Cliff the Reporter☀️
@CliffShiko
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South African Broadcast journalist at SA's largest independent radio station•Featured @TimesRadio @BBC Former petite bourgeoisie😅 https://t.co/9ZSUCsifpU
Johannesburg, South Africa
Joined October 2012
They went to the grave without #LifeTimeAchievementAward but they made us laugh goed. #SAFTAs12.#BlackTwitter would like to recognize them
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JUST IN: Home Affairs director for IT has been fired for negligence, Simphiwe Hlophe purchased routers but kept them in the storeroom while citizens experienced "System is offline" service for years. READ:
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JUST IN: The man (50) who assaulted a boy (16) in Groblersdal shopping mall on Wednesday has been arrested. He will appear in court on Friday #Groblersdal
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JUST IN: Hawks have arrested a couple that has in hiding for 23 years after faking man's death and claimed R1.7 million from Old Mutual back in 1999. The couple left Kempton Park to Knysna, they were found with two illegal firearms.
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JUST IN: A Zimbabwean national (30) went to Alexandra police with a lawyer to sue the health department for bad service at a local clinic, instead she was arrested after officials discovered that her passport has expired.
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JUST IN: Pretoria man arrested by the Hawks for allegedly stealing fuel from Transnet national pipeline in Vrede. Over 8.5 million litres of fuel worth R102 million have since been stolen. Two more suspects have been arrested in Mpumalanga.
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Dube police officer Steve Tlhabane Molamu won 42 medals at the National Combat Rifle Shooting competition against international teams including the military.👏❤️
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NEWS: Hawks have arrested six suspects for fraud linked to tenders valued at R400 million at Eskom, Sasol back in 2017. They allegedly falsified financial records and claimed to have shareholders agreement and engaged in fronting, violating the B-BBEE Act, an official said.
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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says they are talking to the Limpopo government to start a process of connecting the two provinces with a new faster train network. #BulletTrain
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This President is using muthi on us. Such silence 🤔.
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BRICS: International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor says moving away from dollar 'increasingly' a discussion that South Africa will not shy away from.
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Popular Tshwane Metro Police officer Mnisi has died in a tragic crash after his motorbike was knocked down by a vehicle in Sunnyside on Saturday. He was returning from duty in Brooklyn, where he was directing traffic at a marathon event. Known for his funny traffic control moves
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Tembisa residents vandalised thier own community centre in Rabasotho protesting over high municipal tariffs. Now they have to go to Kempton Park to pay services #TembisaShutdown
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Soshanguve man who faked his own death in JAN 2022 appeared in court together with wife. The couple allegedly killed a man, burnt his body n woman claimed it was her husband. Later claimed life insurance policies. The husband was arrested in Hammanskraal.
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JUST IN: A woman (36) and man (29) have been arrested after being found with Transnet copper cables worth about R70 000 in Kroonstad.
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JUST IN: Ramaphosa confirms there was a robbery at his Phala Phala game reserve in Bela Bela. The money in US dollars was from the sale of animals.
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JUST IN: The Groblersdal man who assaulted boy (16) over Fish n chips salt will spend at least a week in jail/police cells after court postponed his bail application to 24 June #JusticefForKopano
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JUSTICE: The killers of businesswomen Makoena Mabusela-Leshabane and Tebogo Mphuti have been sentenced to life in prison. The ladies were gunned down in Polokwane industrial in 2020 by three hit-men from Germiston hired by husband Stanley Leshabane. (58)
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JUST IN: Former Northern Cape MEC and senior ANC member John Block has been arrested by the Hawks in connection with R51 million tender fraud meant for the building of a hospital in 2003.
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Three men including a traditional healer were caught digging up a grave looking for bones in Mabopane. They tried to bribe police with R1500.
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CRIME: Four criminals have been shot and killed in a shoot-out with police in Midrand. Criminals were targeting a delivery truck.
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JUST IN: NPA has expropriated R75 million assets of former acting Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and 6 other former senior police officials in connection with a R191 million 'blue light' corruption scandal. Assets include 115 vehicles, 19 premises.
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MISSING: Blessing Mamosebo (17) from Mamahule, Polokwane, last seen on 1 December.
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Limpopo woman Melitta Sekole (43) who was mauled by two Pitbulls in Senwabarwana has died in hospital. The owner Nchabeleng Masebe (62) has been arrested culpable homicide.
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JUST IN: Over 40 undocumented foreign nationals have been arrested in Alexandra after a raid by Home Affairs Immigration officials, Police and JMPD. Including the owners of Nizam's supermarket at Alex Mall #OperationDudula
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Former police detective Tlabo Maputla (54) has been sentenced to six years in prison for corruption. He extorted R6 000 from suspected drug dealers in Polokwane that he was supposed to investigate.
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JUST IN: A tourist has been shot and killed during an attempted carjacking in White River Mpumalanga. The four German tourists were travelling towards the notorious Numbi Gate of the Kruger National Park.
