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SAPD in Natal skiet twee rowers dood – knap gedaan vir die manne in blou

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Die polisie het ‘n verdagte voertuig op die N2 buite Nyoni probeer aftrek waarop ‘n skietery tussen die verdagtes en die polisie gevolg het. Beide verdagtes is gedood en ongelisensieerde wapens is in die voertuig gevind.

Die negatiewe wat egter uit statistiek blyk is dat by ‘n polisiestasie in Natal daar slegs twee skuldigbevindings plaasgevind het uit die 74 moord ondersoeke verlede jaar. Slegs 42 sake het die hof gehaal terwyl verkragtingsyfers toon dat uit 151 sake slegs vyf skuldigbevindings plaasgevind het. Die totale skuldigbevindings in die KwaDukuza polisie gebeid staan op 1,4%.

Deur: Die Vryburger

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Durban hijackers flee with 4-year-old child

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A case of carjacking has been opened after hijackers pointed a firearm at a 45-year-old man and fled with his 4-year-old child on Saturday morning.

The man, who was understood to be driving a Golf 7, was hijacked when he had stopped at a traffic light in New Germany, on the corner of Dinkelman and Shepstone Road. Four armed men pointed him with firearms, police said.

Police said they were unable to disclose the identity of the child or her father “at this stage”.

Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said the incident happened at about 7.15am on Saturday.

“A 45-year-old male was with his four-year-old daughter in his VW Golf stationary at the traffic lights on the corner of Dinkelman and Shepstone Roads when a vehicle with four occupants stopped next him, pointed at him with firearms. They allegedly forced him out of his vehicle and sped off with his daughter inside,” said Mbele.

The police said no arrests had been made.

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Anger as KZN hospital sends child home with gaping wound

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A child is back in a KwaZulu-Natal hospital after being discharged with a gaping bleeding wound‚ forcing his aunt to turn to Twitter to demand help.

But the health department disputes the version of events.

The 8-year-old boy was discharged from Madadeni hospital in Newcastle on Monday with an open wound‚ following an appendix operation.

His aunt‚ Gabi Manana‚ asked her friend to tweet the pictures of the child’s festering incision without identifying him.

Manana said: “I was looking for help‚ that is why I put that thing on Twitter.”

The tweet asked national health department officials for help.

The boy was in too much pain to walk on Monday‚ said Manana.

People who viewed the tweet were worried the large uncovered wound could become septic.

On Monday night‚ Health Department spokesman Joe Maila responded to the tweet saying he had called Kwazulu-Natal health officials.

They called the child’s aunt on Monday night.

On Tuesda
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Well this is not new:- ANC KZN defends Zuma for BLF comments

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The leadership of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal believes the party should not act against former president Jacob Zuma over his endorsement of Black First Land First (BLF) outside court last weekend.
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Health MEC ‘putting band aid on gaping wound of oncology crisis’

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The DA in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday renewed its call for Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo to be fired, saying it appears he is “trying to put a band aid on a large gaping wound” in respect of the province’s oncology crisis.

The DA had been advised by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) that Dhlomo had met the latest in a series of deadlines in terms of its recommendations required to address the province’s cancer crisis, DA MPL Imran Keeka said.

This followed the SAHRC’s release of a damning report in June which found Dhlomo and his department guilty of violating the rights of KwaZulu-Natal cancer patients by failing to provide proper access to treatment.

Keeka said the DA had received a copy of the MEC’s submissions from the SAHRC, which the party was currently assessing.

“On the face of it, it appears that the MEC is trying to put a band aid on a large gaping wound, with the proposals providing little in the way of concrete steps to
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N2 protest: Burning tyres and confusion brings Durban drivers to a halt

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Durban drivers on the N2 were left stranded in a massive traffic backlog on Tuesday morning. Protesters blocked part of the busy highway with burning tyres just one day after rubbish was dumped in a similar area.

The N2 Durban bound was the area in question on Tuesday morning. A similar incident also took place in the uMbongintwini area.

“Police have an idea of who could have done this and arrests are expected to be made. Tyres were placed across all the lanes and then set alight. This has caused a severe traffic backlog. Vehicles had to be diverted from the N2 in Isipingo onto the M4,” Sewpersad said.

With a blockage of that scale, drivers had been attempting to utilise the emergency lanes to get past the tyres, an act police have urged motorists not to partake in.

When the fire department arrives on the scene, it has been unable to use the emergency lanes to put out the fire and remove the debris.

At this stage, police have admitted that they are n
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Elderly farmer gets into shoot-out with police, is shot dead

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80-year-old farmer gets into shoot-out with police, is shot dead

The 80 year old farmer allegedly opened fire on the police after a violent dispute about some goats. A shoot-out occurred on Monday morning between an elderly farmer and police in the Bergville area in KwaZulu-Natal, reports the Ladysmith Gazette. Heavily armed police officers, together with an SAPS hostage negotiator, entered the farm just outside..
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Stabbed For A Pair Of Shoes: Ottawa – KwaZulu-Natal

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*Picture Not For The Sensitive.

A 42 year old male has been attacked & stabbed on his head & face in Ottawa – KZN by a lone suspect this (Sunday) afternoon.

Reaction Unit South Africa received the call for assistance at approx 16:32 & Reaction Officers were despatched to the Ottawa Railway Station to attend to the Robbery. Upon arrival Officers found a man bleeding profusely from open wounds on his head and face. The victim, Patrick Gumene explained that he had just got off the train after visiting his family at a farm when he was attacked by an african male with a broken bottle. After stabbing him, the suspect kicked him in the face and head & fled with his shoes, wallet & his work bag. The victim is a Pinetown resident & lives in the Ottawa area on weekdays for work purposes.

