Durban - A man accused of killing a local African National Congress (ANC) leader in Durban’s notorious KwaMashu hostels was handed a life sentence in the Durban High Court, police said in a statement.

TWO ANC members were killed in KwaMashu’s hostels on Sunday despite the presence of the police’s elite National Intervention Unit (NIU) in the area... TWO ANC members were killed in KwaMashu’s hostels ...

Leaders have pointed out politics as a contributing factor. In February four people were killed and five injured during a mass shooting at KwaMashu hostel. Traditional leaders have condemned the ...

Quick action by police resulted in the arrest of four suspects in Inanda, north of Durban, following a murder committed at KwaMashu hostel on Jabula road on Monday. According to police spokesperson Lt ...

THE kwaMashu hostel has become a killing field for National Freedom Party (NFP) members. Mdayi Elijah Jele was gunned down at the hostel on Thursday night, the 10th member killed since the party was ...

Political influence has been cited as one of the triggers of violence in the KwaMashu men's hostel, north of Durban. Nathi Biyela, one of the leaders tasked with ending violence at the hostel, made ...

When the inter-ministerial committee responsible for the general elections strode into the dense and vast KwaMashu hostel north-west of Durban, many of its residents were away on Easter break. The ...

National Deployment including Tactical Response Team and Public Order Police based at KwaMashu hostel made a breakthrough last night when they arrested four suspects at KwaMashu hostel who were wanted ...

Durban - The bodies of two men who had been assaulted and stabbed, have been discovered at the KwaMashu hostel. Police spokesman Captain Thulani Zwane said the bodies of the men, in their 20s, were ...

Hostel dwellers at A-Section in KwaMashu marched to Durban City Hall on Monday, 3 September. They called for their units and toilets to be fixed, and that more be done to fight crime in the hostel.

About 40 people took part in the protest, some with fighting sticks. A memorandum listing the community’s concerns was addressed to eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede. It was received by her advisor ...