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Eighth woman’s body found in Ekurhuleni as R400 000 reward offered

Crime

Woman kidnapped and raped in Kempton Park after calling Uber – no positive link to murders

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Domestic violence suspected after 4 people die in separate North West incidents

News

Free State man gets life for murdering girlfriend after threatening to kill her husband

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Police seize millions of rands worth of drugs in nationwide crackdown

News

Three suspects nabbed after R307k robbery in Mokopane

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Cigarette, one rand and drugs: Dispute over R1 ends in murder, man sentenced to 12 years

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Stabbing of police officer over family feud ends in 22-year jail sentence

Crime

Elephants trample poacher in Kruger National Park illegal incursion

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Police seize R9m in fake goods, including Springboks gear, in Gauteng raid

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Kempton Park serial killer fears: Saps warns women after four bodies found

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High‑speed chase ends in R2 million dagga bust on N4

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‘Cash-for-driver’s licence’ scheme uncovered at Limpopo testing centre, four arrested [PICS]

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Free State police arrest rape suspect after five years on the run

Crime

Free State man sentenced for murdering girlfriend and 18-month-old

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Hawks and Interpol to hand over six Nigerian ‘love scammers’ to FBI in Cape Town

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‘He didn’t escape on his own’: Who let Rooigrond prisoner loose?

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Be careful on FB Marketplace: Thieves get life imprisonment for robbery gone wrong

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Trio arrested after foreign national found dead near Fouriesburg

Crime

WATCH: Two foreign nationals arrested in multimillion-rand mandrax lab bust in Erasmia

Crime

R200 000 reward offered after fatal Mamelodi cash-in-transit robbery

Crime

Police arrest suspect wanted for murder conspiracy allegedly linked to DJ Warras’ killing

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Hawks nab nine suspects in R23 million illegal precious metals bust in Greenstone [PICS]

News

Two suspected armed robbers die in crash after holding up Limpopo petrol station

Crime

Laudium residents demand police oust drug dealers near station and nursery

Crime

Eastern Cape businesswoman nabbed in copper cable bust

Crime

Tavern stabbing leaves 25-year-old dead, suspect arrested

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Police nab second drug mule in four days at OR Tambo Airport

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Police arrest 30 foreigners, seize mining gear in West Rand crackdown [VIDEO]

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Police take down crime networks in massive R15M cross-border bust

Crime

Manhunt launched after scholar transport driver shot dead in Westbury

Crime

Man sentenced for trying to get his friend out of prison