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Amber-Lee Hughes alleges abuse and neglect leading up to child’s murder

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DA MP bags R300k in ‘politically motivated’ defamation case, but NPA considering appeal

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Killer of Jeffreys Bay Good Samaritan jailed for 25 years

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City of Cape Town officer wins reinstatement and R550k backpay after drug test dismissal

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Government rejects Gigaba’s legal funding request in Transnet corruption case

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R297 million budget, R1 billion price tag: Kimberley Mental Hospital accused to face High Court in April

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Arrests mount in e-hailing driver Isaac Satlat’s murder case as three more appear in court

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Pule Mabe pushes to have corruption charges dropped after failed bid, challenges SIU probe

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Moroadi Cholota to stand trial after court rules it has jurisdiction

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E-hailing body decries crimes against drivers

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Mpumalanga man shot by police in horror hitchhike incident fails to get R4 million

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Undocumented Lesotho national sentenced to 25 years in jail for raping teen

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Senior SANDF member in the dock for R1.5m bribe attempt

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Traditional healer sentenced for murder of Limpopo Education employee

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Trio linked to horrific murder of e-hailing driver abandon bail bid [VIDEO]

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Generator technician jailed 12 years for stealing diesel from MTN tower gets slight relief

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Serial rapist sentenced to five life terms and 155 years in jail

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Spanish national forfeits R500 000 after wildlife trafficking conviction

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Nine arrested for alleged multimillion-rand tender fraud in Eastern Cape granted bail

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Mbombela man loses bail appeal in estranged wife’s murder case

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The cat is back: New revelation in Vusimuzi Matlala prison transfer court case [VIDEO]

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Danny Jordaan’s legal team pushes for fraud case to be struck off roll [VIDEO]

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Sangoma dispute lands Gauteng cop behind bars for husband’s murder

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Trial date set for police officer accused of murdering Chesnay Keppler

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Military recruitment case postponed to seek mutual legal assistance from Russia

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Thabo Bester’s bid to be moved back to Gauteng prison struck off the roll [VIDEO]

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Taxi patrollers sentenced after viral assault of hitchhikers

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Court dismisses IPHC leader Mike Sandlana’s bail appeal

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DJ Warras’s murder: Mozambican national abandons bail, fears for his life

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‘Shocking’ 15-year drug trafficking sentence slashed for Northern Cape man

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Madibeng mayor’s bodyguards accused of killing SANDF member granted bail

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Cat Matlala frustrated as attempt to go back to Gauteng prison stalls, hints at fresh bail bid