Leila Lees, Ethan Kirkland deaths: Stellenbosch police investigating culpable homicide
The deaths of Leila Lees and Ethan Kirkland are being handled as culpable homicide cases, Cape Town police confirm.
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Bokgabo Poo murder: Search for toddler’s body parts drags on [video]
Bokgabo Poo’s father begged Ntokozo Zikhali to disclose where he hid the remaining body parts of the four-year-old he’s accused of mutilating.
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Killer of four-year-old Tshimologo Letshabeng gets triple life sentence
The man convicted of the rape and murder of four-year-old Tshimologo Letshabeng was a colleague of the toddler’s mother.
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Bokgabo Poo murder: Lesufi reveals body parts are still missing
Thus far, police only have a leg and torso. The rest of Bokgabo Poo’s body parts are still missing and Ntokozo Zikhali is not cooperating.
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Bokgabo Poo accused murderer was out on bail for raping minor, court hears
Bokgabo Poo’s father lost his cool and attacked the man accused of brutally mutiliating his daughter in court.
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Shooting in Raleigh leaves five dead and two injured: Here’s the latest
A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the Raleigh shooting.
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Bokgabo Poo: Man linked to toddler’s disappearance arrested
A sock and pair of jeans worn by the man on the day Bokgabo Poo disappeared were found in a dustbin near his sister’s home in Dalpark, police revealed.
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Two Boksburg officers killed at the scene of a murder
Three armed men shot and killed two Boksburg police officers who were responding to a crime scene.
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Watch: Cape Town man robs passengers aboard Golden Arrow bus [video]
Surveillance footage taken from a bus parked on Spine Road on Friday morning shows the harrowing moment passengers’ lives were threatened by a gun-wielding man.
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Stabbing rampage along Las Vegas Strip leaves two dead and multiple injured
A 32-year-old man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after going on a stabbing rampage along the Las Vegas Strip.
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Steenberg murder escalated to double homicide, police confirm [video]
Cape Town police have escalated the case to a double homicide and four charges of attempted murder.
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Purdue student arrested in connection with the murder of his roommate
A 22 year old student as Purdue University has been arrested and charged with the murder of his roommate.
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German tourist murder: Three ‘persons of interest’ in custody, Cele confirms
Cele: ‘They are not arrested, they are people of interest, although… they are in the hands of the police’
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Camps Bay hosts double murder scene – Here’s what we know
Two dead bodies were discovered on Camps Bay’s promenade. Police suspect it was a targeted hit.
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Ruth Sharon Lawrence: Irish fugitive wanted for murder arrested in Bloem
Ruth Sharon Lawrence fled Ireland in 2014 after being linked to the deaths of her two friends. Turns out she was hiding in Bloemfontein the entire time.
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Cape Town Airport officials uncover R2.4m cocaine hidden in chocolate wraps
A 37-year-old male was arrested at the Cape Town airport for attempting to smuggle 4kg of cocaine hidden in a packet of chocolate sweets.
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Watch: Hawks swoop in on alleged ‘Zama Zama’ kingpins [video]
Colonel Katlego Mogale, Hawks spokesperson, in a statement, said project ‘Gillette’ resulted in six suspects being arrested on Tuesday.
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German tourist killed in random attack: Here’s what Mpumalanga police know
A German tourist was gunned down in broad daylight and the suspects fled the scene without taking anything.
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Watch: Centurion makes daring escape from home invasion [video]
This Centurion resident’s escape from a home invasion could have easily gone horribly wrong.
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Anichka Penev: Ransom demand raises hopes she’s still alive
Anichka Penev’s family confirmed a ransom fee was demanded by kidnappers.
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Duduzile Moyo: Eskom manager’s pension fund frozen amid graft probe
Duduzile Moyo allegedly indirectly received kickbacks amounting to some R24 million from an Eskom supplier.
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Marius Harmse: EC education director’s luxury car seized in fraud investigation
The SIU found that Marius Harmse allegedly indirectly received a payment of more than R300 000 from a supplier for the vehicle’s purchase.
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Anichka Penev: Cape Town woman kidnapping caught on CCTV [video]
Anichka Penev, 35, was kidnapped outside of her husband’s plastics factory and it was all captured on CCTV.
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KZN pastor charged with 13 counts of child rape
It is alleged that the 56-year-old reverend has been luring young girls and boys, aged between five and 17 years to watch cartoons and later play pornographic videos to watch with them.
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R279 million was ‘siphoned’ from National Lottery, SIU confirms
Mothibi was briefing the National Assembly’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on Tuesday.
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SARS swoops in on wildlife poachers, tax evaders in mass seizure operation
On Thursday, the revenue collector said the operations were in line with its strategy of making it hard and costly for those who engage in non-compliant activities.
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Pongola car crash: Report confirms truck driver was at fault
‘The report concludes that driver error is the major contributing factor to the root cause of the road crash,’ Mbalula revealed.
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10 000 new SAPS recruits expected to bolster law enforcement in SA
495 newly trained police officers are the first batch of 10 000 members that will be deployed as fully-fledged constables.
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Home Affairs employees nabbed in photo swap scam
Several Home Affairs employees from these branches were arrested for various identity scams.
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Maraisburg body dump: Suspected ‘zama zama’ corpses found on the N1 [photo]
Several corpses found dumped on the side of the N1 highway in Maraisburg are believed to be ‘zama zamas’.