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A 60-year-old teacher in Polokwane has been scammed of more than R800,000 of her pension money in an alleged dating scam.

Two former officials of a Limpopo municipality and a commissioning agent for VBS Mutual Bank who allegedly invested R150m of municipal funds into the mutual bank — which was never repaid — appeared in the Lebowakgomo magistrate's court this week.

He family of activist Loyiso Nkohla Mabandla, referred to as the “poo thrower in chief” due to his protest tactic, has welcomed the Hawks’ arrest of 38-year-old Zukile Tshabile in connection with his murder.

Four suspects believed to have been terrorising the Inanda community northwest of Durban were fatally wounded in a gun battle with police on Monday evening.

Security for councillors and senior officials in Buffalo City Metro is again in the spotlight after the council, in a closed meeting on Friday, approved a security detail for key officials.This comes just weeks after infrastructure director Nceba Ncunyana, who had previously acted as municipal manager, was shot dead on the N2 near Ntabozuko (formerly Berlin) on his way to a meeting. Ncunyana had been granted a protection detail by the city after he survived a second attempt on his life in 2022.

The state has been accused of malice and infringing on the rights of three people arrested by the Hawks in 2022 last year on for alleged fraud and corruption involving a University of Fort Hare cleaning contract.

Five suspected criminals were killed in Inanda in another bloody gun battle with police on Monday night

The Bucks will face the Miami Heat on Monday night at Fiserv Forum.

Noida: Residents of several sectors in Noida and Greater Noida protested against the erratic supply of water on Sunday.

Police on Monday shot and killed four suspected cash-in-transit robbers on the N4 near Mmakau between North West and Gauteng.