KZN's custom-made condoms Independent online | Condoms in custom-made packaging are to be distributed at busy tourist spots around the province during the World Cup. | The packaging will say something along the lines of "Let's Play Responsibly" - with the "o" in the word responsibly being replaced with a football. | This is just one of the cou...
Zuma's bodyguard acquitted Independent online | Next » 1 2 | The "blue-light" policeman who shot at an elderly motorist while transporting President Jacob Zuma was acquitted of attempted murder and malicious injury to property yesterday. | A magistrate ruled that the evidence of the sole witness, his 84-year-old victim, was "s...
Shooting leaves one man dead, another injured Independent online | By Dasen Thathiah | A shooting left one man dead and another critically injured in a busy Durban street on Tuesday. | There are conflicting reports as to what happened. | Police say a taxi driver was apparently travelling down Anton Lembede (Smith)...
Inquiry into 'hellish weekend' Independent online | By Rizwana Sheik Umar | The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Sports and Recreation is to investigate a nightmare school trip last week that had parents up in arms over the unsuitable accommodation provided for the KwaZulu-Natal Schools Aquatics team in ...
Small plane makes emergency landing in Durban Independent online | The pilot of a small aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Durban's Virginia Airport on Wednesday after one of its tyres fell off. | "No one was injured and the aircraft was not damaged," said Superintendent Vincent Mdunge. | "The tyr...
MEC puts boot into tender louts Independent online | By Bheki Mbanjwa | Greedy entrepreneurs who try to secure government contracts only to make a quick buck at the expense of the poor will no longer "get away with murder", KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Ina Cronje has warned. | Speaking in Durban yesterd...
Men in court after drug bust Independent online | By Dasen Thathiah | Two suspected drug dealers were arrested this weekend after initially being pulled over for allegedly driving recklessly. | Police said they were found in possession of a quarter of a million rands worth of heroin. | Metro Polic...
Push to block Eskom loan Independent online | Twenty-four executive directors of the World Bank have got letters urging them not to vote for Eskom's R28-billion loan at the end of the month. | Durban's Bobby Peek, director of groundwork, Friends of the Earth South Africa, said last night from ...
Bad news for World Cup fans Independent online | By Kamini Padayachee & Colleen Dardagan | In addition to paying for match tickets, World Cup soccer fans would have to fork out more for transport to Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium and then walk long distances to attend games, it was disclosed on M...
Hostel debt may put up rates Independent online | By Gugu Mbonambi | A 4 percent rates increase could be on the cards if the eThekwini municipality is unable to recover the projected deficit of more than R172-million owed by hostel dwellers in the 2010/11 financial year. | This was according to a ...
Hunt for gunmen following medics' ordeal Independent online | By Poloko Tau | Police are still searching for three men after two women paramedics were attacked and one was raped while they attended to a two-year-old burn victim in Durban Deep, Roodepoort. | Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (JEMS) sa...
