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Hawks officer and court official in the dock for corruption

Only 4% of child abuse cases lead to convictions, report finds

Zimbabwean nationals in court for uprooting Cycads worth R1.4m

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Equality Court to hear ‘k-word’ case against axed DA MP Renaldo Gouws

Court finds Soshanguve couple guilty of killing wife’s ex-lover

State loses appeal, ordered to pay over R4 million in damages for three men’s unlawful detention

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News DA claims nepotism in Vhembe mayor’s appointments

Courts Equality Court to hear ‘k-word’ case against axed DA MP Renaldo Gouws

Opinion Interest rate drop will be just reward

South Africa ‘I’m scared of nobody’: Ex-police minister Bheki Cele unfazed by threats [VIDEO]

Politics Is he in or out? Ndlozi’s silence is creating a space for ‘political gossip’

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Apartheid-era cops plead not guilty to 1987 murder of Caiphus Nyoka

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Zuma slammed for suggesting deceased lawyer liable for legal bill

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‘Danger to society’: Mpumalanga serial rapist sentenced to two life terms

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DA mayor’s removal in Theewaterskloof Municipality unlawful, court rules

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Company director released on R2,500 bail for alleged water tanker fraud

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Gupta associates linked to R37.7m Estina Dairy Farm fraud appear in court

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Covid-19 tenderpreneur Hamilton Ndlovu sentenced to 30 days for contempt

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Conviction of apartheid cop John Marais for killing of Caiphus Nyoka lauded

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Man who decapitated girlfriend sentenced to life in prison

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Was Mark Lifman worth R10m? Alleged hitmen to apply for bail in December

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Brian Wainstein’s murder trial takes a hit: Lifman associate Andre Naude in hospital

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Diamond dealer Louis Liebenberg: ‘I’m no beggar – my support runs deep’

Senzo Meyiwa murder suspect’s solitary confinement ‘unlawful’ [WATCH]

Brian Wainstein murder trial: Mark Lifman hit delays ‘anxious’ Mr X’s testimony

Magistrate tells Mboro: ‘I’m explaining consequences of failing to appear in court and you’re praying?’

15-year-old boy sentenced to five years in jail for murder

Life behind bars for trio guilty of brutal murder of Tongaat teen

Pay back the money: Former NMB employees must reimburse municipality after dodgy tender

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Mother who allegedly hired hitmen to murder ‘drug-addict’ son remains behind bars

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Former municipal manager sentenced in R230m VBS Bank scandal

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Court case backlog could be as high as 100,000, says Auditor-General

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Limpopo pigsty murders: Two accused abandon bid for bail

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Men charged with producing fake home affairs documents granted bail

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‘Home Affairs got it wrong’: ConCourt asked to reinstate South Africans who lost citizenship under ‘irrational’ law

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Mark Lifman murder suspects: Duo make first court appearance, requests solitary confinement

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Louis Serenetra Moyo gets life in jail for killing girlfriend during fight over lobola money