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Ex-Gauteng teacher who allegedly asked pupils to send him n#des, granted bail
A former school teacher accused of exposing children to p0rn0graphy was released on bail in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on…
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Mom arrested for allegedly selling her 2-year-old son
Mom arrested for allegedly selling her 2-year-old son! Human trafficking and related crimes have taken center stage in South Africa as…
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NPA hopes sentencing of convicted serial rapist Nkosinathi Phakathi sends strong message to criminals
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has issued a stark warning to s.e.xual offenders following the landmark sentencing of convicted serial…
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NPA secures first conviction and sentence in Steinhoff fraud case
A friend of the late Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste has been found guilty and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for…
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Ditebogo Phalane’s alleged killers expected to bid for bail
The three men accused of killing five-year-old Ditebogo Phalane are expected to bring a bail application in the Pretoria North…
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Fraud-accused hides from police in freezer
A former finance manager had been found hiding in a freezer after going on the run from the police for…
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Malawian pastor who ran countrywide cellphone battery stealing syndicate gets 10 years in jail
A Malawian pastor who spent a year orchestrating the thefts of batteries from Vodacom and MTN cellphone towers around the…
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Man gets life sentence for raping 12-year-old girl after accusing her of theft
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Tsakane Regional Court for raping a 12-year-old girl. Vusi Elias…
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Man gets life sentence for raping 12-year-old girl after accusing her of theft
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Tsakane Regional Court for raping a 12-year-old girl. Vusi Elias…
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Man convicted of murdering girlfriend to be sentenced in October
Convicted murderer Ngagalela Kekana will be sentenced on 14 October. Kekana was found guilty of the premeditated murder of his…
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NPA welcomes 3 life sentences handed down to convicted rapist
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has reaffirmed its commitment to ensure perpetrators of gender-based violence are brought to book. It…
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Man accused of rape denied bail
The Heidelberg Magistrate’s Court on Friday denied bail for 38-year-old Thabiso Amos, who is facing charges on three counts of…
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Carletonville crash: NPA says it had no grounds to oppose bail against accused
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said that it had no grounds to oppose bail in the culpable homicide case against…
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Man charged for deadly Carletonville crash granted R20K bail
Gert van Emmenis, the man charged for the accident that killed 11 children and the driver of their scholar transport,…
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Bail for Gauteng State Prosecutor accused of taking a bribe
A 31-year-old district prosecutor in Pretoria has been released on bail following her arrest on allegations of corruption, extortion, and…
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Prosecutor facing corruption charges for alleged R70 000 kick-back
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) asserted its commitment to fighting corruption at all levels by taking aim at one of…
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Nearly 3 years later, police arrest Drip Footwear MD Glenda Ndlanzi’s murder suspect
Police have made a breakthrough in the murder of Drip Footwear managing director Glenda Ndlanzi nearly three years after her…
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Ditebogo Phalane murder accused back behind bars
The three suspects behind the murder of five-year-old Ditebogo Phalane will return to a Pretoria North court in August after…
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One of the Ditebogo Phalane murder accused was out on bail for violent crimes
It has been revealed that one of the men accused of murdering five-year-old Ditebogo Junior Phalane was out on bail…
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Digital Vibes project manager Lizeka Tonjeni found guilty of accepting R160K bribe
A former Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) employee, Lizeka Tonjeni, has been found guilty of accepting a R160 000 bribe…
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NPA refuses to give details of police investigation into Ditebogo Phalane’s murder
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has refused to divulge any details on the police’s investigation into the senseless murder of…
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19-year-old boy denied bail for allegedly r@ping cousin
A 19-year-old Zimbabwean boy appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court on Monday facing a charge of raping his 10-year-old cousin.…
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Two men arrested for Soshanguve hijacking yet to be linked to Ditebogo Phalane’s murder
Two men arrested following a deadly hijacking in Soshanguve are yet to be linked to the murder of five-year-old Ditebogo…
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Pretoria mother to serve 10 years in jail for murdering her 2 kids
The High Court in Pretoria has sentenced 29-year-old mother, Lehlogonolo Mary Bokaba to 20 years direct imprisonment after convicting her…
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Unremorseful hitman gets 2 life terms in jail
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria High Court sentenced a 29-year-old hitman to two life terms in prison for…
