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1 week ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Sikho Ntshobane |Phathu Luvhengo
Police officers are on the Walter Sisulu University campus in Mthatha after a staff member allegedly opened fire during a protest by students. A third-year Walter Sisulu University (WSU) student was killed and another wounded after they were allegedly shot at by their residence manager on Tuesday morning. The staff member's wife was also injured during the violence at the WSU's Nelson Mandela Drive campus in Mthatha on Tuesday morning, Eastern Cape police said.
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3 weeks ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Thapelo Morebudi
A Johannesburg man accused of murdering his mother and brother by stabbing them with a knife multiple times has nowhere to live because his father doesn't want anything to do with him. This emerged in the Randburg magistrate's court on Thursday during Ahben Pillay's brief appearance. Pillay, 38, told his lawyer he would stay with his surviving parent if granted bail.
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1 month ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Veli Nhlapo
Gauteng police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murders of two Rea Vaya bus drivers last month. The suspect was arrested in Linden, Johannesburg, on Tuesday and appeared in the Protea magistrate's court on Thursday. He was remanded until March 27 as police investigations continue. Police spokesperson Col Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said the suspect was arrested after police received a tip-off.
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1 month ago | 
theherald.co.za | Ernest Mabuza |Phathu Luvhengo
The Johannesburg high court on Wednesday sentenced Nonhlelelwa Matsebula to 30 years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a four-year-old girl in Protea last year. The court ordered Matsebula, 34, to serve 20 years of the imposed sentence before she is considered for parole. Matsebula had pleaded guilty to murdering Keeya Mbulawa.
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1 month ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Thapelo Morebudi
Betereinders members led by Johan Erasmus and Schalk van Heerden host a braai to show their disagreement with the perspective that Afrikaners are being victimised in SA. The not-for-profit organisation Betereinders unveiled its “Not USA, but You SA” campaign in Pretoria on Saturday. Over a braai and under a banner proclaiming their campaign, the group said they did not believe Afrikaners were victims who needed refuge in the US due to the government's land policies.
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1 month ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Thulani Mbele
The Vaal Dam's water level has risen due to the recent heavy rains. The department of water & sanitation is monitoring the Vaal Dam daily as the water level is at nearly 90%. Water and sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina said the dam's sluice gates were up to standard and they would only release water from the dam according to their standards. She said if water needed to be released from the dam to ensure a normal level the department would inform affected communities.
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2 months ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Thulani Mbele
A Congolese man was arrested in Yeoville on Thursday as police say they believe they have made a breakthrough in the Zanzou nightclub investigation. Johannesburg metro police were conducting patrols in the area when they noticed a man resembling one of the Hatfield club's bouncers who they had seen on videos circulating on social media. The Pretoria nightclub is in the spotlight after videos showing men being assaulted at the club circulated on social media.
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2 months ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Thulani Mbele
While the operation to rescue two illegal miners believed to be trapped at a decommissioned mine in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, remains suspended, the department of mineral resources & energy is appealing to communities for assistance. It is believed the two illegal miners were trapped on Saturday afternoon. The City of Johannesburg emergency management services (EMS) embarked on an operation to rescue the illegal miners.
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2 months ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Thulani Mbele
Darren Wilken, 34, and his girlfriend Tiona Moodley, 25, in the Randburg magistrate's court facing multiple counts related to child pornography. Darren Wilken, 34, and Tiona Megan Moodley, 25, would have remained “unseen predators” for a long time and were conducting a thriving business selling child abuse material, living a lavish lifestyle, the Randburg magistrate's court has heard. The couple, who were arrested last month, were denied bail by the court on Friday.
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2 months ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Phathu Luvhengo |Thulani Mbele
Darren Wilken, 34, and his girlfriend Tiona Moodley, 25, in the Randburg magistrate's court facing multiple counts related to child pornography. Tiona Megan Moodley, 25, who has been in a relationship with alleged child pornographer Darren Wilken, 34, for two years and seven months was just a puppet for her boyfriend. She revealed this in her answering affidavit during her bail application at the Randburg magistrate's court on Friday.
