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Distancing himself: Hawks officer Colonel Gavin Jacob testifying at the Madlanga commission. He said a polygraph test had vindicated him of being involved in the drug theft. Photo: Supplied
BRIGADIER CAMPBELL NYUSWA

Team probing the Hawks ‘was biased‘

Hawks Colonel Gavin Jacob told the Madlanga commission the internal investigation into the drug theft was aimed at creating a false narrative

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
5 min read
Brother’s keeper: Lesetja Senona, KZN head of the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (the Hawks), at the Madlanga inquiry. Photo: Screenshot
COCAINE

Hawks boss Senona to face Madlanga commission over Port Shepstone cocaine theft

Madlanga commission to focus on Port Shepstone cocaine theft as Hawks boss Senona prepares to testify

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read
Major-General Hendrik Flynn. (Screenshot)
CHAIN OF CUSTODY

Repeated break-ins at Hawks facility before 541kg cocaine theft, commission hears

The Madlanga commission heard that chain-of-custody protocols were not followed and forensic processing requirements were not met

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
Sibongiseni Xolo collects water at Manzamhlophe for his neighbours in his village KwaXolo. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
DELWYN VERASAMY AUTHOR

Water supply is restored to some,  the rest have to forage for theirs

A month after heavy storms tore through KwaZulu-Natal, Paddy Harper and Delwyn Verasamy visited some villages still do not have water

  • Paddy Harper
11 min read
The residents of KwaDlovinga
KWAZULU NATAL

‘Our land is being taken and sold’

KwaDlovinga residents are fighting to secure title deeds for land they lost to the traditional authority in the area

  • Paddy Harper
6 min read
Sheryl Cwele’s disciplinary hearing under way
PORT SHEPSTONE

Sheryl Cwele’s disciplinary hearing under way

Disciplinary hearings against convicted drug dealer Sheryl Cwele are under way in Port Shepstone, where she is municipal director of health services.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
BHEKI CELE

Cele pays tribute to slain policewoman

Captain Michelle Pitout — killed during a housebreaking investigation — had bravely given her life to policing, said police Commissioner Bheki Cele.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
PORT SHEPSTONE

‘I survived by a fluke; there’s no merit to it’

RW Johnson has no memory of his organs failing or leg being amputated, but the fight for his life that followed a swim in SA had only just started.

  • RW Johnson
8 min read
HERBAL MEDICINES

Thirteen dead in apparent herbal poisoning

Thirteen members of a family have been found dead in their home near Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, apparently having consumed a fatal herbal mix.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
FLOODS

Flooding hits Cape Town as KZN mops up

Heavy rains have left more than 4 000 people homeless in the Cape Peninsula as two more people are reported killed in KwaZulu-Natal floods.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
FLOODS

Deadly KZN floods break rainfall records

Heavy downpours on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast have broken four rainfall records, one of them dating back to 1964, and claimed at least four lives.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
GAMALAKHE FURTHER EDUCATION TRAINING COLLEGE

Manto: Promoting a healthy lifestyle not hypocritical

Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang on Friday said her efforts to promote a healthy lifestyle — including responsible drinking habits — among South Africans were not…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
PORT SHEPSTONE

Buthelezi hits out at corruption at election rally

Thousands attended the Inkatha Freedom Party’s final election rally near Port Shepstone on Sunday to hear leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi attack the African National Congress and its…

  • Amy Musgrave
  • Sibongakonke Shoba
4 min read
KWAZULU NATAL

Mbeki hits the KwaZulu-Natal campaign trail

President Thabo Mbeki ended a whirlwind tour of KwaZulu-Natal by calling for peaceful elections. Mbeki had criss-crossed the province over the past three days, travelling into…

  • Kalay Vani Nair
3 min read
PORT SHEPSTONE

Four hurt in election violence

Election violence broke out in Gamalakhe township near Port Shepstone on Sunday evening with shots being fired and three people injured, police said on Monday. The Inkatha…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
PORT SHEPSTONE

Violence a health issue, says Tshabalala-Msimang

Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Monday that South Africa had long recognised violence as a health issue and that the health department was currently running a…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
JASPREET KINDRA

Politicians given lie detector test

Port Shepstone municipal councillors were subjected to a lie detector test as they were all under suspicion of voting for the wrong mayoral candidate.

  • Jaspreet Kindra
3 min read