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Bail decision looms for Govender brothers in Shailen Singh murder case
The Govender brothers will spend another weekend behind bars at Westville Prison, as they await the ruling on their bail…
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KZN teacher’s murder was planned in prison, inmate fingered as mastermind
KZN teacher’s murder was planned in prison, inmate fingered as mastermind! Two suspects are scheduled to appear in the Ntuzuma…
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Convicted child molester in 2nd bid for parole
After having served 10 years of his 15-year sentence, convicted child molester Larry Du Plessis Zwiegelaar, 63, was expected to…
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Durban mechanic acquitted for friend’s murder sentenced for prison break & firearm possession
A Reservoir Hills mechanic, who was acquitted of murdering and robbing his ‘friend’ Navendran Govender in March 2019 but convicted…
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Durban lawyer sentenced to 3 years in jail for fraud
A Durban attorney is spending the weekend in Westville Prison after he was convicted of fraud on Thursday. Shameer Goolabjith,…
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KZN cop who allegedly murdered his 2 girlfriends, kills himself in prison
The Department of Correctional Services and the families of two women allegedly murdered by a Hillcrest SAPS member who was…
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Ex-Portuguese banker dies at Westville prison before extradition case
A Portuguese foreign national, who was due to appear at the Verulam Magistrates’ Court, north of Durban, on Friday, died…
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HORROR as family buries the wrong body
The Khuzwayo family from J section in Umlazi, south of Durban, is traumatized. This is because the exhumation of an…
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Jacob Zuma to ‘address the nation’ ahead of prison stint
The Jacob Zuma Foundation has announced the former president will “address the nation” this weekend as the countdown for him…
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Jacob Zuma to appeal unappealable prison sentence – report
Despite the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) this week making it clear that President Jacob Zuma will not be allowed to appeal…
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Westville prison in uproar after second stabbing in under a week
Offenders involved in a stabbing incident on Sunday morning at Durban’s Westville prison — in which five inmates were injured…
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Inmates stab wardens at Westville Prison after morning meal
Several prison wardens were stabbed by inmates at Durban’s Westville Prison on Thursday, in what was called a “security-related incident”…
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Coronavirus infected prison warder goes on the run
Inmates and officials at the Durban Westville Correctional Services are living in fear after six prisoners were quarantined in the…
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Westville prison escapee rearrested
A Westville prison inmate facing a murder charge, who made a run for it two months ago, was rearrested in…
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Doctor in hot soup after failed murder plan
A neurosurgeon at Inkosi Albert Luthuli hospital has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Dr Anand Rapiti, 43, allegedly…
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Man cleared of r@pe after 13 years in prison
The 35-year-old uMlazi man was sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of the 2002 gang r@pe of a pregnant…
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