Inquest Docket News Today

An inquest case initially opened after the body of a woman was found at a railway line in Central has been changed into a murder investigation.

KwaZulu-Natal police say they had opened an inquest docket after a fatal fire at a DA councillor's home in Bergville.

An inquest docket has been opened after a body was found near Durban's Battery Beach.

Free State police have opened an inquest docket after the death of a student at the University of Free State's Qwaqwa campus on Saturday.

A woman who was 29 weeks pregnant was found hanging in a bathroom at Kopanong District Hospital in Vereeniging, Sedibeng, on Saturday morning, the Gauteng department of health said on Tuesday.

An inquest docket has been opened for investigation after a 35-year-old woman was found dead outside her home in Hampshire Street, Sherwood, on Thursday evening.

In a short statement, Brig Athlenda Mathe said: "An inquest docket has been registered and is under investigation. [An] autopsy report has been finalised, we are awaiting a final report from department of health on the cause of death."

Police have opened an inquest docket into the death of ANC MP Tina Joemat-Pettersson.

The police have opened an inquest docket after a 67-year-old man died after a fire extinguisher cylinder exploded in Makhanda on Wednesday June 7.

Police have opened an inquest docket after a family of three died in a shack fire on Monday night in an informal settlement in Motherwell.