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Heroic Petrol Attendant Identified As Malawian Abdullah James
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NEWS IN: Sthembiso Gcaba, linked to the notorious KZN taxi family Business, the GcabaBrothers, was caught red handed last week by police withdrawing R180,800 using stolen SASSA cards , Sthembiso was Granted R5k Bail
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residents in Katlehong, Maphanga, took matters into their own hands and apprehended the driver and passenger of a Toyota Etios who had been stealing cellphones. moo
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A man who was physically attacked after he was allegedly seen on Monday, 08 May 2023 night stealing electrical cables in Seshego (Zone 4) has passed away at the hospital.
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a shocking turn of events, a police officer employed by the South African Police Service (SAPS), known by his name Bafana, has transformed his own house into a notorious drug den.
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R.I.P. Jamie Bartlett (David Genaro)
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The owner of a fleet of 45 trucks, Demieties Peter Botes (47), has been arrested and appeared before the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court on charges of money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme that cost the traffic department R60 million.
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Meetings are underway between : #OperationDudula #nhlanhla_lux #PutSouthAfricansFirst #SAPS #HomeAffairsSA #ImmigrationOfficials Its gonna be a very busy year. The rule of law and order will be upheld.
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Zimbabwean National Arrested For Vandalising Steve Biko's Tombstone Download Now
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Three men accused of stock theft were brutally assaulted by members of the Hazelmere - KZN community this afternoon (Tuesday.
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In a shocking incident, a resident of Phoenix, Constantia Junior Governder, woke up from a cold mortuary freezer after being declared dead by doctors at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital.
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SANDF Officer Among 2 Arrested for Unlawful Possession of Military Firearms in Mokopane Download Now
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A Woman Has Been Sentenced To 5 Years In Jail After She Defrauded Her Company Out Of R1.6 million.
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Truck Drivers Were Beaten By Soldiers After They Were Warned To Not Load Illegal Mined Goods Download Now
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Operation Fiela does its best 👌 at cleaning the streets and making them safe for the community. They not only focusing on nationality, crime is crime, South African or not!!!
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a shocking turn of events, a police sergeant, aged 46, was apprehended along with two other individuals, aged 30 and 35, for their alleged involvement in the possession and transportation of dagga.
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Hawks made a major breakthrough in a case involving the theft of funds from the South Cape Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College. 8 suspects, five public officials, have been arrested in connection with the theft of R24 million
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Local authorities are now seeking the public's assistance in identifying a person of interest who was caught on camera during two separate robbery incidents.
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Sihle Sibisi is a woman who has recently been associated with King MisuZulu kaZwelithini. Since the news broke out, Sibisi has gained newfound fame and has become quite popular on social media platforms. In response to this, she has been communicating with her fans through social
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Teenager shoots her rapist in the head A brave 15 year-old Wedela teenager shot dead the man who was raping her in Wedela on Saturday night at around 21:00. "The young girl who had been forced into the bush at gun point by the suspect was ordered to undress.
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Fourways Identified as Crime Hotspot: SAPS to Crack Down on Undocumented Foreigners With 50 Already Arrested
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Beware Of New Hijacking Trick, Lady was hijacked yesterday morning on Marlboro N3 S on-ramp. Apparently been a common hijacking spot used by the same guys. Nvm the incorrectly dated dash cam. @Abramjee @crimeairnetwork @LawOrder_za @stolencarRSA @SAPoliceService
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Operation Dudula vows to keep evicting illegal foreign nationals from buildings
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Polokwane, South Africa - 42 foreign nationals, including 41 undocumented Zimbabweans, one Mozambican national, and one South African citizen, are set to appear before the Mecklenburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
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Illegal Shop Owners Fear For Their Business As Police Launch Operations
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Durinng the arrest 70 cards and his luxury Mercedes were seized by SAPS. His arrest came after an intelligence driven operation that was conducted by the Durban Central District Task Team.
