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Richard Mdluli gets parole

Written by on 5 July 2022

Former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli. AFP/Stringer STRINGER / AFP JOHANNESBURG – A warrant of arrest has been issued for former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli. This after he failed to appear in court. Mdluli is currently serving a five-year sentence for his involvement in the kidnapping of his customary wife, Tshidi Buthelezi, and her boyfriend, Oupa Ramogibe, in 1998. […]

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Police arrest suspect who they allege is a crime mastermind in Khayelitsha

Written by on 4 July 2022

A suspected crime mastermind, with alleged links to a spate of mass shootings in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape, has been arrested and charged in Cape Town.  Police say 30-year-old Yanga Nyalara faces 31 charges including 18 counts of murder, attempted murder and drug dealing. His arrest has been hailed as a breakthrough in the police’s fight against […]

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Life in jail for man who butchered his girlfriend, and drove around Limpopo dumping her body parts

Written by on 1 July 2022

Pretoria – Pakistani national Ashan Fraz Cheema, 33, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the High Court in Polokwane for the murder of his girlfriend Mohlale Precious Magabane. Limpopo spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi said Cheema got an additional two years for theft and five years for defeating the ends of […]

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Groblersdal assault | Corrie Pretorius denied bail

Written by on 29 June 2022

Emotions are running high outside the Groblersdal magistrate’s court where Corrie Pretorius is applying for bail. He’s accused of viciously assaulting a local teenager in what’s being seen as a racially-motivated act. Corrie Pretorius has been denied bail for allegedly assaulting and pointing a gun at a 16-year-old. This was caught on camera and went […]

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WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO TACKLE QUEERPHOBIC HATE CRIMES BEYOND OUR CONSTITUTION

Written by on 29 June 2022

South Africa has one of the most inclusive Constitutions in the world, but despite the advanced human rights laws highlighted in it, queer people still face the brunt of a failing legal system and queerphobia in society. Though there is a rise in understanding that queerness doesn’t equate to unnaturalness, it would be hard-pressed to […]

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