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Cops hunt man after wife's murder

Mpumalanga police are looking for a 41-year-old man in connection with the murder of his wife and attempted murder of their two children.

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Mashata danced to Michael Jackson's hit before bullets

Details of how slain popular DJ and comedian Peter "Mashata" Mabuse spent his last moments have emerged with a pub manager saying he had a good set and a friend telling police that he ran some errands on Saturday.

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Mashata danced to Michael Jackson's 'Heal the World' before bullets

Details of how slain popular DJ and comedian Peter "Mashata" Mabuse spent his last moments have emerged, with a pub manager saying he had a good set and a friend telling police he ran errands on Saturday.

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DJ, comedian Mashata dies in shooting

The family of popular DJ and comedian Peter "Mashata" Mabuse has asked for space as they mourn his death.

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'Crime intelligence revival paying off in police work'

Crime intelligence-led operations have led to the arrest of more than 3,700 suspects for serious and violent crimes, including murder, extortion and kidnapping over the past 11 months.

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Sin taxes set to skyrocket

These are the proposed increases on alcohol, sugary drinks and cigarettes announced by finance minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday.

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Community on rampage after deadly beating by policing forum

An eyewitness has told of how members of a crime-fighting forum in Mpumalanga allegedly tied up a man they accused of being a thief, beating him up and pouring water over him when they thought he had fainted but he was in fact dead.

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Mpumalanga heaps rewards on its top-performing matriculants

The country’s top-performing pupil in technical mathematics, Menzi Innocent Mbimbili, says his mission of making his mother, who sells umqombothi, and his father, who does odd jobs, proud has been achieved.

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Nine people killed in mass shooting at Rustenburg informal settlement

A group of people were killed in a mass shooting at an informal settlement in the North West, on Saturday night.

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Trio to appear in court for allegedly terrorising and demanding protection fees from business owners

Three men who allegedly terrorised and demanded protection fees from business owners in various areas in the Eastern Cape are set to appear in court on Monday.

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