DURBAN, July 18 – Protesting motorists have blocked off the N3 in Pietermaritzburg and the N2 in Durban, near Chatsworth, demanding that petrol prices be decreased. Both carriageways on the N3 in Pietermaritzburg were closed between the New England and Greytown Road intersections, while in Durban traffic on the N2 south of Durban at the Higginson […]
DURBAN, July 12 – Two stores in the Durban area were on the receiving end of bomb hoaxes on Thursday, increasing tensions amongst residents following the discovery of several incendiary devices over the last week. The Cornubia Mall, situated about six kilometres inland of UMhlanga, was evacuated at about 10am after a bomb threat was […]
JOHANNESBURG, June 26 -Two men were killed early on Tuesday and nine other people were seriously injured after a taxi lost control and overturned on Umgeni road near Cannaught bridge in Durban, Rescue Care said. The company said its paramedics on the scene found that the vehicle rolled and crashed through a concrete fence, ejecting […]
DURBAN, May 29 – The body of a newborn baby girl was discovered in a dustbin in the Durban CBD on Tuesday. ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said paramedics were called to the scene at 13h15. “Upon arrival, paramedics found the body of the newborn lying in plastic on the sidewalk. It is understood that the […]
PARLIAMENT, May 25 – MPs on Friday condemned reported death threats against staff of the Auditor-General’s office in Durban. Parliament’s standing committee on the Auditor-General said it was concerned about the reports that staff auditing the books of the eThekwini Metropolitan municipality received death threats, prompting the provincial office of the AG to stop the […]
DURBAN, May 19 – A man believed to be in his 20s was killed and two other people were injured when two cars collided on the M4 northbound near Virginia in Durban just before 2am on Saturday morning, paramedics said. Rescue Care paramedics arrived on the scene to find the two vehicles obstructing the northbound […]
DURBAN, May 8 – Durban’s King Shaka International Airport has secured a direct route to Heathrow Airport in London via carrier British Airways, officials said at the opening of Africa’s Travel Indaba on Wednesday. The direct route will cut out time-consuming connecting flights, often via Dubai and Johannesburg and is expected to commence on October 29, […]
DURBAN, May 5 – One person was killed and three others were injured in a head-on collision between a bakkie and a car on Newlands West Drive near Fosa Road in Durban on Friday night, paramedics said. Rescue Care paramedics arrived on the scene just after 8pm to find the entire road closed, Rescue Care […]
DURBAN, April 26 – Five of the men accused of being part of a mafia-style gang that allegedly terrorised residents at the notorious Glebelands Hostel at Umlazi, south of Durban, were denied bail in the Durban Regional Court on Thursday. All of the accused are being charged with conspiring to commit murders and attempted murders […]
DURBAN, April 14 – A woman, believed to be in her 40s, died in hospital after three cars collided on the Hans Detman Highway near Shallcross in Durban on Saturday afternoon, paramedics said. Rescue Care paramedics arrived on the scene shortly after 3pm “to find carnage”, Rescue Care spokesman Garrith Jamieson said. “Three vehicles had […]