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Crime Latest: More cops deployed to fight crime in hot spots Police Minister Bheki Cele has urged policemen in KZN to act within the law as beefed patrols and inspections go ahead to fight crime. The SAPS has beefed up its force in ‘hot spot’ crime areas in KwaZulu-Natal with more than 100 additional policemen deployed from the national office to fight serious and violent crime in the province. Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, welcomed the steps taken by the province’s SAPS management, to ...

Police Minister Bheki Cele has sent more officers to the "headache" provinces of the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

Fighting the scourge of sexual assault and violence By Murphy Nganga Share Cape Town - With April designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, many people around the world are doing their part to raise awareness in their communities. The campaign aims to clear the misconceptions around sexual assault by hosting seminars and events that highlight the problem in society and encourage survivors to gain their confidence back. Operations manager at Rape Crisis, Barbara Williams, clarified some misc...

Miss SA joins Durban mayor in unveiling campaign to fight new HIV infections and GBV Share DURBAN - REIGNING Miss South Africa, Shudufhadzo Musida, joined eThekwini Municipality mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda, in launching the project that aims to fight new HIV infections and gender based violence. The Dream - Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe programme - was officially launched in Amawoti near Inanda, with the aim of reducing the rate of new HIV infections, particularly in ...

Gay man Sphamandla Khoza was found brutally murdered a short distance from his home (Screenshot/eNCA) A community in South Africa is demanding justice for the brutal murder of a gay man who was stabbed to death and dumped in a ditch near a school. Sphamandla Khoza, 34, was stabbed, beaten and had his throat slit in a suspected homophobichate crime in Inanda, Durban, last week. His family reportedly followed a trail of blood from his front door to the ditch where his body lay. Khoza was openly g...

Hidden talent uncovered in new exhibition By Tanya Waterworth Share Durban - New art talent hidden in Durban communities and outlying areas made its first appearance yesterday. The Velobala Fine Arts Development Programme awarded 25 artists certificates yesterday, Friday, while their artwork went up for display in a new exhibition at the Phansi Museum. The exhibition is regarded as an opportunity, especially for collectors, to buy early artworks by some outstanding artists at a reasonable price...

Rise in illegal hunting incidents in KZN By Lorna Charles Share Durban - Upper Highway residents have reported an increase in illegal hunting in the area near the Kloof gorge. Shelley Keene, who resides on the edge of the Kloof conservancy area, told The Mercury that she had noticed that on weekends men, armed with weapons, came with dogs to hunt for animals in the gorge. “So far we have seen them kill porcupines, a large spotted genet, hedgehogs and a buck.” Keene said her family became a...

March marks two years since the residents of Tea Estate in Inanda have had piped water.

Social worker charged with six murders to apply for bail By Anelisa Kubheka Share Durban – The Eshowe social worker, charged with the murder of his six relatives, was remanded in custody until his bail application on Thursday in the Eshowe Magistrate’s Court. Last month, elderly couple Octavia and Christopher Khumalo (pictured), Octavia and Christopher Khumalo, their daughter Mbali Khumalo, 37, and her son Thabo Khumalo, 8, as well as their relatives, Snothile Hlongwane, 17, and Anothando S...

MASSACRE VICTIMS LAID TO REST! Zimbili Vilakazi Comments Minister Bheki Cele (left) conveying his condolences to Bhekinkosi Khumalo after six Khumalo family members were killed. Photo by Jabulani Langa. FOUR family members that were killed in their home in the Nkanini area of Eshowe, northern KZN, two weeks ago will be laid to rest today, Saturday 6 March. Wife Bhikho (62), her daughter Mbali (29) and grandchildren Thabo (10) and Elihle Khumalo (7) ...