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The owner of the Glebelands hostel unit, in which eight people died following a mass shooting, survived by leaping through the window of his second-floor room.

Minister of higher education, science and innovation Dr Blade Nzimande has denounced the “barbaric and shameful” murder of Mangosuthu University of Technology electrical engineering lecturer Shan Dwarika.

The 61-year-old electrical engineering lecturer’s body was found on Saturday, in Inanda, north of Durban, after being reported missing on 28 May 2023.

Two men arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Mangosuthu University of Technology electrical engineering lecturer Shan Dwarika, 61, appeared briefly in the Durban magistrate's court on Monday.

The State has opposed bail for two men charged in connection with the murder of 61-year-old Mangosuthu University of Technology lecturer Shan Dwarika.



“He did not deserve this,” this was the tearful cry of Camy Dwarika, widow of slain Mangosuthu University of Technology electrical engineering lecturer Shan Dwarika during a visit by higher education, science and innovation minister Blade Nzimande at their Verulam home on Monday.

Missing Mangosuthu University of Technology lecturer Clanlall Dwarika, who was abducted by three men in the Sea Cow Lake area last Sunday, has been found dead.

Two suspects were arrested and charged for the murder of MUT lecturer, Chanlall Dwarika whose body was found at Inanda.

The Department of Water and Sanitation says KwaZulu-Natal dam levels continue to increase week on week and stand at 81.7% - a jump from last week’s 78.5%.

The Mangosuthu University of Technology has paid tribute to its lecturer, Shan Dwarika who was kidnapped in May and found dead in June. The two men who were arrested in connection to his kidnapping have now been charged with murder following the recovery of his body in the bushes near Mafuya Road in Inanda on Saturday afternoon.