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Three suspects shot dead in gun battle with KZN police

EC hijacking horror: Ambulance transporting eight-year-old patient hijacked

‘South Africa is a movie’: Hijackers make off with coffin

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WATCH: KZN police discover warehouses storing expired food in Durban

Bodies of 4 men discovered next to railway line in Boksburg

‘People should refrain from hitchhiking’: Police warn after siblings robbed in Mpumalanga

EDITOR'S CHOICE

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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Two suspects dead in shootout with police in Empangeni, KZN

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‘Protect our children’: Limpopo man arrested for sexual assault of children aged 3 and 4

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OTP scam syndicate bust in Eldorado Park and Soweto

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Operation Shanela: Police arrest more than 11,000 suspects in a week

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Mark Lifman murder: Has security boss Alwyn Landman skipped the country?

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Foetus found in Durban rubbish bin

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Interpol’s most wanted German national arrested at OR Tambo Airport

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Five suspects arrested for spiking and murder incidents on N1

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Jailed diamond dealer claims ex-journalist framed him with spliced voice-notes

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Hawks seek help in R40 million gold and silver bar theft case at farm

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Man arrested for bomb threats at Cape Town government buildings

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Police ‘not backing down’ as estimated 400 illegal miners ‘refuse’ to resurface

Gun deaths spike to 33 daily – more than car crashes

Church member arrested for alleged illegal power reconnection amid R3 million debt

Eastgate Shopping Centre trading as normal after robbery

Man shoots two police officers at Alexandra Police Station

Three Fort Hare University murder suspects wanted as arrest warrants issued

Gauteng toddler snatched from mother as they climb off taxi

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18,000 foreign nationals serving time in SA prisons

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Chinese national kidnapped in Gqeberha

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Parents told to be vigilant as 15-year-old missing girl found dead

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Fishy business: Cops net 7 for rebranding fake and expired ‘Lucky Star’ pilchards

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Slain teacher’s wife wanted for his alleged violent murder

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Festive season shopping warning: R8 000 ice cream machine ‘sale’ turns to robbery

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City Power warns about ’employees’ using fake ID cards – Here’s how to protect yourself

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Inside job? Two arrests in ‘Freddy Gums’ murder case as cops probe life insurance motive