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When Sowetan arrived at the home of little Tshiamo Rabanye in Soweto last week, we were introduced to his relative who would be the family spokesperson on his tragic murder.

It was the swift response of a courageous minibus taxi driver to pleas for help from off-duty security guards that landed three alleged armed robbers in court on Friday.

Former police captain Steve “Chippa” Molatedi, convicted of robbery with aggravating circumstances and kidnapping, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Bafokeng regional court in North West on Tuesday.

A container packed with boxes of “poultry” in Cape Town turned out to contain 140 cocaine bricks worth about R84m when the packages failed the sniff test by a canine trained to detect narcotics.

Two Egyptian businessmen have been hauled before court for allegedly kidnapping and killing a fellow countryman and former business partner.

At least five people have died and many others have sustained injuries after a horrific multi-vehicle accident on the N3 in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday that involved over 20 cars, several trucks and minibuses

The Mnisi Tribal Authority has started talks regarding the chieftaincy, raising worries that their decision could spark a succession dispute similar to the one that plagued the royal family a few years ago.

Five men appeared in the Alexandra magistrate's court on Monday in connection with the hijacking and murder of a law graduate and Bolt driver who was gunned down during a hijacking in Midrand in March.

The Community Policing Forum (CPF) and private security companies have urged residents in Parkview, Johannesburg, to be vigilant after the murder of retired journalist Jeremy Gordin.

A 32-year-old KwaZulu-Natal man has been arrested for the murder of a one-year-old child he allegedly stabbed multiple times before stabbing his mother.