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Another killing at Durban's 'hostel of death'

16 February 2017 - 11:20 By Matthew Savides
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NOT ENOUGH: Residents and community acitvists at Glebelands hostel in Durban have called for the UN to intervene after the 62nd person in two years was killed there at the weekend Picture:
NOT ENOUGH: Residents and community acitvists at Glebelands hostel in Durban have called for the UN to intervene after the 62nd person in two years was killed there at the weekend Picture:
Image: THULI DLAMINI

One man is dead and two others were injured after a shooting at Durban's Glebelands Hostel.

The latest shooting‚ on Wednesday night‚ brings the number of people who have died to nearly 80 in the hostel precinct in less than two years. Details of the latest incident are still sketchy‚ but SAPS spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane confirmed that a man was killed and two others were injured.

  • Public Protector to visit Durban ‘death’ hostelOfficials from Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s office will visit the notorious Glebelands Hostel in Umlazi in Durban next week following yet another killing of a man in what police believe was a domestic-related murder.

The attack comes in the same week that Public Protector investigators were due to visit Glebelands‚ which has earned the unwanted moniker of "the hostel of death".

  • ANN7 apologises for 'gross negligence' over Glebelands Hostel reportBroadcaster‚ Africa News Network 7 (ANN7)‚ has apologised after it found itself in hot water with the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) for conduct it conceded amounted to gross negligence.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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