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The case stems from the alleged vigilante attacks that resulted in five people dying in Diepsloot this past weekend.

Private investigator Mike Bolhuis says crime could escalate between 200 and 300 percent over the festive season.

Five people appeared in the Randburg magistrate’s court on Wednesday in connection with the murder of five people in an alleged vigilante attack in Diepsloot on Saturday.

An identification parade will be conducted in the case involving a group of people accused of killing five of seven men who were allegedly terrorising the community of Diepsloot.

The violent crime taking place in Diesploot is starting to spill into school grounds with pupils getting involved in clashes and stabbings outside school.

Five suspect have been arrested for the deaths of seven people who were burned to death in two separate vigilante attacks in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg.

Gauteng police have arrested five suspects after seven people were burnt to death in a mob justice attack in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, at the weekend.

TWO victims out of the seven men who were burnt to death in an apparent vigilante attack against criminal activity in one of South Africas crime-ridden townshi...

For the better part of this year and even longer, residents of Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg have been singing the same song about escalating crime levels in their area.

The Gauteng provincial legislature has on Tuesday called on the national and provincial government to address the escalating anger in Diepsloot.