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UPDATE: Two premature babies abducted from hospital found [Watch]

Two Cape Town police officers arrested for kidnapping foreign national

Man arrested for using fake Facebook profile to lure, kidnap, and rape women

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Body found in pit toilet linked to 2023 missing persons case

Hospital horror: Cops in frantic search for two premature babies snatched from incubators

Police recover 10 AK-47s at Meyerton taxi rank after shooting

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Operation Shanela: Police arrest more than 16 000 in just one week

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More than 900 suspects arrested for various crimes in Gauteng

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Umlazi mass murder: KZN premier condemns ‘barbaric’ attack, calls for action against crime

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Four suspects arrested in connection with fatal kidnapping case in Western Cape

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‘Most-wanted’ CIT murder suspects dead in Boksburg shootout [VIDEO]

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Fatal shooting at Limpopo mine: Fraud suspect dies after trying to disarm officer

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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial won’t be affected, says police after investigator escapes armed robbery

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Foreign national arrested with explosives headed to Cape Town

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Shack ‘stormed’, 8 killed in Umlazi mass murder

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Man accused of raping 9-year-old in Hanover Park to have his parole revoked

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Hawks find third hidden drug lab in Standerton crackdown [PICS]

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Fake court documents scandal rocks Pretoria High Court

Inquest opened after body of missing Fleurhof boy, 11, discovered

JMPD takes action against illegal and unsafe delivery bikers, 10 foreign nationals arrested

Nearly 2 000 arrested during nationwide Vala Umgodi operations in April

Foreign national caught with over R1m in cash and bag of bank cards

Aserie Ndlovu, Zodwa Mdhluli case: Three more suspects arrested amid wait for DNA results

Bus driver shot dead during robbery in KZN

Crime

Five murder suspects shot dead in gunfight with police in KZN

Crime

Have you seen these men? Police looking for two in connection with journalist’s death

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Security officer killed in CIT heist after explosives fail to detonate

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Mpumalanga man arrested for murder of woman over goat sale

Crime

How topless car thieves met their match against SANDF officer in pyjamas and slippers

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Police trainer arrested for allegedly raping trainee at academy

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Grade 11 pupil killed in clash with university students

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Police seize counterfeit goods worth nearly R2 million in Lenasia