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A duo has started serving lengthy sentences for stealing crude oil and tampering with essential infrastructure.

There has been a breakthrough in the December double-murder of a Durban woman and her daughter.

Police say they nabbed more than 300 people for contact crimes, like murder and attempted murder, in KwaZulu-Natal in March.

KwaZulu-Natal residents have been advised to stay away from the province’s beach fronts on Wednesday.

This is their third day camping at the building.

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says he remains positive about his party’s future in the Eastern Cape and has issued a warning to those undermining former president Jacob Zuma’s popularity in the province in light of his new party uMkhonto weSizwe’s rise to prominence. Holomisa spoke in a podcast interview with DispatchLIVE on Friday afternoon after concluding his two-day “presidential visit” to the Eastern Cape.

Crime intelligence-led operations have led to the arrest of more than 3,700 suspects for serious and violent crimes, including murder, extortion and kidnapping over the past 11 months.

Disaster management teams remain on high alert in KZN after the SA Weather Service upgraded its warning for severe conditions to level 4.

Two KwaZulu-Natal suspects aged 33 and 41 have been arrested by the Hawks after they allegedly kidnapped six people and demanded a ransom.

Minister Bheki Cele has instructed police officers to not go easy on criminals.