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Rolex Gang Targeted The Wrong Victim Who Had Bodyguards In Sandton, 3 Were Shot Download Now
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Two Women Allegedly Stole VW SUV
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The owner of this luxurious BMW X6 will be getting his/her vehicle back. Thanks to the intervention and hard work of the SA National Defence Force soldiers through Joint Tactical Headquarters Limpopo. Our members, deployed on the RSA/Zimbabwe border
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It is understood that Gcaba has more than 30 taxis in his fleet. In October he purchased two new Quantum minibus taxis for his firstborn son.
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Sad News For Truck Owner Hiring Foreign National Truck Drivers As 26 Got Arrested Download Now
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Gcaba recently purchased a Mercedes-Benz AMG GT 63 S valued at R3.4m. It had yet to be registered with licence plates when the police seized it. According to the charge sheet, Gcaba made 133 withdrawals on Saturday, withdrawing R1,800 each time, amounting to R239,400.
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An “armed” assailant was shot and killed by a motorist on the Barbara off-ramp close to Isando, Johannesburg. It is alleged the assailant pointed the firearm, which later turned out to be a toy gun at the motorist in an attempt to either hijack or rob the motorist.
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KwaZulu-Natal police have made a significant drug bust in Durban North, arresting two suspects and seizing drugs estimated to be worth 1.6 million rand, along with firearms, ammunition, and a large sum of cash. The suspects, aged 45 and 75 years old. KO
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Money Heist SA - Pretoria N4. attempted murder and robbery. Victim followed after withdrawing a large amount of money.
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One Of The Houses That Belong To Blue-light Robbers That's Been Seized By The Police #Robbers #Police Download Now
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Zimbabwean who just killed two South Africans in the last two days and crossed the river back to Zimbabwe apprehended by community members, he had been raping and robbing vulnerable citizens around Vhembe district in and around Niani areas. Anyone who may have a case against him?
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Hijacking Gang That Killed Sandile Tembe & Judas Mthethwa Has Been Finally Arrested After 20 Years.
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Suspect Broke Into The Wrong House As He Was Shot By The Homeowner #Suspect #Wronghouse Download Now
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two Mozambican nationals managed to escape from the Phalaborwa police holding cells. The suspects, identified as Roger Mthembu, 42, and Makalani Malembe, 47, had been arrested for allegedly tampering.
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Limpopo Authorities Shut Down The Entry Point Used By Zimbabweans At Beitbridge Border Download Now
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The team pounced on the suspect ( Sthembiso Gcaba ) who was withdrawing cash from different Sassa cards at an ATM on Anton Lembede Street. The suspect was driving an exclusive Mercedes Benz which he recently bought.
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Illegal Lesotho Nationals Embroiled In Illegal Mining Showing Off Their Illegal Pistols
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Electricity Took His Breath Away, Cable Thief Gets Electrocuted While Stealing
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Buffalo City: In a remarkable display of vigilance and bravery, a K9 Unit team foiled an audacious infrastructure theft attempt earlier today. 😂
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Police Captain Found Transporting Dagga With Police Vehicles
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Hire Zimbabweans At Own Risk, Nurse Abandons Child & Robs Family While They Are Away
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The untouchable cop - History Of The Mpisane Family Super-rich policeman ‘got away with murder’, at the time the Scorpions were looking into whether a top Metro Police officer really got away with murder before he started living it up in La lucia –
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The former Kaizer Chiefs public relations officer, Louis "Sprinter" Tshakoane, along with his wife Suzan Tshakoane and son Louis Tshakoane junior, made their first appearance at the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court yesterday morning.
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Taxi Allegedly Going Around Robbing People, A Woman Was Robbed By 2 Suspects
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Chris Gounden, representing Gcaba, said his client had no previous convictions or pending cases. Gounden informed magistrate Vanitha Armu that Gcaba was a taxi owner but could only afford R5,000 bail as the taxi industry had been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Zim Explosives Confiscated In Alberton on 2 Suspects
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One of Tembisa's most sought and violent criminals has been caught, which is good news for the community. Emihle Njamekwana, who had been evading capture for months, was apprehended by police in the early hours of Saturday.
