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Removal of specialised units increased violent crime – experts

Off-duty police officer dead, another injured in KZN murder suicide

Mpumalanga teen girl sends police on a hunt for her rapist, but she lied

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Police make breakthrough in search for kidnapped Kamogelo Baukudi

‘Declare Limpopo a GBV disaster zone’ – ANCWL

Four killed, three others injured at Mfuleni taxi rank in Cape Town

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Police launch search for teen kidnapped by fake cops in Vereeniging

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Three house robbers shot dead in gun battle with police in Sandton, one arrested

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These are Gauteng’s hotspots for murder, rape, kidnapping, carjacking and house robbery

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Arrested CIT heist crooks ‘out on bail’ when they held up truck in Tshwane

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Two arrested and charged for IFP deputy chief whip’s ‘assassination’

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Police probe murder case after man found dead at Zamimpilo informal settlement [VIDEO]

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DNA confirms remains of journalist Aserie Ndlovu and Nomsa Mdhluli

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Wife and lover allegedly fake kidnapping to extort her worried husband in Limpopo

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Gauteng Traffic Police and Home Affairs immigration officers arrested for kidnapping and theft

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Police condemn Westbury community for attack on Anti-Gang Unit [VIDEO]

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Child Protection Week: Growing calls for tougher sentences for child abuse offenders

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WhatsApp group linked to July 2021 unrest lands four in court

Boy shot dead in Westbury as ‘gang members roam freely’

Grief claims grandfather after granddaughter’s burial

Police close to breakthrough in IFP deputy chief whip’s ‘assassination’

Police rope in specialised team to probe murder of 14-year-old Lukhona Fose

Two killed, one injured in Barberton tavern shooting

Family believes 14-year-old Likhona Fose was killed in suspected homophobic attack

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WATCH: Police investigating after teenage girl’s mutilated body found in Roodepoort

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Truck driver found twenty times over the legal alcohol limit in KZN

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Fezile Ngubane is a victim, not suspect in kidnapping case, says Saps

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R8 million worth of dagga from Eswatini seized

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‘Gruesome discovery’: Missing teen girl found dead inside shack as stepfather linked to murder

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Remains of missing toddler Kutlwano Shalaba found in shallow grave

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Police officers charged with serious crimes remain on active duty

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WATCH: How Olorato Mongale murder suspect ‘confessed’ [VIDEO]