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2 disturbing rape cases in Oudtshoorn and George
The Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) in Oudtshoorn is urgently appealing for help from the public…
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Police confiscate 201 litres of liquor, arrest 34-year-old woman for selling alcohol without licence
During an operation to crack down on unregistered liquor stores, police confiscated 201 litres of alcohol in the Garden Route…
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Mom arrested for allegedly murdering son in Western Cape
A mother will appear in court on Tuesday after she was arrested in connection with her son’s death. The seven-year-old…
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2 Cape mothers in court for allegedly killing their children
Western Cape police have arrested two women for allegedly murdering their children. In the first incident, a 39-year-old Oudtshoorn woman…
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Mia le Roux crowned Miss SA 2024
Halala! Mia le Roux has been crowned Miss South Africa 2024 at the SunBet Arena at Time Square, Pretoria on…
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N12 reopened in the Little Karoo following heavy flooding
The N-12 between Oudtshoorn and De Rust in the Little Karoo has been re-opened. The road was closed on Monday…
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Gift of the Givers on WC destructive weather: It will take weeks to rescue all trapped people
Humanitarian aid organization Gift of the Givers says it is sending aid to at least 14 people trapped in Gamkaskloof,…
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Ex-Oudtshoorn deputy mayor sentenced for s.e.xual assault
The former deputy mayor of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape has been sentenced for s.e.xually assaulting an employee. Mlandeli Abednico…
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Cape police investigate death of suspect linked to slain Almay Hurling
Southern Cape police are investigating the death of a murder suspect in George. The deceased had been linked to the…
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Swartberg Pass in Western Cape closed due to fire
The Swartberg Pass between Prince Albert and Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape on Tuesday remained closed to traffic until further…
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Severe thunderstorms & heavy rain expected in parts of FS and North West on Tuesday
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, large…
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WC Education Dept calls for calm following scabies outbreak
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has called for calm as it deals with a scabies outbreak at two schools…
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GBV cases being thrown out of court due to missing dockets a concern for Western Cape Dept
The Western Cape Community Safety Department has expressed concern over the number of gender-based violence-related cases being thrown out of…
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48 arrested in Operation Vuthu Hawe in the Southern Cape
Southern Cape police yielded positive results after they managed to arrest 48 suspects for drug-related offences during operation Vuthu Hawe.…
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Nine suspects arrested in Oudtshoorn over fraudulent driver’s licences
Nine suspects have spent the weekend behind bars after they were arrested for allegedly fraudulently issuing drivers and learners licences.…
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Traffic department staffers arrested for alleged driver’s licence fraud
Nine people believed to be part of a driver’s licence fraud syndicate were arrested during a raid in Oudtshoorn, Western…
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Homes damaged by heavy rains in Oudtshoorn
The damage caused by two different storms that hit George in the Southern Cape two weeks ago, and Oudtshoorn in…
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Mpumalanga man allegedly caught with 9 000 child p0rn0graphic materials
A 57-year-old man from Emalahleni, Mpumalanga, has been arrested for possession of some 9,000 pieces of material containing child p0rn0graphy.…
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2 suspects bust with drugs worth R160 000 just outside Oudtshoorn
Two suspects are expected to appear in the Oudtshoorn Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of dealing in drugs after…
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Ex-SANDF member sentenced to 10 years for fraud
A 38-year-old former member of the SANDF, Sipho Msiza, has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for fraud committed in…
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SANDF captain arrested in cash-in-transit heist at Oudtshoorn petrol station
A 36-year-old SA National Defence Force (SANDF) member has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a cash-in-transit heist at…
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Covid-19: Private hospitals under pressure as 3rd wave hits Western Cape
The Western Cape could see more than 500 hospital admissions for Covid-19 patients by next week as private sector hospitals…
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Military doctor Denzil Clinton King sentenced to 6 years for rape and s.e.xual assault
A military doctor who appealed his conviction and sentence for rape and s.e.xual assault at the Western Cape High Court…
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Child rapist sentenced to life in jail
Police management in the Western Cape has welcomed the sentencing of a child rapist to life imprisonment. In a statement…
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Photos: Shock as piles of guns found in the dam
Cops in Western Cape are probing after an arms cache was discovered in Raubenheimer Dam outside Oudtshoorn in the Little…
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Cops find a firearm cache in Oudtshoorn Dam
Police in the Western Cape have a found a firearms cache at the Raubenheimer Dam outside Oudtshoorn in the Little…
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Drugs worth R500k confiscated during SAPS raid in Outdshoorn
Drugs worth R500,000 have been confiscated during a police operation in Oudtshoorn. On Tuesday, police were deployed across the Karoo…
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Fraud charges against teacher who identified himself as African in CV dropped
Fraud charges against a Western Cape teacher who classified himself as African on his CV have been dropped. Glen Snyman,…
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Coloured teacher in big trouble for identifying himself as African on job application
A Western Cape teacher has reportedly been summoned to a disciplinary hearing for claiming to be African on his resume,…
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Rapist Amor Van Greunen slapped with double life sentence in jail
A man has been slapped with a double life sentence for raping a teenage girl in Port Elizabeth. Amor Van…
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Pictures – Oudtshoorn affected by damaging winds
Winds of up to 85km/h had been predicted in the area by the Weather Service. Powerful winds caused havoc in…
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