According to KwaZulu-Natal police, the car was stolen from Pentridge Road in the area.

In a video doing the rounds on social media the car, which appears to be a Chevrolet sedan, is seen burning in a cul-de-sac.

Police and the fire department are on the scene.KZN police have confirmed that the car that was set on fire in Pietermaritzburg on Friday was stolen
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Police are investigating a case of hijacking after a car was stolen and set alight in Grange in Pietermaritzburg on Friday.

The tragedy happened on Thursday in the Eastern Cape. Stock photo.
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A culpable homicide case has been opened after a mother reversed her car over her two-year-old child at Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape.

Police spokesperson Capt Bradley Rawlinson confirmed that the tragic incident had happened on Thursday.

“The child was declared dead on the scene after the mother went into her car and reversed, only to find that her child was at the back of the car,” said Rawlinson.

“No arrests have been made yet but the police have opened a culpable homicide case against the mother.”

Mpumalanga’s best maths and physical science pupil Joshua Nkosi says he went to the mountain to meditate, study and listen to animals.

Nkosi, 18, who was a pupil at Lugebhuta High School in Schoemansdal near Eswatini border, walked home with a total of R41,000 in cash after being named as one of the province’s top 10. He aced maths and physical science.

Education MEC Bonakele Majuba invited 27 matrics who performed exceptionally well in the province, to a function at the Graceland Casino in Secunda on Wednesday.

The event was attended by minister in the presidency, Jackson Mthembu, members of parliament, mayors, speaker of the provincial legislature Busi Shiba and opposition parties.

“I’m very happy for my results. This is what I wanted as a gift to my parents. I had to leave my home and stay at my aunt’s place because my home was far from the school. I didn’t want to walk a lot, so I decided to move out,” Nkosi said.

“My study [strategy] was that since we stay next to the mountains, each time I come back from school I would take my books and go to the mountains, meditate and then study there and then go home to sleep.

“I don’t like noise when I study but birds and wild animals noise is cool for me.”

He said he was going to study towards mechatronics.

A 47-year-old man was shot in the head at a hospital in Durban on Friday evening.
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Police are on the hunt for two men who brazenly walked into a Durban hospital and allegedly shot dead a patient on Friday evening.

Police spokesperson Capt Nqobile Gwala said the incident took place at 6.30pm at Clairwood Hospital, a state facility in the south of Durban.

“Two armed suspects entered the hospital in Clairwood and fatally shot a 47-year-old patient. He sustained a gunshot wound to the head,” said Gwala.

The motive for the killing is not known at this stage and a case of murder is being investigated.