August 2019

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Addington Hospital not accepting new patients due to faulty lifts

Durban – Emergency services in Durban have just been notified that Addington Hospital will not be accepting any new patients until further notice. The reason being that the lifts are not operational. According to Department of Health spokesperson Agiza Hlongwane ambulances are being diverted to King Edward VIII Hospital for the next six hours while […]

Durban husband exhumes wife’s body in search of closure

Durban – A heartbroken husband, who believes his wife died as a result of medical negligence, will do anything for closure. Last week, Nandha Chetty, 55, a Malvern businessman, had the body of his wife Jesse exhumed and hired a private pathologist to conduct a post-mortem. He has also asked Life Entabeni Hospital, where she

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Suspected burglar shot in the head outside Hillcrest home

Durban – An alleged burglar is hospital after he was shot in the head by security guards in Hillcrest. A second burglar fled the scene and is being sought by police. The incident happened at Winstone Park on Reservoir Road just after 8 am on Thursday. The security guards were hired after the home owner

Durban teen killed in Uber crash

Durban – A teenager’s dream of serving her country died with her when the Uber she and her older sister were travelling in crashed into a barrier on Felix Dlamini (Brickfield) Road on Sunday morning. Karen Jhungathbur, 16, and her sister, Tivonia, 20, of Chatsworth, were returning home from a friend’s party in Overport when

Kidnappers kill Chatsworth victim – after payment

Durban – THE family of a man whose body was discovered in a sugar cane field this week say they had paid his kidnappers for his release. The kidnappers had demanded money via WhatsApp. The body of a Ghanaian national, known as Sakha, was found in a field in Camperdown, north-west of Durban, on Monday.

How KZN cop nailed a serial rapist, ended 4 year reign of terror

Durban – In convicting and sentencing a serial rapist to seven terms of life imprisonment, a Mtubatuba High Court Judge commended an Empangeni policeman for his “sterling investigation” of the case. The serial rapist, 25-year-old Mhlonipheni Mjadu, was convicted for rapes dating back to 2013. Little did Constable Duncan Boardman know that when he took

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Pupils treated at Durban school after coughing fits, burning throats and eyes

Durban – At least 15 pupils from Effingham Heights Primary School in Durban have been treated by paramedics after they started having coughing fits and complained of burning throats and eyes. Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said the pupils most affected were the ones who were seated next to windows in their classrooms. “We received

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eNCA’s director of news, Ben Said, drowns while on holiday in Mozambique

One of SA’s top television journalists has drowned while on holiday with his family in Mozambique. Ben Said, eNCA director of news, died on Monday, the channel announced on Tuesday. Said had recently returned to SA from TRT World in Turkey and rejoined the senior management team at eNCA at the beginning of the month.

Two killed in foiled cash heist in KwaMashu

Durban – Two people have been shot dead and another wounded during a cash in transit heist outside Bridge City Mall in KwaMashu on Monday. Police have not officially released a statement on the incident but it is alleged that a gang of seven men tried to hold up CIT guards transferring money to their

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Just in: Bosasa boss Gavin Watson killed in car crash

Bosasa chief executive officer Gavin Watson died in car crash near OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Monday morning, a company representative confirmed. “We do not know why he was driving to the airport, if it was to catch a flight or if it was to collect someone. What we do know is that

Pics: Man sprays bullets on plush uMhlanga home

Durban – Police are on the hunt for the occupant of a white BMW who riddled a plush uMhlanga home with bullets on Herrwood Drive on Sunday morning. Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane, a KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, said the complainant alleged that on 25 August 7:30 am he was in his Herrwood Drive home with his

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