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Family man ‘killed by jealous gunmen’, 7-year-old boy injured in ‘hit’

Cape Town – An innocent dad has died in a hail of bullets and a seven-year-old boy from Lavender Hill has been injured after heartless thugs opened fire in Fawley Court on Wednesday afternoon. The heartbroken family of Eugene “Stompie” Stole, 31, are still in shock after the young father of four was shot multiple […]

Man found dead in a Durban North Beach hotel

A body of a man has been found in a room at a popular hotel on Durban’s North Beach. KwaZulu-Natal police say the body of the 49-year-old was found in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police spokesperson, Thembeka Mbele says the circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated and an inquest docket has been

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Durban beach stabbing victims’ identities released

KwaZulu-Natal police have released the identities of the woman and man who were found stabbed on the Durban beachfront on Monday. Fathima Muhammad, a 50-year-old Chatsworth mother of three, sustained multiple stab wounds to her body, while tiler Kresen Chandiah, 24, was found with a kitchen knife sticking out of his chest, Times Live reported.

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Girl, 13, arrested in connection with murder of her Tongaat grandmother

KwaZulu-Natal police have confirmed that the person arrested on suspicion of murdering a Tongaat woman is her 13-year-old granddaughter. The 63-year-old Fairbreeze resident was found bludgeoned to death in her home on Monday. At the time, police said that the woman’s grandchild claimed she was hanging clothes on the line outside when she heard her

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Baby’s cries lead to gruesome Phoenix crime scene

Durban – The family of a Phoenix woman is reeling in shock after she was found murdered in her home, apparently by her husband, who was found hanging in the house, at the weekend. The matter is being treated as a murder-suicide by police. Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala said the incident took place at

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Bride accidentally kills 13 family members while trying to murder her husband

She planned to kill her husband, instead she accidentally murdered 13 loved ones. The woman, from Muzaffargarh, a city in south Punjab in Pakistan, poisoned a glass of milk intended for her new husband but he did not drink it. According to India Today, her mother in-law used the poisoned milk to make lassi, a

Two KZN cops to appear in court for allegedly robbing counterfeit goods and cash

Two police officials are due to appear in the Mtubatuba Magistrate’s Court today following their arrest on Thursday by Hawks members from Richards Bay Serious Organised Crime Unit. Hawks spokesperson Captain Simphiwe Mhlongo said the two suspects allegedly robbed victims of their belongings, including cash. “On 16 October 2019, the suspects allegedly stopped a quantum

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Over 300 illegal immigrants found in hijacked building in Hillbrow

More than 300 undocumented foreign nationals were discovered in a hijacked 21-storey building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, on Friday morning, police said. The discovery was made during a crime prevention operation kicking off the safer festive season campaign in Gauteng. Conducted in the early hours of Friday, the operation was led by police minister Bheki Cele,

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Pupils jump over raw sewage to get to classroom at primary school in Durban

Durban – Parents of children attending Livingstone Primary School in Morningside have complained that dropping them at school every morning has become the worst moment of their day, as children have to jump over raw sewage to get to the classroom. Parents on Thursday called on the eThekwini Municipality to attend to the leak which

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Hawks crack international kidnap syndicate after Sandra Moonsamy rescue

Durban – The Hawks believe they may have cracked an international syndicate after rescuing KwaZulu-Natal businesswoman Sandra Moonsamy. The criminals have been involved in a string of kidnappings that netted them hundreds of millions of rand. Investigators believe the gang, caught in a surprise raid on Thursday night, were involved in the kidnappings of Pretoria

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Townships organise private security to do police work

“We as a community decided to assist police to reduce crime in Musina. We have to take it step by step from one township to another, forming neighbourhood watch groups in each township who will work as security guards,” says Alpheus Mamafa, a community leader. “Since our own security started patrolling … we have not

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Man stoned to death on University of Venda campus

A man was stoned to death on the University of Venda campus in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, in the early hours of Friday. Police are looking for the group behind the attack, which took place at about 1.30am near the student residence. According to police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo, police responded to “frantic calls” from community members

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