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Feared Mamelodi gangster Vusi ‘Khekhe’ Mathibela jailed for 30 years
Taxi boss Vusi ‘Khekhe’ Mathibela, who ran a protection racket in the Tshwane township, was convicted with three others for a 2015 murder
Home affairs flounders under backlog of 95,000 visa applications
Hundreds now jumping the queue and rushed processes pose security risk, leaked memo says
New Hawks team takes over Babita Deokaran investigation
A new team of senior Hawks investigators has been assembled in a last-ditch bid to track down the mastermind behind whistleblower Babita Deokaran's assassination. However, the exercise has so far been futile.
Babita Deokaran’s 'assassin' died two years ago
The NPA says it is hunting for three men who can help to identify the real mastermind in the whistleblower’s murder two years ago - but one of them is dead
Boksburg gas leak: 'These guys were amateurs'
An illegal miner said the group allegedly behind the leak that killed 17 people in Angelo informal settlement sourced the wrong gas, writes Tankiso Makhetha
Ungodly tale of the 2020 IPHC attack emerges
Former top aide of IPHC faction leader spills the beans on the Silo church invasion of 2020 in which five died.
Thank these five problem power plants for the load-shedding grief
Eskom’s latest devastating load-shedding cycle can be attributed to five problematic power stations — Kendal, Tutuka, Majuba, Medupi and Duvha.
Joburg's all-out zama zama turf war: Mutilated bodies linked to Krugersdorp rapes
A bloody turf war among illegal miners in Maraisburg, western Johannesburg, where 10 bodies were found this week, is directly linked to the displacement of the gang believed to be behind the Krugersdorp mass rapes.
Atul Gupta: Whoever becomes president in the years to come, I can assure you he will be our friend
A little over a month after the controversial Waterkloof air force base landing, Atul Gupta is said to have boasted that it was no secret his family enjoyed close ties with former president Jacob Zuma.
Business as usual at Ramaphosa's livestock auction
Dozens of livestock breeders gathered at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala Wildlife Game Reserve in Limpopo yesterday for the second Ankole livestock auction.
