2 September 2009
A 20-year-old Pietermaritzburg man was on Wednesday given a 35-year jail sentence for raping a 51-year-old woman.
There was a shouting match between IFP and ANC members in front of international election observers at the Holiday Inn in Ulundi on Tuesday afternoon.
The two men who pleaded guilty to killing a six-year-old boy with a hammer received life sentences at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Friday.
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/ 18 February 2009
A win over Golden Arrows in the Absa Premiership derby on Saturday would virtually see Maritzburg United home and dry as regards their PSL future.
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/ 13 February 2009
I’d toyed with the idea of swimming the Midmar Mile before, but had thought that it was only for the super fit or mad.
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/ 4 February 2009
The African National Congress on Wednesday confirmed that it would join Jacob Zuma in his legal battle as friends of the court.
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/ 4 February 2009
ANC presidential candidate Jacob Zuma will emerge from the forthcoming election with a criminal prosecution hanging over his head.
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/ 4 February 2009
Hundreds of supporters of Jacob Zuma gathered outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday morning where he will make a brief appearance.
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/ 27 January 2009
Judge Leona Theron will preside over ANC president Jacob Zuma’s court appearance in Pietermaritzburg next month, it was reported on Tuesday.
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/ 16 January 2009
This week I set out to join an elite group of paddlers who leave Pietermaritzburg for Durban on the Dusi at 7.20am.
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/ 16 January 2009
If Dusi paddlers say prayers to the weather gods the night before the event, the thing mentioned first is good water.
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/ 15 January 2009
Whatever stories you’ve heard about the water level for the Dusi, the first thing paddlers do on arrival is check out the level for themselves.
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/ 14 January 2009
”Blue light” VIP escort Hlanganani Nxumalo was on Wednesday ordered to appear in the Camperdown Regional Court on February 13.
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/ 13 January 2009
Lawyers for ANC leader Jacob Zuma have sent a letter to the NPA declaring their intention to make representations in his graft case.
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/ 10 December 2008
KZN Provincial Health Minister Neliswa Nkonyeni will face charges of corruption and fraud when she re-appears in court in January, the NPA says.
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/ 21 November 2008
The man involved in the the “blue-light terror” rumpus — social development minister Meshack Radebe — says the media has blown it out of proportion.
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/ 17 November 2008
A member of the VIP protection team of the KwaZulu-Natal social welfare minister will appear in court on Monday on a charges of attempted murder.
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/ 16 November 2008
A policeman has been arrested for shooting at a tyre of a motorist who failed to move into the slower lane of the N3 on Saturday.
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/ 15 November 2008
Eight people were injured after the tyre of a car was shot by a gunman in a vehicle with a flashing blue light in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday.
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/ 6 November 2008
Golden Arrows scored early, then absorbed pressure for almost three-quarters of the match, to run out 1-0 winners over Maritzburg United on Wednesday.
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/ 12 September 2008
ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Friday that the court ruling in his favour was a victory for the justice system but had left him a ”wounded warrior”.
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/ 12 September 2008
The Scorpions’ decision to prosecute ANC leader Jacob Zuma on fraud and corruption charges was not legal, the Pietermaritzburg High Court has found.
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/ 11 September 2008
Was the Scorpions’ decision to prosecute ANC president Jacob Zuma legal? On Friday, the whole nation will be waiting for the answer.
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/ 9 September 2008
Jacob Zuma gets a rousing welcome at the University of Johannesburg, ahead of Friday’s court judgement relating to corruption charges against him.
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/ 2 September 2008
A KwaZulu-Natal man who confessed to the killing of a Pietermaritzburg farmer admitted his gang was seeking firearms to use in other crimes.
The state and Jacob Zuma will attend court on December 8 to argue over a trial date unless Zuma agrees to the state’s proposal for the date.
Zuma’s legal team argue that it is his right to exhaust every possible legal avenue before his criminal trial commences.
A Pietermaritzburg policeman arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a police station is expected to be served with suspension papers.