Crime
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Man appears in court after minor girl found dead under bed in shack
A 29-year-old man from Bultfontein in the Free State has been arrested after the body of a seven-year-old girl child was discovered in a shack dwelling.
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Digital banking crime costs South Africans R2.4 billion in 2025
Digital banking crime in South Africa surged to R2.4 billion in 2025, with app fraud accounting for over 70% of losses.
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11 killed in three overnight shootings in Cape Town, police reinforce deployments
Eleven people were shot dead in separate incidents in Langa, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha overnight. Western Cape police have reinforced deployments in affected areas.
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Three suspects killed in Kranskop shootout with police
Three suspects wanted for a cash-in-transit robbery were killed in a shootout with police in Kranskop in the early hours of Saturday.
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Two suspects arrested in Sasolburg drug bust
Police arrested two men in a drug bust at a house in Zamdela – one of them was arrested a week earlier.
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Truck driver sentenced to 20 years for kidnapping and rape of teenage girl
A 43-year-old truck driver has been sentenced to an effective 20 years’ imprisonment by the Makhanda High Court for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old girl.
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Killer of DJ Warras sentenced to 25 years in plea deal with the State
The National Prosecuting Authority has secured the conviction of the man who shot and killed Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock in Johannesburg.
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Two Anti-Gang Unit constables among four shot dead in Reiger Park
Two young Anti-Gang Unit constables and two women in a targeted Volkswagen Polo were killed in Reiger Park on Friday night, in what police described as an ambush.
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Man arrested after R1.2 million illicit cigarette haul seized near Welkom
A 35-year-old foreign national has been arrested after members of the Welkom K9 Unit seized illicit cigarettes valued at an estimated R1.2 million during a crime prevention operation on the R30.
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Two wounded robbers hospitalised, 10 in custody after a foiled business robbery
12 suspected armed robbers due in court following their arrest by Gauteng police regarding a brazen robbery of a coffee supplier’s warehouse in Johannesburg
