Covid-19: Teachers’ and pupils’ fears have not been considered
The country has never been in a collective mental health crisis, certainly not one of such intensity, as now during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Opinion: Covid-19 threat to special-needs schools
Education has put out recovery plans which are solely for ordinary (aka mainstream) schools and grades therein, seemingly marginalising special schools.
Lay pastor on trial for R140m scam
A lay pastor and businessman, who allegedly quoted verses from the Bible and blessed money investors brought to him in briefcases, is finally on trial, a decade ...
State calls for Maistry conviction
The State has argued in the Durban High Court that it proved its case against Department of Labour ...
Hospital blames doctor for lost kidney
In a move that has stunned a cancer patient, Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital in Durban has now blamed his doctor for misplacing his kidney, which was removed for ...
Abuse case mom to be assessed
The mother of the 3-year-old Chatsworth girl she is alleged ...
Doctor battles hospital over ‘unjust’ suspension
A doctor, suspended for allegedly prescribing certain “scheduled substances” irregularly, has taken on a private hospital group in court.
SBV men’s taste of freedom
For Colin Nayagar and Perumal Soobramoney Naidoo, the men who engineered the R31. 4 million SBV heist of August 1998, the taste of freedom was tucking into pizzas, ...
‘Uncle Ash’ killing: 4 get life sentences
The heartbroken family of slain bus operator Kemraj ‘Ash’ Balgobin have put the bad memories of the tragedy behind them.
State seizes ex-attorney’s rhino horn ‘proceeds’
A disbarred attorney who allegedly conspired with a local broker and the Chinese mafia to secure horns from rhinos, which are protected by legislation in South Africa, ...
Tit-for-tat over tycoon’s will
The legal spat between the ex-wife of a Durban tycoon and an attorney over his multimillion rand estate has turned messy.
Cellphone records link Maistry and co-accused
Cellphone records obtained by the State appear to show that Inderesan “Alvin” Maistry phoned one of his two co-accused more than 20 times before and after his wife ...
New hope for the childless
Divorced single women who cannot fall pregnant or conceive children through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) have been offered hope to become mothers via a landmark ...
Hit man gets 30 years for mom’s murder
Murder of Mount Edgecombe pharmacy owner Nalin Naidu takes sensational turn as self-confessed hit man admits he slit her throat
Jilted killer jailed
A jilted boyfriend has been jailed for 12 years for killing his teenage sweetheart for having a crush on another man.
Massive sugars factory bust
Slick police investigations have scuttled plans by two alleged Chatsworth drug kingpins to distribute two million “sugar straws” to pupils and drug addicts in Durban ...
Jamie accused: fitness finding due
THE public may know on June 5 whether the mother and grandmother of 3-year-old Chatsworth toddler Jamie Faith Naidoo will be declared fit to stand trial.
Married warden sues over taped love talk
A prison official is being sued for allegedly playing romantic chats between himself and a married colleague to co-workers.
Man wanted for murder, missing
A judge has issued a warrant of arrest against a Durban man, who’s accused of killing his wife.