December 2018

brewed beer found at westville prison

Watch: 400 litres of brewed beer found at Westville Prison on New Year’s eve

Durban – More than 400 litres of home brewed beer have been confiscated in a pre-dawn raid at Durban’s Westville Prison on the eve of the New Year. The raid by hundreds of Correctional Services security officials from across KwaZulu-Natal is part of Operation Vala, aimed at increasing safety at prisons over the festive period. […]

SA paramedics now carry guns to protect themselves and their patients

South African paramedics started carrying guns this week – to protect their own lives as they try to save others’ lives. Early on Friday morning, two Cape Town paramedics were held up at gunpoint en route to the Melomed Hospital in Mitchells Plain with a code red patient in their ambulance – they stopped to

Five people shot over Chatsworth neighbours dogs fight

Five people shot over Chatsworth neighbours dogs fight

Durban – A RESPECTED community activist was among five people shot early on Wednesday morning in a dispute which allegedly stems from a fight between two dogs. The fight between the dogs took place two weeks ago, but tensions had been simmering since, with a car set alight apparently as a result. When the Daily

Court hears of circumstances surrounding #MiguelLouw’s death

The Durban Magistrates Court has heard that the man accused of kidnapping and murdering Miguel Louw, allegedly killed the Sydenham boy to teach his mother a lesson. Mohammed Ebrahim testified at his bail application yesterday. It emerged in court that he wasn’t at home the night Miguel disappeared in July. The 10-year-old’s body was found

WATCH: Courtney Pieters’ killer captured on CCTV dumping her body

CCTV footage shows the killer of three-year-old Courtney Pieters carrying her body along busy Cape Town streets before dumping it. The footage, handed in by the prosecution during Saunders’ trial at the high court in Cape Town, shows Mortimer Saunders carrying Courtney’s body through Epping in a plastic bag. Meanwhile, the Western Cape High Court

Three nabbed, drugs recovered after police raid Sydenham drug dens

Durban – An estimated half a million rands worth of drugs was seized and three people were arrested in a drug bust in Sydenham on Sunday. Police from various units converged on six houses in the Sydenham area that were suspected of dealing in drugs. On four of the premises police found large quantities of

Foetuses found in Durban North Andreas Mathios, and Blue Security

Woman arrested after two foetuses believed to be twins, found in Durban North

Durban – A 20-year-old woman has been taken into police custody, after two foetuses were found in refuse bags inDurban North. The foetuses – believed to have been twins – were found this morning on Lynn Road in Glen Ashley. “It was just after 6.30am when a reaction officer in the Glen Ashley area was

Durban woman found alive after hijacking, kidnapping drama

Durban – Following a frantic search, authorities have found a Durban woman who was hijacked and abducted in Morningside on Friday morning. Marshall Security spokesperson Kyle van Reenen confirmed that she was found unharmed a few hours after being taken. “She was found in the Newlands area by the police. She has not sustained any

WATCH: Durban woman hijacking and abduction caught on camera

Durban – A woman in her 50s is believed to have been abducted by hijackers in Durban’s Morningside area. The incident took place in Powell Road, this morning. Details are scant at the moment but video footage shows a group of armed men accosting her as she gets out of her vehicle and forcing her

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Pinetown driver shoots hijacker dead, another killed in Hillcrest robbery

A motorist has shot and killed a man and wounded another, while they were allegedly trying to hijack him in Pinetown. The police’s Thulani Zwane says the man had been sitting in his car at the corner of Anderson and Josiah Gumede Road on Monday morning when he was approached. “It is alleged that the

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