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Incident at Grabouw Day hospital? Drunk On-Duty Officer Who Couldn't Even Stand Up.
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Truck Company Fires All Foreign National Drivers With Immediate Effect
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Sources close to the investigation told TimesLIVE that the Sassa cards, loaded with wads of cash, allegedly formed part of a batch that were swapped out of a police station exhibit room and replaced with blank Sassa cards.
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Trigger Happy Suspect Shooting In Broad Daylight...With No Regard For Where The Bullets End Up
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Four blue light robbers were killed after a shootout with law enforcement officials on the R50 Etwatwa. Suspects were dressed in full Police Uniform.
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3 Truck Hijackers Were Caught On Camera, If You See The Suspects Call The Police #Police #Southafrica Download Now
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Foreign National Was Arrested With A Stolen Ford WildTrack In A High Spees Chase Download Now
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Part 1 Hillbrow. Zimbabwean & Zulu War : It is alleged Zimbabwean Gang members were Shooting In Honor Of Their Fallen Gang Members. @LawOrder_za @BOSBEER2006 @Abramjee @crimeairnetwork
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The man also undressed and proceeded to rape her," says Captain Eddie Boboko, the SAPS Spokesperson for the cluster. The girl saw an opportunity when she spotted her rapist's firearm, seemingly on the ground, grabbed it and shot him in the head with it.
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Two suspects who were caught on camera stealing a large steel gate in Lotus River have become the talk of the town after the video went viral on social media. The duo was arrested by the Grassy Park.
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26 Undocumented Truck Drivers Arrested in Major KZN Operation Download Now
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Nigerian Hijacking Kingpin Arrested With His Gang In Johannesburg
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A group of Car thieves caught with their boss and the community wants them exposed please help them trend. #NationalShutdown Nkandla #malema
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Residents of Brackenhurst are on high alert after two white males were seen walking the streets and tampering with a surveillance camera. The incident has left the community shaken and concerned for their safety.
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AKA's Killers Are Allegedly Well Known Hitmen Who Drive A Mercedes Benz, they were hiding out in CT
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According to the Report One of Suspect confessed that they're a team of 10 members ( Zimbabwean and South Africans ) Credit to SAPS for this Good Work
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The 47-year-old chairperson of the North Beach taxi association appeared in the Durban magistrate's court on Thursday, after his initial appearance on Monday, where he was granted bail of R5,000.
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On October 6 an Inanda detective was arrested by members of Phoenix police after she was found in possession of 48 Sassa cards. Sgt Hloniphile Blose, who is out on R10k bail, appeared in the Durban commercial crimes court on February 25, where her case was adjourned to April 22
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Meanwhile, Mandla Gcaba, who previously ran the Gcaba brothers' taxi empire with his siblings, and who has close family ties to former president Jacob Zuma, denied that Sthembiso was his brother.
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Residents of Randhart and New Redruth can breathe a sigh of relief after three suspects were apprehended for their alleged involvement in house break-ins in the area. The three suspects were wanted by authorities for breaking into houses in Alberton.
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Cellphone Snatchers Are Back.
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Have You Seen These Men Who Do Armed Robberies Near Randfontein Download Now
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Former SAPS Officer Sentenced To 20 Years In Jail For A R2.2 Million Heist He Committed With Accomplices Using A Marked Police Vehicle
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RHINO POACHERS CAUGHT RED-HANDED IN GRAVELOTTE ( Limpopo Province ) GRAVELOTTE- PP Maré Boerdery has announced the arrests of two suspects rhino poachers in Gravellote, Greater Ba-Phalaborwa in an intelligence-driven operation over the weekend. @Abramjee @LawOrder_za
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The Video Of Kwaito Star Happy & Healthy In Prison Has Caused A Stir On Social Media. @ntsikimazwai
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Unseen footage of Suspects Who Allegedly Shot & Killed #AKA has surfaced, the suspects move tactically and hold their guns as if they are police officers...the footage was shot by CCTV of a Tuck Shop, it is believed the suspects ran towards the tuck shop immediately after shoot
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