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AfriForum challenges police over principal’s alleged involvement in rape case
AfriForum has demanded that the South African Police Service (SAPS) provide concrete evidence proving that the principal of a school…
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Senzo Mchunu says Lusikisiki mass shooting orchestrated behind bars
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says the mastermind behind the Lusikisiki massacre ordered the killings from inside the prison. Mchunu made…
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42 life sentences for Nkosinathi Phakathi who raped over 90 women and girls
The Pretoria High Court, sitting in Palm Ridge has sentenced Nkosinathi Emmanuel Phakathi to 42 life terms in jail after…
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Uyajola 9/9 presenter Jub Jub reportedly dumps Moja Love
Popular Mzansi rapper, and television presenter, Jub Jub is making headlines after it was confirmed that he has resigned from…
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Eastern Cape serial rapist gets life imprisonment
A seven-year reign of terror by a serial rapist who would break into women’s houses and rape them has ended…
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Joshlin Smith disappearance: DNA update to be heard as accused back in court
The State in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case will on Monday morning give an update on DNA tests performed on…
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Police: Bakkie driver involved in Carletonville crash under guard in hospital
The driver involved in Wednesday’s deadly accident involving a scholar transport vehicle in Carletonville is under 24-hour police guard in…
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Carletonville crash: Families of children who died begin DNA identification process
The families of the 11 children who died in a horror crash in Carletonville have started the DNA identification process…
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KZN serial rapist sentenced to 12 life terms and 75 years in jail
A 42-year-old man has been handed a hefty sentence for a rape spree spanning nine years. Between July 2012 and…
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Forensic pathologists struggling to identify retrieved bodies following George building collapse
Forensic pathologists in George are struggling to identify the bodies retrieved from the rubble due to severe decomposition. Forensic teams…
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Man sentenced for raping & impregnating teen stepdaughter
The Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday sentenced a stepfather to life imprisonment for raping and impregnating his partner’s daughter. National…
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Almost 3 months later and still no sign of Joshlin Smith
The search for the missing six-year-old Joshlin Smith from Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape remains ongoing. Joshlin from Diazville,…
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Repatriation of 45 Limpopo bus crash victims will give Botswana closure, says Ramathuba
Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said the repatriation of the 45 victims of a bus crash from the province will…
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Bodies of 45 people who died in Limpopo bus crash repatriated to Botswana
The bodies of 45 people who died in the tragic Limpopo bus crash have been repatriated to Botswana. The deceased…
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Stormers will improve communication but stick to their DNA
The DHL Stormers know they were hurt by their poor execution of their offload game in the defeat to the…
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3 people arrested for disappearance of Joshlin Smith
Three people have been taken into police custody in connection with Joshlin Smith’s disappearance. The publication has learnt that two…
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Child rapist gets 25 years in jail
A 36-year-old child rapist has been sentenced to an effective 25 years in jail for five counts of rape, two…
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Man accused of decapitating mother & sister to represent himself in court
The court appearance of a man accused of killing his mother and sister has been postponed due to outstanding DNA…
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Kirsten Kluyts murder-accused maintains innocence as bail bid continues
The 21-year-old student accused of raping and killing Kirsten Kluyts continues his bail bid on Tuesday. The Joburg teacher was…
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Life in jail for rapist who terrorised Gqeberha women
The Gqeberha High Court sentenced a rapist convicted of five counts of rape, three counts of housebreaking with intent to…
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Senior cop reveals DNA found on Senzo Meyiwa’s crime scene excludes the accused
Senzo Meyiwa’s murder trial seems far from over after new evidence emerged. Senior forensic analyst Captain Mmampshedi Masetla, who testified…
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Rhino poacher gets 30 years in jail for killing 3 rhinos in Kruger National Park
An alleged rhino poacher has been sentenced to 30 years behind bars for killing three rhinos at Kruger National Park…
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Case against serial rapist, Nkosinathi Phakathi postponed to Friday
The case against serial rapist, Nkosinathi Phakathi, who was convicted on 90 counts of rape, has been rolled over to…
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More than 1 500 corpses stink out morgues
The system of identifying bodies in South Africa has been slammed following an increase in the number of unclaimed corpses…
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19-year-old North West man gets life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl
A 19-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl, whom he dragged to his house and…
