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Murdered Thembisa woman’s estranged husband found dead in his car

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Christmas stabbing: Man gets life for killing partner

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Another woman killed in Tembisa

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Limpopo police sergeant allegedly kills man, rapes teen, then commits suicide

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Barberton tavern shooting: One dead, three wounded as police launch manhunt

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Ramaphosa: We can’t be a country where people just pick up guns and start shooting at random

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Tembisa cemetery murder: Suspect nabbed in Limpopo hours after grim discovery

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Free State mother arrested after death of 4-year-old

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Another woman killed in Ekurhuleni: 11th body found strangled in Springs

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Western Cape mass shooting leaves at least 10 dead and several injured

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At least 17 dead after tavern shooting near Carletonville

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33-year-old arrested for manufacturing fake Hennessy, Don Julio alcohol

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10th woman’s body found in Ekurhuleni: Here’s what the police revealed

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Woman’s body found in Free State field, activists call for state of emergency

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KZN man shot and killed after girlfriend and friend kidnapped in robbery

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Former cop among two nabbed in Eden Park paving brick theft

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Giyani police arrest son suspected of murdering 82-year-old mother

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Suspect in Crime Intelligence murders killed in KZN police shootout

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‘R500k swindler’ nabbed after scamming businessman

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Mthatha businessman arrested as police seize 140 firearms

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Mass murder suspect arrested in KZN

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13 suspects nabbed in R700k UIF fraud operation in Limpopo

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Limpopo teacher to return to court over alleged rape of schoolgirl

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Hawks re-arrest suspect linked to armed robberies and police station attack

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Police launch manhunt after 11 killed in ‘senseless’ KwaMakhutha massacre

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11 killed in mass shooting in KwaMakhutha, Durban

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Fugitive linked to constable’s murder surrenders after almost seven years on the run

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Six suspects arrested in Tshwane after alleged kidnapping, armed robbery and carjacking

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Two women arrested over alleged R1.1m UIF fraud

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Gauteng police arrest 10, recover nine firearms in fatal Cleveland shootout

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Midnight Limpopo police chase ends in R100k cigarette seizure

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Saps Lieutenant General arrested for rape and sexual grooming teen