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Estcourt mass shooting: KZN police arrest 5 more suspects
Estcourt mass shooting: KZN police arrest 5 more suspects! In a significant development, KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested five additional suspects…
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One suspect arrested after 4 killed in armed attack at KZN traditional ceremony
One suspect arrested after 4 killed in armed attack at KZN traditional ceremony! Police have made significant progress in their…
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Power outage hits several areas in KZN due to heavy snow
Eskom in KwaZulu-Natal said it was aware of the widespread outages in areas including Newcastle, Dundee, Estcourt, Ladysmith, Pietermaritzburg, and…
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Multiple roads closed as motorists are trapped in snow in KwaZulu-Natal and Free State
The N3 Toll Route has been closed from Estcourt in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands to Harrismith in the Free State due…
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More MK Party members involved in an accident
Several MK party members were involved in an accident on Saturday, 14 September. The victims had attended the memorial service…
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Jacob Zuma says no need for MK Party elective conference
Former president and uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) leader Jacob Zuma says his party has not yet made a decision over…
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MK Party mourns death of 6 members in taxi accident
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) is mourning the deaths of six of its members who died in a taxi accident…
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Sad scenes: MK Party members perish in a horriffic accident
The uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK Party) has lost six members in a tragic accident in KZN on Saturday, 31 August. The…
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SA killer sentenced to 226 years for Alaska murders
A judge sentencing a South African-born killer to 226 years in an Alaskan jail for two savage murders said there…
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Mpumalanga man arrested for stock theft worth R232 000
A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing 80 sheep from a farm in Daggakraal, Mpumalanga. Mpumalanga police spokesperson, Captain…
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Hawks seize R1.6 million of illicit liquor at a warehouse in Estcourt
Illicit liquor worth R1.6 million was seized at a warehouse in Estcourt. According to the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigations…
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KZN man pleads guilty to strangling his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son because another man answered her cellphone
A KwaZulu-Natal father-of-five who killed his girlfriend’s toddler son has been jailed to an effective 18 years. In a Section…
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KZN storms: Lightning strike kills learner
A learner has been killed by a lightning strike in the town of Dannhauser, KwaZulu-Natal. The Grade 3 learner and…
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Security expert says no one is safe, given the uninhibited crime levels in SA following robbery of Transport Minister Chikunga at gunpoint
Most South Africans expressed shock over the incident earlier this week in which Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga and two police…
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Bheki Cele questions inside information after Transport Minister robbed on freeway
Police Minister Bheki Cele has not ruled out the possibility of an inside job after Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga and…
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Warning over alarming rise in murders in KZN
Crime experts say the ease with which hit men can be hired in KwaZulu-Natal is one of the factors that…
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‘I will never book Babes Wodumo again’ – Another loss for the Gqom star
Gqom star Babes Wodumo has angered an event organizer. This after she was booked to perform at Estradini Lifestyle in…
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7 killed in a crash in Escourt, KwaZulu-Natal
Seven people were killed when a taxi and a car they were traveling in caught fire after colliding on Wembezi…
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Carl Niehaus feels vindicated after court’s dismissal of COVID case
Suspended Umkhonto Wesizwe Military Veteran’s Association spokesperson Carl Niehaus said he feels vindicated after the Estcourt Magistrate’s Court dismissed the…
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2 arrested for alleged attack on cash-in-transit vehicle in KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested two people in connection with the bombing of a cash-in-transit vehicle and robbing guards of their…
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Calls for commission of inquiry into murders of traditional leaders in KZN
Less than a week after a traditional leader was brutally killed in KwaZulu Natal, two more have suffered the same…
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WATA chair shot and wife killed
The Witwatersrand African Taxi Association (WATA) Chairperson, Shandu Mbatha was shot at in Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal. He is recovering in…
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Estcourt man accused of murdering 6-year-old child to undergo mental assessment
The case involving a man who killed a six-year-old girl in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, has been adjourned to next week Tuesday…
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Missing girl’s head found in the river
Just a few hours into the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign, a six-year-old…
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Sad scenes: Bullet-ridden KZN ambulance emerge after paramedics ambushed
The shooting of two KwaZulu-Natal paramedics in the Mabhanoyini area near Estcourt early on Monday morning has been condemned and…
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Female KZN paramedic gunned down en route to an incident
KZN police are investigating a murder after a paramedic was shot dead and another critically injured while on their way…
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Cabinet ministers in Soweto to survey damage
Some cabinet ministers have arrived in Alexandra to assess the damage and manage the situation on Wednesday. Several stores, banks…
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Group to walk from Durban to Pretoria to raise R1m for students in need
A group of university students are making their way from Durban to Pretoria on foot in the hope of raising…
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Drama at taxi rank: Gogo & her granddaughter with shopping bag containing dead babies denied to get a taxi
If it wasn’t for a kind taxi boss, a gogo and her granddaughter would have been left stranded at a…
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Former police officer sentenced to 16 years for kidnapping and drugs
A former police official attached to the Protection and Security Services (PSS) unit, Moleboheng Precious Mohasoa, aged 29, and her…
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SADTU calls for matric paper marking in Estcourt to stop until all markers tested
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) has called for all marking in the Estcourt marking centre in KwaZulu- Natal…
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KwaZulu-Natal accident claims 14 lives
Fourteen people have been killed in a crash on the N3 near Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal. Two trucks and a minibus…
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Soweto murders were part of a KZN feud, says Suspect
A man who was arrested following the Jabulani Hostel massacre that left six people dead allegedly told police that the…
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