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Front National demands action against government employee for instigating racially based...

Front National South African calls on the Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, to personally take responsibility for the immediate removal from office of Clifford...

Banks to drive South Africa’s smart ID roll-out

Government, with the help of banks, plans to replace 38 million green ID books with smart ID cards within five years. This is according to...
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Violent students arrested at UKZN again

The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) again suffered disruptions after protests resulted in damage to property and the arrest of students on Wednesday. University spokesperson Lesiba...
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Ten classrooms, clinic torched in North West violent riot

Ten classrooms were damaged when three schools were burnt during a protest in Atamalang near Delareyville in North West on Wednesday. SAPS Captain Paul Ramaloko said...
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Police officer beaten by angry Durban taxi drivers

A Durban police officer had a close shave after he was allegedly attacked by a group of angry taxi drivers after blocking them from...
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Jeffreys Bay houserobbers arrested

A high-speed chase by police in Uitenhage has resulted in the arrest of two suspects who allegedly committed house robbery on Wednesday. Police from Humansdorp...
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Port Elizabeth ambulance crew robbed at gunpoint

An Eastern Cape emergency medical services ambulance crew was robbed at gunpoint in New Brighton early on Wednesday morning, the provincial health department said. Spokesperson...
Petro Res (60), was shot in the head and thrown inside a walk-in safe on a Thabazimbi farm. Photo: FaceBook

Four in court for Thabazimbi farm attack

A domestic worker and three men accused of killing a 60-year-old woman in a farm robbery have appeared in the Thabazimbi Magistrate's Court, Limpopo...

EFF will nationalise land, mines, Malema tells US business

Johannesburg – US investors will have to deal with state ownership of land if the EFF comes to power, party leader Julius Malema has...
Brutal attack on elderly couple in Johannesburg

Brutal attack on elderly couple in Johannesburg

An elderly couple was attacked in their home in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on Wednesday, SAPS said on its Twitter feed. One of them appeared to have...

Media coverage of crimes offers lessons for copycats – Phiyega

Cape Town - Media coverage of crimes such as mall robberies offers potential lessons for copycats, national police commissioner General Riah Phiyega said on...
South African murder rate soars to 49 a day, official data shows

South African murder rate soars to 49 a day, official data...

South Africa's murder rate jumped 4.6 percent in the last year, official data showed Tuesday, with almost 49 people killed every day in a...