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Break-in ends in tragic fence death

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Police inaction leaves women with disabilities without justice

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‘Name and shame dirty cops’: Police rape cases just tip of iceberg

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Durban woman arrested after R3m found in car at Standerton drug lab bust

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‘Grindr Gang’ trial heats up as police witnesses testify

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Three ATM bombing suspects killed in shootout with police in Mahikeng

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Security officers allegedly shoot and run over suspect during CIT attack

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Teen arrested for brutal murder of 16-year-old Limpopo girl

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JMPD nabs fake mayor and illegal blue lights

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Human remains found in crocodile suspected to be of missing Gauteng businessman [VIDEO]

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Teen driver nabbed at 214 km/h on R21 freeway in Ekurhuleni

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Four dead in shootout between community patrollers and alleged suspects

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Police rescue kidnap victim, arrest three in Kagiso ransom plot

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Officer killed, another airlifted to hospital after ambush on crime intelligence unit in Durban

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Alleged killer believed to be a ‘mental health patient’ surrenders after fatal stabbing of brother

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Three trucks torched in Vosloorus after attempted hijacking

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Police smash cross‑border vehicle theft network in Polokwane

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Man posing as state security agent to extort Pretoria businesses arrested

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KZN doctor arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting patients in hospital

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Mob justice horror: Three burned alive in Gqeberha, police launch manhunt

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Joburg CBD triple murder: ‘Criminals in South Africa act without fear’

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Drug mule crackdown: Four arrested in three days at OR Tambo Airport

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Teen arrested in Eastern Cape after being found with unlicensed gun

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18 undocumented foreign nationals arrested for illegal mining in Mpumalanga

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Police probe motive for triple murder at fast-food outlet in Joburg CBD

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Man arrested for firing gun near restaurant in Mpumalanga

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Zero‑tolerance drive nets 80 bribery arrests nationwide

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‘Dangerous’ Limpopo murder suspect escapes hospital custody, police launch manhunt

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Hijacking and kidnapping ends in triple murder in Eastern Cape

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Dutch man found with 60kg of drugs at OR Tambo airport

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Two police officers arrested for business robbery in Bedfordview