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DNA sampling underway following Joburg fire
Families are still in the process of identifying their loved ones lost in a horrific fire in the Johannesburg CBD…
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Health Minister Phaahla urges Joburg fire victims’ families to come forward
Two victims from the deadly fire at the hijacked building in Johannesburg have succumbed to their injuries in hospital, raising…
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Man jailed for raping mother in front of her 3 kids & raping his friend’s 74-year-old mom
The High Court in Polokwane has sentenced 40-year-old sexual predator Motsepane Lolo Madigoe after he was convicted for multiple rape,…
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Senzo Meyiwa trial: State has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt
Legal expert Mpumelelo Zikalala says the testimony of all those who were in the house the day Senzo Meyiwa was…
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Police conduct at Senzo Meyiwa crime scene under the spotlight
Police investigations into the Senzo Meyiwa murder are again in the spotlight. Crime scene attendent Thabo Mosia was grilled about…
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Suspect on the run for murder caught after he hitched a ride with police
A 43-year-old man made a brief appearance in the Albert Luthuli Magistrate’s Court on Thursday in Mpumalanga on a charge…
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Eastern Cape serial r@pist who targeted teenage girls gets multiple life sentences
A serial rapist in Lusikisiki has been sentenced to three life imprisonment terms for raping and exploiting teenage girls on…
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Mozambican national sentenced to 22 years on rhino poaching charges
A Mozambican poacher who was found in possession of fresh horns matching the DNA of two rhino carcasses at Skukuza…
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Man already serving life for murder gets additional sentence for Bekkersdal r@pes
A 30-year-old man already serving a life sentence for murder has been linked via DNA and sentenced in the Westonaria…
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Eastern Cape r@pists get life imprisonment in separate cases
Four rapists have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Lusikisiki Regional Court in three separate cases. In the first…
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Double life sentence for man who r@ped then strangled 82-year-old woman to death
A North West man who raped then murdered a 82-year-old woman in February 2020 has been handed a double life…
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Bheki Cele: DNA processing under way in slain Palesa Malatji case
Police Minister Bheki Cele said a forensics team was processing DNA samples from four more people to try and identify…
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Suspect connected to Odendaalsrus farm murder through DNA
In a breakthrough development, a suspect has been linked to a farm attack in Odendaalsrus in the Free State that…
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Police hunt down illegal miners
Police say they’re clamping down on illegal miners in Gauteng. Police arrested 35 illegal miners in an operation in Roodepoort…
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Suspects convicted of murder & r@pe of George woman
Two men have been convicted on charges ranging from murder, rape, and robbery with aggravating circumstances in the High Court…
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Upington r@pist gets 22 years for r@ping 59-year-old woman in shower after housebreaking
An Upington man has been sentenced to 22 years of direct imprisonment for housebreaking and r@pe. The man had r@ped…
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Thabo Bester saga: Family views Katlego Bereng’s remains
The family of Katlego Bereng has had the painful ordeal of viewing his remains. Bereng had been missing for over…
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Free State serial r@pist to spend 117 years in jail
The Bloemfontein High Court sentenced serial Letela Makhetha to 117 years imprisonment for rape, assault, and housebreaking with the intent…
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Thabo Bester saga: Free State family says body could be that of relative
A Free State family has contacted police, believing that one of the bodies claimed by Dr Nandipha Magudumana days before…
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Katlego Mpholo’s family to sue the state
The family of Katlego Mpholo – the man whose burn remains were discovered in Thabo Bester’s prison cell – says…
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Premier Mxolisi Dukwana: Thabo Bester’s brazen escape has tainted Free State’s image
Free State Premier Mxolisi Dukwana on Sunday confirmed that the charred body that was found in Thabo Bester’s cell belonged…
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Police identify burnt body found in Mangaung cell after Thabo Bester escape
The police have identified the charred body used in Thabo Bester’s escape from prison. This is after matching DNA with…
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Gauteng Health apologises after mom went home with wrong baby from Chris Hani Hospital
Two Gauteng mothers are receiving trauma counselling to help them cope with their ordeal after their newborn babies were swopped…
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Thabo Bester’s mom living in fear
Thabo Bester’s mother is living in fear. Maria Mabaso says she’s been receiving death threats since the news broke of…
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SA medical researchers dig deep in quest for improved lung cancer treatment
South African medical researchers are on a drive to enhance lung cancer treatment methods. Scientists at the iThemba Laboratories for…
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