Closing arguments — and possibly a ruling — in the bail hearing of Pietermaritzburg security boss Bruce Mhlongo are expected this week. Mhlongo is appearing in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court in connection with two double murders committed in Imbali in 2022. ALSO READ | Woman loses her life in a car Read more
Inkosi Mhlabunzima Maphumulo House: By 10h30, more than 7000 applicants had already written a the assessment test for the 200 Trainee Provincial Inspector posts at the Royal Showground in Pietermaritzburg. We have received more than 34 000 applications. This is a clear indication of an interest to be part of Read more
A woman has been killed and three others, including a toddler, injured in a single light motor vehicle collision on Table Mountain Road in Pietermaritzburg. According to KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service, the driver lost control and veered off the roadway. The three-year-old is said to have sustained critical injuries. ALSO Read more
KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service responded to a serious vehicle collision involving a cash transport vehicle and a private car, causing the cash transport vehicle to Overturn, on the R33 near Pietermaritzburg at approximately 2pm on Tuesday. The collision resulted in five individuals sustaining injuries. ALSO READ | Five foreigners died in Read more
The police have confirmed the discovery of the body of missing Durban University of Technology (DUT) Indumiso Campus student, Manqoba Mnyandu (20). Mnyandu, a third-year nursing student, was reported missing last Tuesday after he failed to return to his student residence in Imbali. According to his roommate, Mnyandu had gone Read more
Four people have been killed and several others injured after a taxi overturned and crashed into a school building on Mpumuza Road in Pietermaritzburg on Monday evening. The incident occurred at around 8:00 pm. According to KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service, the taxi lost control, veered off the road, and overturned Read more
The Pietermaritzburg High Court has sentenced Nkosiyethu Exon Makhunga (37) to double life and 13 years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty (Section 112 Plea) to murdering two elderly women in February 2024 in the Ingwavuma area. Makhunga also pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of Read more
Heartless killers, who set Ncamisile Zuma alight at the entrance of her home, should never find peace. These are the words of 29-year-old Ncamisile’s family from Sweetwaters, Pietermaritzburg, after her burning body was discovered outside their home on Monday, 31 March. Ncamisilel had attended a traditional ceremony at a neighbour’s Read more
The family of a young PhD graduate, who was shot outside a primary school in Grange, Pietermaritzburg, on Monday morning, believe he passed away while protecting his sister. Wandile Mkhize (30), from Imbali, had been transporting his sister to the school where she works, along with her two young children, Read more
The woman accused of shooting her former boyfriend and father of her child with an AK-47 rifle in a fit of rage on Monday appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on a charge of attempted murder. Nokulunga Penelope Mthethwa (39), from Henley Dam, was arrested earlier this week Read more