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High Court convicts three farmers over farm dweller’s murder

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Infant killed in Athlone shooting incident as SANDF deployment nears

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98% of parolees and probationers stay out of jail, DCS Q2 report reveals

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Woman arrested in connection with R10.5m payroll fraud at Isuzu

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SIU welcomes arrests of nine over illegal R75m water tanker tender

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Major new development in e-hailing driver’s murder case

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News Sibiya laments Mkhwanazi’s social media ‘attacks’ and ‘humiliation’ by MK party

News ‘I thought it would be better if Nada was dead’: Amber-Lee Hughes pleads for mercy

Politics ANC-ActionSA marriage in Ekurhuleni off the cards … but could change after the elections

News Lotto: Grandfather of 10 finally takes ticket out of wardrobe and claims millions

News Joburg residents warned over signing debt acknowledgements in billing disputes

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Limpopo police seize R2.6m dagga haul after suspects flee into bush

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Police seek public’s help in hunt for cop killers in Eastern Cape

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Two more arrested for horrific murder of e-hailing driver

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Teacher allegedly conned into quitting job, loses pension in R1.27m ‘ancestral investment’ scam

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North West councillor stabbed to death during fight at tavern

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Hawks disrupt alleged drug network during operation in Gqeberha

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Police arrest one of the hitmen involved in 2022 assassination of whistleblower Eric Phenya

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UPDATE: Female suspect arrested in viral e-hailing car-seat murder

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Ramaphosa deploys army against crime

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Cop among four arrested for producing counterfeit well-known alcoholic brands

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

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Gun violence drives surge in spinal injuries in Western Cape

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Lukewarm response to Mantashe’s call for specialised illegal mining unit

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Water dispute near Delmas turns deadly

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Husband kills wife, turns gun on himself in murder suicide in Limpopo

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Two illegal miners shot and killed in gun battle with police in Carletonville

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Wiandre Pretorius, implicated in Madlanga commission, dies by suicide after attempted hit

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Police make over 230 000 arrests in festive season crackdown

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One kidnapping suspect dead, two arrested in Eastern Cape

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Four arrested in connection with Mohlakeng CIT heist

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Attempted hit on Wiandre Pretorius implicated at Madlanga commission

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Gqeberha contractor arrested after submitting job card for incomplete work worth almost R190k

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ANC councillor Lazola Gungxe gunned down after meeting in Cape Town

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Uncle arrested for alleged murder of his two-year-old niece in Nelspruit

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Six killed in Meyerton shooting, three suspects arrested

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Police recover guns, ammunition in national crime takedowns