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Fruit seller arrested after drugs found with fruit

A fruit and vegetable hawker is expected in the Galeshewe Magistrate’s Court next week after police found drugs worth R10 000 between his produce. Police...
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Durban raid seizes R120 000 worth in drugs

Drugs worth R120 000 were seized during a raid in Durban on Friday night, police have confirmed. Spokesperson Colonel Jay Naicker in a statement said the...
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Businessman shot in hit dies

A businessman who was gunned down on Friday afternoon in what is believed to be a hit has died in hospital. Businessman Wandile Bozwana, owner...
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Police identify woman whose body was found dumped in Pretoria

A woman found dead in Pretoria last month has been identified as 26-year-old Elchenette Rademeyer, police said on their Facebook page on Friday. She was...

Nine arrested for assaulting a group of robbers

Durban – Nine people were arrested in KwaMashu for allegedly taking the law into their own hands by assaulting a group of robbers, leaving...
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425 years in prison for Sangoma who raped girls at his...

A sangoma convicted of raping 17 girls at his initiation school in Mpumalanga has been handed 17 life sentences for rape - an effective...
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12 people wounded in Johannesburg mall shooting

Twelve people, including a 4-year-old child, were wounded in a shooting at a shopping mall in Alexandra, Johannesburg on Friday, paramedics said. Netcare 911 spokesperson...

Cullinan farm attack, one attacker dead, one arrested

André de Koning (66), his wife, Linda (64), and their three small grand children were attacked by two armed attackers on Wednesday September 30,...

Robbers attack security guard who came to their aid

A security guard who unknowingly tried to help house robbers after they were involved in a car accident, was himself a victim of crime...
Man attacked after he tried to help an ‘injured pedestrian’

Man attacked after he tried to help an ‘injured pedestrian’

A resident of Pretoria sustained serious injuries after he tried to help an "injured pedestrian" that was lying in a street in Rietfontein. Bruce Marsh...

Cosatu strike to ‘shut Cape Town down’

Around 230 000 members of unions affiliated with Cosatu are expected to take part in a march in Cape Town next week, the federation’s...
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Officer wounded in Soweto shoot-out

A police officer was wounded in a shoot-out following an ATM bombing in Dobsonville, Soweto on Thursday morning, Gauteng police said. "Police officers who were...