WATCH: Top five online stories for 2016
We take a look at our top five most read stories for 2016
FROM a massive inferno at a petrol station to a terrifying encounter with armed robbers at an Empangeni home and dash-cam footage of a fatal taxi crash – we take a look back at the top online stories that were the most read this year:
1. WATCH: Massive blaze at N2 petrol station
Breaking news on a Sunday afternoon – diesel thieves set ablaze two fuel tankers at the Umvoti Ultra City, which quickly becomes a massive inferno. The ZO was first to break the news and followed up with dramatic video footage. Watch the footage below, and read the original story here.
2. WATCH: CCTV captures terrifying encounter with armed robbers
An Empangeni housewife, home alone, watches armed robbers descend on her house – and the entire ordeal is captured on CCTV. Read the story here.
3. WATCH: Gunshots fired during vicious Richards Bay brawl
Dramatic footage captured by a patron at a restaurant at the Tuzi Gazi waterfront shows a brutal brawl unfold, culminating in gunshots being fired.
4. WATCH: Man fatally gunned down on the John Ross Highway
A well-known Richards Bay man is assassinated while driving on the John Ross Highway.
5. WATCH: Terrifying dash-cam footage of fatal taxi crash
Dash-cam footage from a bus captures the moment a taxi veers off course and smashes head-on into the bus, killing six people.
