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Saps condemns murder‑suicide by police officer, urges members to seek help

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Woman’s body found hidden in pit toilet in Limpopo

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Mpumalanga cop killer arrested after swift Saps manhunt

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Former Emfuleni municipal fleet manager arrested for alleged R16m tender fraud

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KZN pastor arrested for driving drunk on his way to baptism (VIDEO)

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Police sergeant killed, constable injured in Mpumalanga attack

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WATCH: Police officer wounded in CIT heist in Durban, KZN

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Stolen car lands parolee back behind bars

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Operation Prosper nets 1,149 suspects, 25 illegal firearms

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Teen snatched as Limpopo Police launch urgent manhunt

$ministry of police has only spent a fraction of the funds it has been given to combat organised crime$

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Here’s how much of its R1bn crimefighting war chest the police ministry has spent

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KZN pensioner shoots alleged thief during yard confrontation

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Suspect hides in wardrobe after officers recover firearms used in robbery [PICS]

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Five arrested in Limpopo crackdown on intimidation and fake Home Affairs officials

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Hawks seize R500k truck in illegal sand mining crackdown

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Fake Gucci, Louis Vuitton items among R78m illicit goods seized in Limpopo

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Four shot dead in Mkhuhlu township in Mpumalanga

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KZN gripped by violence: One dead, multiple injured, and mystery body discovered

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Police arrest two in murder of Mahikeng activist Thato Molosankwe

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Armed motorist arrested for pointing gun at police in Bedfordview

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17-year-old allegedly stabbed by cousin during altercation in KZN

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Police rescue kidnapped victim, arrest trio in Ekurhuleni

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Kidnapped victim rescued, hijacked vehicle recovered in Tonga

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Wife arrested for fatal stabbing after finding husband with woman

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Seven killed in two separate mass shootings in Western Cape

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BMW driver arrested in Boksburg for nearly doubling speed limit

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Two foreign nationals arrested with R250k Crystal Meth

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Suspended Ekurhuleni legal head Kemi Behari and former City Manager Imogen Mashazi arrested

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Suspects on the loose after security officer shot on Komatipoort farm

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WATCH: Cape Town police impound fancy cars belonging to foreign national ‘crypto’ traders

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AK‑47s, death threats and corruption: Hawks bust assassination scheme

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Mozambicans, Zimbabweans and Basotho among 217 arrested in Gauteng illegal mining blitz