uMngeni mayor Chris Pappas says the fatal shooting of Mbongeni Sikhakhane on Friday is a devastating blow to his family, the agricultural sector and all South Africans who benefited from his leadership.

A preliminary report into the building collapse in Verulam on Friday shows plans were not approved and indications of substandard construction material and protocols.

Four bodies recovered from rubble as search and rescue operations continue at Redcliffe, north of Durban

The death toll in the temple collapse in Redcliffe in Verulam, north of Durban, on Friday has risen to three.

Ethekwini municipality said preliminary reports confirmed there were no building plans approved for construction of the four-storey temple that collapsed in Redcliffe north of Durban on Friday, killing at least one person.

“God, this is not my last time. I do not want to leave now.” These were the words uttered by Rakesh Kismath as the four-storey Redcliffe temple in Verulam north of Durban where he was working collapsed on Friday afternoon.

KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli has called on victims of gender-based violence to stop withdrawing cases against their abusers in exchange for cash, saying this fuels the problem.

The Ndimande siblings charged with the murder of popular rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his celebrity chef friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane will spend Christmas behind bars.

A Durban magistrate has denied bail for the alleged orchestrator behind the attempted hit on Sars advocate Coreth Naude.

A taxi driver whose blood alcohol count was 16 times over the legal limit and a foreign national carrying drugs were among 113 motorists arrested by road traffic inspectorate officers in the King Cetshwayo region on Friday.