Crime
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Taxi driver gunned down on N2 after chase from Kanana informal settlement
Gugulethu police registered a case of murder following a shooting incident on the N2 highway on Tuesday, 25 August, at about 10:58.
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Bellville woman accused of decapitating sister still awaiting psychiatric assessment
Aletta Rose, 63, accused of murdering and decapitating her sister, Constance “Connie” Scholtz, has had her case postponed again.
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Gugulethu shooting leaves one dead, another injured
Gugulethu police have registered cases of murder and attempted murder following a shooting at the Europe informal settlement on Sunday, 23 August.
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Community tip-off leads to arrest of four suspects and seizure of dagga valued at more than R68 000
Four suspects were arrested in Fraserburg for drug dealing, with police seizing dagga valued at R6 700 following a community tip-off.
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UPDATE | Four suspects in custody in Zolani Tete murder case
Eastern Cape police now have four suspects in custody in connection with the fatal shooting of champion boxer Zolani Tete.
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R300 000 crack cocaine found hidden in mannequin head at Bloemfontein airport
A suspicious item was flagged by airport scanning equipment at approximately 11:26. Police responded immediately and were directed to a hairdresser’s mannequin head in the woman’s possession, where the drugs were allegedly concealed.
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Police arrest man for alleged sexual assault of teenage bartender
A man is expected to appear in the Dewetsdorp Magistrates’ Court, after he was arrested for alleged sexual assault and the attack of a police reservist
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Police seize 100 firearms from security company in Operation Buyisa crackdown
Members deployed under Operation Buyisa seized 100 firearms and ammunition from a security company based in Soweto.
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Double murder probe under way after unknown gunman ambushes vehicle
Two men aged 30 years were fatally wounded in an apparent ambush by an unknown guman in Lulekani, Limpopo on the evening of Friday 21 August.
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Multi-disciplinary Operation Prosper targets illegal mining in Lejweleputswa District
A multi-agency operation in Theunissen led to several arrests and the seizure of illegal gold-bearing material and mining equipment.
