“I’m beyond grief, sadness”

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“I am angry… at the way society functions, at South Africa for the manner we go on with our business. I am angry at God. ”

Suspected crime gang kingpin nabbed

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An alleged kingpin who led a gang of robbers and murderers on a crime spree in the Wierdabrug policing area, has been arrested, together with two other suspects. ...

Witness caught man raping girl, 11

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“He held the child’s hands tightly. She was crying and screaming. ”

Teen attacked at matric party

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“Wake up, son. You have passed matric, you have to celebrate,” Linda du Toit said cheerfully on her son’s voicemail.

Child porn accused stay behind bars

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Eight members of a Pretoria family who also face charges of raping their own children have been refused bail.

‘Arm belongs to a woman’

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The severed arm found at the Irene Country Club in Pretoria is believed to be a woman’s, police have said.

2 dead as ‘love triangle’ turns deadly

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An alleged love triangle has ended the lives of a husband and his wife and left the lover in a critical condition.

Kids’ porn hell described

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The State has opposed bail for eight family members accused of sexually abusing their own biological children and foster children.

Cops hunt body to match severed arm

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The search for the body after an arm was found near the 11th hole of the Irene Country Club continues.

victims husband lauds cops

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“They have been sentenced for what they did, but not for the hell we have been through. Henk and I have been through one hell of a trauma”.

Man jailed for Myburghs attack

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What the three women went through resembled a “thriller movie”, a prosecutor said before their two attackers were sentenced.

Suspected meningitis after tot death

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“I picked my baby up. She was cold. I held her against me, hoping my body heat would warm her. But she was gone,” says the mother of a 5-day-old baby who died at ...

McBride: I prefer Irish whiskey

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Embattled former Ekurhuleni Metro Police Chief Robert McBride faces charges of fraud, defeating the ends of justice and drunken driving.

‘Cougar’s’ daughter a hit on the Net

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People wanted to know what “the model whose rugby player boyfriend allegedly cheated on her with her own mother” looked like.

I had no alcohol - McBride

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Robert McBride has attributed his car accident to diabetes, saying “dosage of the medication had changed the day before the incident”.

‘Kill him for me’

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Some of the SMSes Reyneke allegedly sent to the two Nigerians, only identified as Mambo and Cobra have been revealed.

Hugs as ‘cougar’ gets bail

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Manda Reyneke’s daughter tenderly hugged her after the woman accused of plotting to kill a Blue Bulls player was released on bail of R5 000.

Tiger den invader heads for mental test

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The man, who almost ended up in the tigers’ enclosure at the zoo when he mistook the striped cats for lions, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on a charge ...

‘She bit my finger’

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The woman became hysterical when the grandson of a former Namibian High Commission employee entered her bedroom. So he grabbed her to “calm her down”.

Murder accused at husband’s funeral

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The officer investigating a woman who allegedly killed her husband will attend the man’s funeral to prevent “any possible further incidents”.

Cop identified as robber

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A witness has fingered police warrant officer Silas Gafane as the man who robbed the Erasmia home of Munawar Gafoor.

Plan B kicks in at gutted court

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It made a sad picture as court personnel and the public stood outside the gutted Pretoria Magistrate’s Court in the grey rain, while red fire engines attended to ...

‘To rob and steal’

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A constable has been given 18 years imprisonment for his involvement in a robbery in Marabastad.

Cop gets fine of her own: 6 years in jail

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A Bronkhorstspruit traffic officer was sentenced to six years in jail for trying to solicit a bribe from a judge.

Big Swing staff charged with murder

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During a cable swing jump with her husband, a woman slammed into a rock and died on impact.