Sakhiseni Nxumalo is a Sunday Times and TimesLIVE reporter based in KZN, with an interest in telling human interest, crime and court stories.

Fruits of democracy turning sour for Chatsworth vendor

A Chatsworth vendor says life has got worse for small traders over the last 30 years

Report highlights persistent malaria threat in SA’s border provinces

Significant spikes after December and April holidays come into focus in SA’s border provinces.

Five-year jail term for boy who stabbed schoolmate to death over girl

Jorina Pretorius, the mother of the victim, says she is not ready to forgive her son's killer, but is ready to finally grieve for him knowing justice ...

Gqeberha man dies while allegedly trying to connect power illegally

Residents have been urged to refrain from illegally connecting electricity as this can have fatal consequences

Popular DJ and MC Peter Mashata shot dead in Soshanguve

Police on Sunday confirmed the murder of popular soul and RnB DJ, MC and radio personality Peter Mashata.

Axed soldier’s 15-year fight for compensation

The pregnant SANDF paramedic lost her baby and was left paralysed while travelling with fellow members from Pretoria to Durban in 2009.

R65k bribe offered to cops during KZN guest house raid forfeited to state

Bribery money offered to police officers conducting a raid at a guest house in Ballito on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast has been forfeited to the ...

Margate storm leaves five people dead and infrastructure damaged

Five people died in a storm that lashed Margate on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Sunday night.

eThekwini, south coast residents warned of level 5 rainfall

Level 5 rainfall is expected to batter the eThekwini metro and south coast of KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, with serious destruction already reported in ...

WATCH | Heavy rain leaves trail of destruction on KZN south coast

Heavy rainfall hit the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Sunday night, leaving parts of the Margate CBD, roads and businesses flooded.