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‘Decision has been made’: Godongwana argues VAT hike can’t be blocked, opposes DA’s interdict

Joshlin Smith trial: ‘Why does your truth differ?’ — State questions suspect’s claims of police abuse

Joshlin Smith trial: Accused says he was hung up and beaten by police before confession

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Makhanda healer escapes jail after boy, 10, dies during treatment

Joshlin Smith trial: Judge rules accused’s confessions admitted as evidence

Free State asbestos trial: Sodi challenges state capture evidence as Magashule complains about witness list

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Courts ‘Decision has been made’: Godongwana argues VAT hike can’t be blocked, opposes DA’s interdict

Courts Joshlin Smith trial: ‘Why does your truth differ?’ — State questions suspect’s claims of police abuse

South Africa Search for Kruger National Park lions continuing into Easter weekend

News ‘The system has failed us’: Omotoso victims speak out following acquittal

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Man sentenced to four life terms for raping four young boys

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Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial: Judge surprised at accused’s admission

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Judge insists R255m Free State asbestos corruption trial must proceed

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Wynberg court shooting a ‘revenge murder’, says NPA as second suspect arrested and security ramped up

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Senzo Meyiwa trial delayed again as defence lawyer ‘underestimated’ volume of documentation

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Rameez Patel: DNA and evidence leads murder trial

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Court hears how nearly R1 million was spent fixing welding at Estina Dairy Farm

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MP man handed 18-year sentence for oral rape of nine-year-old boy

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Nigel mother avoids life sentence after poisoning her children

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Joshlin Smith trial: ‘He put a black bag over my head’ – Appollis recounts assault in court

WATCH LIVE: Two accused take the stand in Joshlin Smith trial

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Samwu scores victory as ConCourt scraps ban on municipal workers holding political office

NPA reopens inquests into Chief Albert Luthuli and Griffiths Mxenge’s deaths

Joshlin Smith trial: ‘I’ve made an order,’ judge tells defence as proceedings get tense

Limpopo pastor pays for sins behind bars after raping vulnerable woman

Joshlin Smith trial: Defence argues accused not informed of rights before questioning

Downer dismisses Zuma’s allegations of ‘racist undertones’ in legal strategy

Zanzou assault: Congolese bouncer granted R10k bail

WATCH LIVE: Inside the Joshlin Smith trafficking trial

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Nigerian scammer sentenced for defrauding American homebuyer in SA

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Mother wins as SCA finds Health MEC liable for son’s birth injury due to negligence at Eastern Cape hospital

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Joshlin Smith trial: Different accounts of how Appollis got his injuries

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Rameez Patel threatened to kill brother if he spoke about killing Fatima, court hears

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SANDF member gets 20 years for raping superior’s teen daughter

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NPA confident of conviction in Amantle Samane murder case

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Intoxicated doctor loses Labour Court case after claiming white substance was peppermint, not cocaine