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Joslin’s mom faces court alone in kidnapping case as co-accused miss pre-trial hearing

Case against pretend ‘hired hitman’ postponed for bail application

‘Remorseless wife-beater’ Alexi Bizos to be sentenced on Valentine’s Day

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‘It’s been two and a half years, and the case hasn’t started’: Transnet corruption trial to start in 2026, 70 witnesses to testify

Joslin Smith case: Accused to appear in High Court as pre-trial starts

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla released on warning, will return to high court in March [VIDEO]

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News ‘I cry silently at night for him’ – widow of SANDF soldier killed in DRC

South Africa Lamola warns attacks on SA soldiers in DRC a potential ‘war crime’ [VIDEO]

News ‘He was scared and depressed’: Father says soldier’s death in DRC could have been avoided

South Africa ‘They are arresting my child because they don’t like her father,’ Zuma says [VIDEOS]

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‘Tweets may suffice’ in proving Zuma-Sambudla allegedly incited terrorism – analyst

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Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla to be charged under Terrorism Act

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Financial fraudster appears in court for R14 million theft

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Ziyadh Hoorzook granted bail, family ‘traumatised’ by arrest [VIDEO]

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Pakistani and Afghanistan suspects back in court for allegedly kidnapping 9-year-old boy

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Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla to appear in court over July 2021 unrest, MK party announces

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‘I’m coming for them’: Gwamanda fires warning over ‘politically motivated’ fraud case

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‘No national unity and parties excluded’: MK party on why SABC should not use the term GNU

Celebrations outside court as Gogo Maweni granted R5 000 bail [VIDEO]

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Apartheid-era cop murder case of Caiphus Nyoka postponed

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Father jailed for 15 years after daughter dies during confrontation about coming home late

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Free State man sentenced to 15 years for raping lesbian neighbour

Musa Khawula’s attempted murder and reckless driving case postponed to early February

Stepfather fails to overturn sentence after sexually abusing child with blunt object

NPA confirms dates for formal inquest into 1993 East London mass shooting

Moroadi Cholota’s application in Ace Magashule tender case dismissed

East London crime intelligence captain granted R4k bail amid R1 million theft allegations

Dean Macpherson defends tender investigation as EFF pursue charges

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WATCH: Ziyadh Hoorzook accused of funding terrorism back in court for bail

Musa Khawula remains in custody after another postponement, media granted permission to film court proceedings

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Twins on the way, trouble in the past: ‘Pregnant’ Gogo Maweni remains in custody [VIDEO]

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Midrand man found with 10 million files of child pornography probed for money laundering

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Chuene Clinic attack: More charges expected against Limpopo suspect as case postponed

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Mapisa-Nqakula corruption case postponed again, state and defence to discuss docket disclosure

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Mark Lifman murder: ‘You have not been found guilty yet,’ says magistrate as suspects denied bail

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Soweto men sentenced for brutal vigilante killing at ATM