The police are investigating a case of public violence after protesters allegedly torched a house and stoned vehicles in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday night. It is understood that residents living around the Copesville area took to the…
As tributes poured in for the two police dogs killed in a shoot-out with suspected cop murderers on Monday, a third canine officer was recovering at an animal hospital outside Pietermaritzburg. Duke, who had been airlifted to the Hilton…
Two police dogs and three wanted men were killed during a shoot-out in broad daylight on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg on Monday. According to well-placed sources, the men were wanted in connection with the killing of the acting…
A manhunt is under way in Pietermaritzburg, where 31 prisoners escaped on the way to court on Wednesday morning. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Brig Jay Naicker said five gunmen in a double-cab bakkie blocked two police officers who…
Two men are expected to appear in court on Monday after they were found in possession of 495 Sassa payment cards in Pietermaritzburg. The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) in KwaZulu-Natal said in a statement that the pair were arrested…
A 17-month-old KwaZulu-Natal child has been left with third-degree burns after boiling water was poured on to her during an apparent family dispute. In a statement on Sunday, the provincial social development department said social…
A three-year-old boy from Glenwood, Pietermaritzburg, who was mauled by a pit bull this week, has died in hospital of his injuries. Shedding more light on the attack, Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said: “The boy was fetched from…
Human settlements, water & sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu has been dragged to the high court in Pietermaritzburg by former board members of Umgeni Water after her decision to remove them and appoint an interim board. Nine of the 14…
Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has ordered his department to urgently comply with a November court order which would allow a minor child to qualify for an R8m overseas inheritance. TimesLIVE on Friday reported that the girl stood…
CONVICTED serial killer Kershwin Goldstone – who strangled and stabbed three elderly people to death in as many weeks – was sentenced to life in prison by the Pietermaritzburg High Court today. Goldstone, 22, pleaded guilty to charges of…
