Forensic experts ‘don’t have basic tools for job’

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Some top forensic experts in KwaZulu-Natal say police management has failed to provide them with the basic tools for their job.

Daly’s maid ‘hurt’ by police grilling

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William “Bill” Daly's domestic worker has spoken of the pain of being “grilled” by police probing her boss’s gruesome murder .

Stanley Gumede: An unsuitable candidate?

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The man earmarked as the next head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) faces 12 counts of misconduct.

Jade straddles worlds with erotic novel

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Agiza Hlongwane chats to "aDickted" author Jade Zwane, the "sex coach" who's riding the airwaves.

Legacy of heist gang terror

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The lives of three Ntuzuma families have been rocked by the results of a dramatic shootout at a pension payout point.

Has police watchdog got bite?

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A year after its name change, is the Ipid just a body with a bark louder than its bite? Agiza Hlongwane investigates

From peanuts to Mustangs

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Agiza Hlongwane recalls the life of a man with nine lives who finally succumbed to assailants' bullets.

Body in a box mistery

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The scene was grotesque enough to haunt his dreams, said the man who had seen a woman’s body which looked like it had been chopped up before being put in a cardboard ...

Zuma visited Shaik in jail at odd hours

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Zuma secretly paid two visits to Schabir Shaik when he was in prison serving time for fraud and corruption.

KZN top cop courts public

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KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni wants the public to help her remove guns from crime- and violence-plagued KwaMashu hostel.

Murder is a feature of hostel life

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Tension and political unrest still linger in KwaMashu Hostel after a spate of killings.

Slain taxi boss saw death coming

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State allegations recall a slain taxi boss’s futile efforts to get ‘Angels of Death’ off his tail, writes Agiza Hlongwane.

Falling for Zim

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Victoria Falls remains the seventh heaven of Africa, writes Agiza Hlongwane.

Hawks boss not under investigation

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Hawks boss Major-General Johan Booysen is not facing imminent arrest.

Fear as accused cops back at work

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The return to work of 18 Cato Manor police officers has prompted witnesses to their alleged crimes to seek state protection.

The town that Zuma built

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A R65 million development is taking place near a derelict rural village with one street and no jobs

Woman dies in Umlazi violence

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Political hostilities threaten to turn Umlazi T-Section into war zone, writes Agiza Hlongwane

challenge of the chargers

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One of Durban’s oldest taxi associations is still going strong, reports Agiza Hlongwane

The elusive arms consultant

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ENIGMATIC former arms deal consultant Fana Hlongwane is an elusive man, especially when he’s hiding out in his seaside enclave, tucked away in the surroundings of ...

I’m clean, says Durban’s new bling king

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He’s the city’s answer to Kenny Kunene, but overnight millionaire Jabulani Ngcobo has welcomed any audits into his lifestyle, writes Agiza Hlongwane.

Boozylicious, and able to carry their liquor

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Women are not only wearing the pants these days, they’re drinking like men too. Agiza Hlongwane reports on a new social phenomenon.

Zuma nephew duped

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Prominent Durban businessmen – including President Jacob Zuma’s multi-millionaire nephew Khulubuse Zuma – have lost thousands of rands in a big television con.