January 2019

1 Killed, 5 injured in crash near Village Road in Kloof

One person has passed away in hospital and five others injured after a single vehicle lost control on the M13 Durban Bound near Village Road in Kloof on Sunday evening just after 10pm. Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on the scene to find the badly damaged vehicle in the slow lane. Multiple people had been injured […]

One killed, two injured in Durban crash

One person has been killed and two others injured in a serious accident on the corner of Field Street and Leopald Street in the Durban City Centre on Sunday morning just after 8am. Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on the scene to find that a single vehicle had somehow lost control and collided into a street

Four-year-old Durban boy crushed to death by garage door

A 4-year-old boy has been crushed to death by a garage door at his home in Montclair, south of Durban. The exact details leading up to the tragedy are still unknown at this stage. Netcare911 spokesperson, Shawn Herbst says advanced life support paramedics raced to the scene to assist. “The child was assessed on scene

Bloody night as shooting rocks Bluff beach

A night at the beach turned bloody when three people were shot at Bluff’s Ansteys Beach on Saturday evening, 12 January. Two of the three were critically injured after a shooting on Foreshore Drive just before 11pm. Rescue Care Paramedics found the three lying on the ground, all having sustained gunshot wounds. Two women and

Truck crashes through house in KZN, killing two women

Two women died when a truck crashed through their home in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, on Friday morning. Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said emergency services responded to the collision in the Phayiphini area at 9.28am. He said it was believed the driver of the truck lost control and crashed. The women were declared dead on the

Keisha Ruiters, 19, was enrolled at Hoërskool Marian RC

WATCH | Cancer stricken matric student makes mother proud

Amid all the 2018 matric success stories, 19-year-old Keisha Ruiters’ story stands out above the rest. Keisha Ruiters was enrolled at Hoërskool Marian RC in the Western Cape and wrote her NSC finals during November while battling leukaemia. She became ill while writing her second History paper on 21 November 2018 and was admitted to

Alleged Sanjay Juggernath Bilal Shaik, Alister Govender and Brandon Arumugan.

Three men in the dock for Durban club owner’s murder

Durban – Three of four men who allegedly shot and killed a well-known Clairwood businessman and bodybuilder made their first appearance in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. Sanjay Juggernath, 34, was killed on the corner of Flower and Ganesh Road in Clairwood, on December 22. The gym and nightclub owner was returning to his

twin girl dead by hanging

Teen killed herself ‘to make mom happy’

A 10-year-old girl who allegedly took her own life left a devastating note saying she was committing suicide to make her mom “the happiest woman in the world”. The incident occurred in Aguascalientes, Mexico, on 6 January – the day on which Mexicans celebrate Three Kings Day, or “El Dia de Reyes”, by giving presents

one killed in M4 multi-vehicle crash near umhlanga

M4 multi-vehicle crash near uMhlanga leaves one dead, 18 injured

One person was killed and eighteen others injured in a three vehicle crash on the M4 carriageway just near the M41 off ramp on Thursday afternoon. Netcare 911 responded to reports of the serious collision. Reports from the scene indicate that a light delivery vehicle, an SUV and a mini-bus were involved in the collision.

Teacher at Laerskool #SchweizerReneke suspended over alleged racial separation

Schweizer- Reneke – A teacher who allegedly separated black and white children in the Grade R class at Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke in North West has been suspended with immediate effect, education member of the executive council in the province Sello Lehari said on Thursday. He said the suspension was to allow investigations to continue. The teacher

missing woman's body found buried in concrete

Police dog sniffs out missing KZN woman’s body buried in conrete slab

Durban – Umhlali K9 Unit’s top cadaver dog led his two-legged colleagues to the grueling discovery of a body in a freshly poured concrete slab at Quba near Ntshawini in KwaZulu-Natal last week, reports North Coast Courier. The body of a 35-year-old mother was found in a one metre deep shallow grave underneath the concrete

glenwood business robbery shooting

Robbers shoot bystander while fleeing from Glenwood business robbery scene

Durban – Armed robbers shot and injured a motorist outside a business premises in Glenwood following a business robbery on Thursday morning. Blue Security community and media liaison officer Andreas Mathios said five suspects forced their way into the business premises in Davenport Road at around 5.20am. “The suspects forced open a security gate to

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