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AFU seizes bank account with over R4.3 million belonging to a Ponzi scheme involving virtual pigs
The Pretoria Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) obtained a preservation order to freeze the bank…
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AFU seizes properties & bank accounts valued at over R43 million linked to ex-brigadier employed by DRC embassy
The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) secured a forfeiture order to the value of over…
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NPA relieved about Senzo Meyiwa trial within a trial ruling
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said Thursday’s ruling on the admissibility of confessions in the Senzo Meyiwa Murder Trial is…
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Pretoria man convicted of raping his 11-month-old daughter
A 32-year-old Olievenhoutbosch father was found guilty of the rape and attempted murder of his 11-month-old daughter, as well as…
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Man kills girlfriend & calls police to report her ‘suicide’
The High Court in Pretoria, sitting in Benoni, has sentenced Lundokuhle Innocent Radebe to 15 years’ direct imprisonment for murder…
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Alleged killer of husband & wife at Pretoria nightclub Blue Room abandons bail application
The double murder accused, Samuel Masemola, aged 37, abandoned his bail application when he appeared before the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court.…
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Soshanguve woman accused of faking her husband’s death for life insurance denied bail
A 32-year-old woman accused of faking her husband’s death for life insurance policies will remain bars. Lerato Mahlangu was denied…
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Brits murder-accused farmers denied bail
Two farmers arrested after a dead man was found at the back of their bakkie covered with refuse plastic bags…
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28-year-old man hacks his father to death during argument while they were working at home
Police in Limpopo have arrested a 28-year-old man after he allegedly hacked his 58-year-old biological father to death during an…
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Parents of Soshanguve pupils sold space muffins urged to give police statements
Soshanguve parents whose children got sick after eating muffins laced with dagga have been urged to give statements to the…
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3 in court for allegedly selling dagga-laced muffins to Gauteng learners
A third suspect has been arrested on charges relating to the sale of dagga-laced muffins to learners at a Gauteng…
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3 women implicated in Gauteng zama zama case granted bail
Three women linked to a group of men arrested on charges of running an illegal mining operation have all been…
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Bail bid of 2 mothers whose children died in shack fire postponed to September
The case of two mothers whose five children burnt to death in a house fire at Itireleng informal settlement, west…
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Mamelodi man sentenced to 40 years in jail for raping 2 minors
A 25-year-old Mamelodi man has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for raping two minors. Christopher Bapela appeared in…
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Advocate Malesela Teffo ordered to comply after he refused to have fingerprints taken & give address after arrest
Disbarred advocate, Malesela Teffo, has been ordered to comply with police following his arrest on charges of malicious damage to…
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DJ Fresh recounts his story of being accused of rape
Recently, popular radio personality, DJ Fresh was interviewed on Gareth Cliff’s podcast, Cliff Central, and once again opened up about…
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VBS Mutual Bank case postponed to October due to unavailability of judge
The case against 14 people accused of looting the VBS Mutual Bank has been postponed to 2 October. They are…
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Father & 2 kids who allegedly killed mom during exorcism abandon bail
A father and his two children accused of killing his wife and their mother during an exorcism, made their first…
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Boyfriend who set Banyana Banyana star’s sister on fire dies in police custody
The boyfriend of a Mamelodi woman who is fighting for her life after she was allegedly doused with petrol and…
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Tsakane graveyard serial r@pist slapped with 3 life terms in jail
The Pretoria High Court sitting in Benoni has sentenced the Tsakane graveyard serial rapist Petetona Abel Lebele, 43, to three…
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Centurion woman accused of poisoning husband & keeping his body, to apply for bail next week
A woman who allegedly murdered her husband and asked a man on the street to help bury the body has…
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Tsakane graveyard r@pist convicted
Known as the ‘Tsakane graveyard serial rapist’, Petetona Abel Lebele told the Pretoria High Court during his guilty plea on…
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‘I was given food and drink in Sunnyside, then r@ped while unconscious’: Woman alleges
A 25-year-old Zambian national, James Ngosa who resides in Sunnyside, Pretoria, was arrested and charged for allegedly r@ping his female…
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Pretoria man who murdered his wife with an axe while 6-year-old grandson watched, abandons bail
John Nkgudi, 52, man who killed his wife Tinny, 51, with a stick, shovel, and axe has abandoned his bail…
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Alleged Benoni and Thembisa serial r@pist due back in court
A suspected serial rapist linked to several cases in Benoni and Thembisa, in the East Rand, is expected to appear…
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