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Court to hear urgent application over Dr John Hlophe’s designation to JSC
The Western Cape High Court will today hear an urgent application that the Democratic Alliance (DA) and two other organisations…
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SIU saves Health Dept billions from fraudulent claims
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it has prevented the Department of Health from paying R3 billion in fraudulent medico-legal…
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Minister Gayton McKenzie to launch national Heritage Month
Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie will this morning launch the 2024 national Heritage Month at the Freedom Park Heritage…
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City Parks employee nabbed in connection with CIT heists
A City Parks employee has appeared in the Booysens Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng on Wednesday for his alleged link to…
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Dagga, pangas & crushed pills confiscated during random Mpumalanga school searches
Authorities confiscated knives, pangas, hammers, dagga, illicit cigarettes, and crushed pills from learners in various Mpumalanga schools on Tuesday. Mpumalanga…
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Mpumalanga man who killed cheating girlfriend gets life sentence
A man from Mpumalanga will spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and the…
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Man arrested for transporting 112 threatened cycad plants
A man has been arrested after being found travelling with 19 species of illegal cycads on the N1 in Limpopo.…
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Congolese national who gave rape victim R300 gets life sentence
A Congolese national has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bityi Regional Court in the Eastern Cape for rape.…
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Queensburgh scrapyard manager arrested after R20 million copper bust
A 59-year-old scrapyard manager has been arrested after police recovered bags of copper cables from a premises in Durban’s Queensburgh…
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Top cop in court for alleged corruption resulting in sabotage of a company’s London Stock Exchange listing
Former crime intelligence police colonel, Vassan Soobramoney, was granted R5,000 bail in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on corruption charges.…
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Tonga police hunt for armed suspect who raped 2 learners
The police in Tonga have a launched a manhunt for a rape suspect after two learners were raped on their…
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Northern Cape education dept condemns pupil using K-word in TikTok video
The Northern Cape Department of Education has condemned that actions of a pupil from a high school in Upington, caught…
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Convicted man loses Ford Ranger bakkie & sentenced to 12 years behind bars
The Polokwane Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Limpopo sentenced 36-year-old Makinya Nicodemus Phalama to six years in jail after convicting…
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Post Office heading for liquidation
During the course of October, the South African Post Office will reach ‘Day Zero’. This is the day when cash…
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Lesotho national gets life for raping 11-year-old girl
North West Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Sello Kwena and the head of Public Prosecutions, Rachel Mukhari, have welcomed the sentence…
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Chicco Twala says son was not involved in Senzo Meyiwa’s killing
Music Legend and producer Sello Chicco Twala says his son Longwe is not involved in the killing of Senzo Meyiwa.…
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Economic exclusion partly to blame for extortion: MKP
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has attributed the escalation of extortion in the country partly to the economic exclusion of…
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Postbank suffered financial losses of close to R89 million
The Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi has revealed that the money that was stolen at Postbank included social…
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Senzo Meyiwa ballistic expert sticks to his guns
Ballistic expert Lieutenant-Colonel Chris Mangena has reiterated the marks on the test bullets he fired align with those found from…
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R1 billion drug bust: Alleged SA drug dealers fight for release while Mexican men abandon bail bid
Five people arrested in connection with the R2 billion clandestine drug laboratory in Limpopo appeared in court, where they were…
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