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Repeat offender gets 15 year jail sentence for Gqeberha Christmas Day murder

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Man sentenced to 15 years in jail after kidnapping teens

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Free State cop gets five years for R3 000 bribe demand

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Jabulile Ntimba murder accused denies killing ‘cousin’, claims police torture to obtain confession

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NW man gets life sentence for murder of 2-year-old step-grandson while high on crystal meth

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Sibiya told teen to ‘save herself for him’ after sending explicit pictures, court hears

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Shadrack Sibiya’s son clarifies witness interference claims as recording played in court

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Sibiya faces further disciplinary action as firearm charge emerges in bail hearing

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‘A true giant’: Foundation hails Busisiwe Mkhwebane following perjury case acquittal

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Lawrence Mudzinganyama granted bail after threatening to kill women

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Suspended Saps Deputy Commissioner Sibiya back in court over rape, grooming and trafficking charges

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MK party opens criminal case against Judge Makamu over R5 000 corruption claim

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Man who repeatedly raped his teen sister jailed for life

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Home Affairs passport fraud: NPA drags officials to court in syndicate crackdown

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R500 to swap your photo with a foreigner: Woman nabbed in home affairs passport corruption scheme

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Ex‑bookkeeper gets 10 years behind bars for R4.7m theft in Eastern Cape

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Residents heard Thembisa cemetery murder victim pleading for her life

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‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni admits he fronted for mining businessman to profit from tender

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Shadrack Sibiya tells court teenager had a crush on him, says alleged rape victim consented to sex

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Top cop Sibiya back in court on rape, sexual grooming and trafficking charges

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‘Feared, ruthless’ Eastern Cape killer gets life for killing 22-year-old girlfriend

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Estate fraud: Three more accused join R11m ‘Gagash’ case

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Matlala to rejoin co-accused in R228 million Medicare corruption case

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Hitman jailed for 30 years in murder plot allegedly orchestrated by victim’s wife

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Robbery and kidnapping accused TMPD officer granted bail

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Cat Matlala cases to run separately for now as wife gets bail

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‘Applicant cannot be trusted,’ says court as Brown Mogotsi denied bail for fourth time

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Fannie Masemola ‘free to go’ as charges dropped, but will he go back to work?

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Masemola returns to court as charges over health tender expected to be officially withdrawn

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Former V&A Waterfront CIO ordered to pay R2.9m in damages in fraud case

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Tribunal sets aside SAA’s R85 million Flyfofa lease extension

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Burgers and cash bribes: Two ‘hungry’ Northern Cape traffic officers found guilty of corruption