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North West jogger attacker gets life plus 15 years for rape and robbery

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ConCourt strikes down Public Procurement Act over flawed public participation process

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Eastern Cape farmer convicted of trafficking and rape after luring young women

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Former Northern Cape prosecutor jailed for sexually assaulting partner

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Farmer jailed for life over cold‑blooded murder

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Eastern Cape Hawks nab two in R1.1m UIF fraud crackdown

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‘That’s how comical it is’: Laughter in court as Mbalula’s lawyer ridicules Dlamini-Zuma’s bribery claims

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NDPP withdraws charges against national police commissioner Fannie Masemola

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Zimbabwean man gets two life terms for trafficking girl, 12, to SA

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Man sentenced to 30 years for raping girlfriend’s 13-year-old niece

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Fannie Nkosi fights to escape charges against him

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Julius Mkhwanazi and co-accused denied bail in Emmanuel Mbense murder case

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Axed UniZulu employee takes attorney misconduct battle to ConCourt

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Zolani Tete murder: State accused of ‘maliciously smuggling’ new evidence as bail ruling delayed

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Julius Mkhwanazi granted R10k bail in blue lights case, but will remain in prison

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Businessman gets R50k bail in Hawks Port Shepstone cocaine theft case

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30 years’ service, a lost job and payout: Numsa criticised over abandoning ex-worker’s case

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Western Cape department loses appeal over pothole crash that cost motorcyclist his leg

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Parenting tiff lands Northern Cape man in jail for assault and strangulation

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Brown Mogotsi says he ditched bodyguards to see sangoma on day of alleged hit

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New accused in DJ Warras murder case abandons bail

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Bafana Mahungela found guilty of Kirsten Kluyts’ murder

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‘Ill’ Mapisa-Nqakula not in court, case postponed

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Randburg Magistrate’s Court grants Stuart Scharnick bail despite state opposition

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Anele Tembe inquest: Hotel employee recalls AKA’s reaction over alcohol refusal after fiancée’s death

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Witness D murder suspect allegedly found with cellphone in prison

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Mapisa-Nqakula maintains she received no money from SANDF service provider

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Madadeni killers handed life sentences for ‘brutal, senseless’ murder

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Polokwane Court hands life plus 33 years to Limpopo killer

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‘State’s case is very weak’: Defence lawyer shows CCTV footage as fourth suspect joins Reiger Park shooting matter

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R200m Port Shepstone cocaine theft: Accused claims prison ‘not conducive’ to his health

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‘Chief, it’s that time again’: Mkhwanazi’s role in Emmanuel Mbense murder under scrutiny