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Four arrested after two killed in Eastern Cape mob justice attack

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Casually dressed police officer filmed striking pizza delivery driver in North West [VIDEO]

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Bellville taxi rank shooting leaves four dead as police arrest ‘hitman’ in ex-Knysna mayor’s murder

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Pair given life sentences for Hendrik Stephanus Venter murder

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‘He was one of our own’: UDM suspects political killing after councillor’s murder

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Police hunt three suspects after Trichardt shooting claims lives of two brothers

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Two live pangolins worth R1m found in car boot, four arrested in Rustenburg

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Cape Town online dating scam syndicate busted as two suspects arrested

Padlocked schools to burning tyres: EC police respond to protests at voting stations

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DA candidate’s daughter injured as home set alight with petrol in Kariega

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Life-saving dialysis equipment targeted in corruption plot, Hawks secure conviction

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Man arrested at Zuma rally over TikTok video targeting Mkhwanazi

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Six trucks set alight in Mpumalanga as search for two drivers continues

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BMA foils cross-border smuggling attempt, seizes two Ford Rangers

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Primrose residents fear zama zama turf wars and gun battles

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Police seize AK-47s, arrest two suspected illegal miners in Westonaria

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‘Shoot him, shoot him’: Five suspects arrested after viral e-hailing incident in Eldorado Park [VIDEO]

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Police recover R9.6m in stolen vehicles and illicit goods in Limpopo

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Hawks probe Tuynhuis security breach after man arrested inside restricted area

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OR Tambo and Gqeberha drug busts yield over R209 million

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Experts say policing alone not alone enough to curb gang violence

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Police arrest nearly 18 000 suspects, seize R200m cocaine

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Father fights off armed carjackers, killing one as second suspect arrested

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Road rage turns deadly: Motorist stabbed to death, SUV driver sought

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ATM bombing plot foiled: Four arrested, AK-47 seized in Limpopo

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OR Tambo drug bust: 250kg cocaine worth R200m seized in major crackdown

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Five dead and three injured in mass shooting near Cape Town

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Two sentenced for farm murder as six face court over fatal ‘cellphone theft’ assault

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Five held after foreign national beaten to death during Durban march

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Hawks raid Ermelo brothel, arrest Nigerian national with ‘expired asylum documents’

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North West police mourn two officers killed in separate crashes

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Suliman Carrim’s court woes deepen