Paramedics were called to the scene, treated the victim & transported him to a local hospital.

By: Police Pics And Clips / 9 July

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Lyk of Carl Niehaus nie al een is wat Zoeloekoning gat kruip nie, selfs Ramaphosa staan nou in lyn

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Cyril Ramaphosa het persoonlik besoek gaan aflê by Goodwill Zwelithini om hom te verseker dat die ANC nie die tradisionele leiers se grond sal vat nie.

Hy het by ‘n byeenkoms in Natal die teenwoordiges verseker dat hy ‘n goeie verhouding het met Jacob Zuma asook met Dlamini-Zuma.

Dit bevestig maar net dat Ramaphosa, terwyl hy tweede in bevel was onder Zuma, moes geweet het van al die onderduimse transaksies wat die land in bankrotskap gedompel het.

Dit val vreemd op die oor dat die kommunis kader Carl Niehaus oor die kole gehaal is na hy verskoning aangeteken het by die koning oor die grondkwessie maar twee dae later hardloop Ramaphosa self na Zwelithini om hom te verseker dat hul nie sy “stukkie” grond sat steel nie.

VF Plus se leier, dr. Pieter Groenewald, sê Ramaphosa se onderneming dat die Ingonyama-trustgronde nie beskou word as deel van die proses van onteiening sonder vergoeding nie, skep gevaarlike dubbele standaarde oor die aangeleentheid
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Traditional leaders are pissed off with Kgalema Motlanthe – He’s currently public enemy number one in KwaZulu-Natal

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Traditional leaders and Zululand citizens have had some unkind things to say about former President Kgalema Motlanthe on Wednesday.

As EWN report, the former President is accused of offending their entire population.

Speaking during an Imbizo in Ulundi, the KZN House of Traditional Leaders expressed their dismay and deepened the rift between both parties. But what has Motlanthe done to get in their bad books?

What have traditional leaders fallen out with Kgalema Motlanthe?
They have taken offence to comments he made back in June, where he labelled some traditional leaders as “village tinpot dictators“. This scathing putdown deeply offended the tribes, and members were all to happy to kak Motlanthe out on Wednesday:

That chant roughly translates to the Zulu people declaring their hatred for the former head of state. However, it wasn’t just words that have ignited this bitter feud. Motlanthe’s actions have also landed him in hot water.

He was the
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Universiteit van Zoeloeland ondersoek vir korrupsie

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Die minister van hoër onderwys, Naledi Pandor, het ‘n onafhanklike forensiese ondersoek gelas by die universiteit van Zoeloeland. Dit sluit glo die aanstelling in van die visekanselier prof Xoliswa Mtose in.

Daar is na bewering sewe gevalle van korrupsie wat aangemeld is by die departement.

Die aanstelling van die instelling se prokureurs, tender onreëlmatighede en die grade-vir-kontant skema is van die bewerings wat ondersoek sal word.

Alhoewel die bestuur van die universiteit al die klagtes intern hanteer het is daar klaarblyklik nie genoegsame rede om die bevindings te aanvaar nie.

Deur: Die Vryburger

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Traditional healer opens traditional hospital in KZN – only in South-Africa!

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A traditional healer from Ingwavuma in the north of KZN has made history by forming a private hospital in Bhambanana area at Mhlabuyalingana.

Dr Mxolisi Nkomonde (33), who is known as Dr Mkhulu, has opened a traditional hospital called Dr K Traditional Hospital, where he treats patients who are in need of traditional treatment.

He came up with the idea of opening this kind of hospital after seeing many people suffering from diseases caused by witchcraft, but were unable to get the correct kind of help and ended up dying.

“So many lives have been lost in hospitals. It is not that these hospitals are not working, but the nature of illness is a factor which western doctors do not understand or treat. I heal illnesses like swelling ankles, piles, hallucinations, wounds, and many more. I divide my patients regarding their gender and illnesses,” explained Dr Mkhulu.

The hospital was officially opened in January and is fully operational and growing.

He also cla
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Teenager draws gun during fight, Trenance Park library, KZN

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Two teenagers aged 17 and 15 years old were arrested following a fight that broke out at the Trenance Park Library in Verulam, KZN on 19 June 2018.

The RUSA Operations Centre received multiple calls from the public requesting assistance after a firearm was produced during a fight between two parties. Several Reaction Officers were dispatched to the scene and upon arrival were confronted by the group of men and woman who claimed that the 17 year old had on several occasions assaulted their 15 year old relative.

Today the 15 year old again complained to his family that the older boy had once again assaulted him. His relatives proceeded to the library and found the 17 year old in the company of several females. During the confrontation both parties began assaulting each other. It was alleged that during the fight the 17 year old drew a firearm and cocked it.

Members of Reaction Unit South Africa and the Verulam SAPS searched for the firearm however it was not rec
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Dit sardyne loop weer uiteindelik in Natal!

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Bietjie goeie nuus is dat die Sardyne die Natalse kus bereik het.

Haainette is verwyder en swemmers is gemaan oor moontlike haai aanvalle.

By Ramsgate op die Suidkus is duisende sardyne deur plaaslike vissermanne en inwoners “gevang”. Dit blyk ‘n goeie “lopie” te wees aangesien daar die afgelope jare ‘n skaarste was aan sardyne.

Deur: Die Vryburger

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Rats feed on corpse in Nkonjeni District Hospital, KZN

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When Bonokuhle Khali died in Nkonjeni District Hospital in Zululand, nurses left his body in a dimly lit corner in the male ward where rats spent hours eating the flesh on his face.

As his body lay just metres from sick patients in the ward, the rodents scurried under and over the sheet that covered it, chewing on his nose and lips.
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