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Four technicians have been killed in a mob justice incident in Germiston, the private contractors deployed by the City of Ekurhuleni were busy fixing electricity outage when they were mistaken for cable thieves by the public.
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ATTACK: A man (60) has died after he was attacked by his own Pitbulls (3 dogs) at his home in Lichtenburg, North-West
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MISSING: Free State teen girl Buhle Ramathebane (14) from Thabong, Welkom has gone missing since Tuesday.
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JUST IN: Hawks have arrested two Traffic Department officials and a municipal in Mbombela and White River respectively for Fraud, Theft and Money Laundering amount of R60 Million.
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Limpopo high court has sentenced this trio to life in prison and 104 years for the murder of a police officer after a business robbery in Giyani in March 2017. They were also convicted of atmpd murder, armed robbery, illegal firearms, being in the country illegally.
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Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says govt is proposing the establishment of 'specialised' courts to deal with immigration issues. He says the number of illegal foreigners is very high.
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JUST IN: Mahikeng hospital in hot water after new born babies were placed in boxes instead of incubators. The neonatal ward also has a shortage of cribs as boxes were put on tables. Jacaranda FM News reports
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WATCH: Altercation between Acting Joburg Mayor Kenny Kunene and a caretaker of a building in Hillbrow. The mayor can be heard saying "You are lucky there are cameras" 😅. Video by Masechaba Sefularo
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MISSING: Limpopo school girl Rorisang Shaku (17) from Apel, Ga-Nkoana. Last seen by family on 14 January this year 10111
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JUST IN: Assault case against Limpopo man Corrie Pretorius has been postponed to 9 September. His lawyer failed to show up in court. Accused remanded in custody #Groblersdal
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JUST IN: A high court judge in Free State to appear in court for fraud relating to R3.1 million payout from Road Accident Fund meant for a 6 year-old child who was involved in a car accident in the year 2000, at the time the Judge was still practising as an attorney. #RAF
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A Hawks tactical unit officer has been shot and killed in a in shoot-out with suspected criminals in Mamelodi. The team was acting on a tip-off about a residence used to store high calibre rifles when the criminals opened fire.
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Every time the Minister is asked about electricity crisis looks at the roof 😭. THREAD
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Vovo to President:. "Not everyone will love you, just like Jesus was, you are our Jesus"
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JUST IN: Hawks have arrested a Hawks Captain (41) for fraud, corruption in Northern Cape. After he allegedly swindled R80 000 reward from the state meant for a police informer.
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JUST IN: A three-year-old child has been mauled by a Pitbull from nextdoor in Henneman, Free State. The owner was rescued by police from an angry mob that wanted to attack him #Pitbulls
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SIU freezes luxury properties linked to musician Arthur Mafokate, former lotteries boss and others. Five NPOs received funding of R56 million from NLC. READ:
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JUST IN: Pule Mabe says he is not available for position of ANC spokesperson for the new ANC Top Seven leadership #ANCConference
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JUST IN: SANDF Army chief Lawrence Mbatha is leading a delegation in Russia to discuss issues relating to 'military cooperation and interaction', AFP reports.
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JUST IN: Blue Bulls rugby club says it is aware of allegations made against its junior player accused of murdering Tshwane University of Technology student Ntokozo Xaba. She was stabbed to death at her residence in Pretoria. The suspect is in police custody.
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Operation Dudula closed down SuperBets and Roots butchery in Alexandra demanding management to hire South Africans only #HeritageDay
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A motorist has been killed after trying to help a woman who was calling for help from road users after being raped in a veld in Madiba Park. The criminals attacked and killed the good Samaritan before robbing the two ladies of cellphones, money and a jersey. #PolokwaneCrime
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Police have arrested 70 car guards around Roodepoort shopping malls for guarding cars without PSIRA paperwork, including 3 private security owners. Over 30 of the suspects are illegal foreign nationals.
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JUST IN: Hawks have arrested 9 suspected criminals who were planning a cash-in-transit heist in Hendrina Mpumalanga, Police shoot-out ensued, two fled.
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WATCH: Five criminals have been killed in a police shoot-out after they stole clothes at Empangeni mall.
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JUST IN: Three former DA councilors arrested by the Hawks for taking bribe of R100 000 each to vote out then Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip.
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JUST IN: Limpopo woman who went missing on 31 Dec has been found dead. Her decomposed body was found dumped in a river. Vinolia Thobile Skhosana (26) from Matsitsi outside Groblersdal was a student at Unisa. A man (40) has been arrested.
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Former ANC councillor in the Northern Cape Julia Katong sentenced to 4 years in prison for corruption where she received R14 500 and tyres in kickbacks in 2019.
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JUST IN: Karabo Monyama (15) ment missing on Sunday in Cyferskuil, Makapanstad her body was found decomposed on Wednesday buried in a shallow grave in the backyard of her boyfriend (23). The man was arrested and charged for murder, perjury and defeating the ends of justice.
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MPUMALANGA: Eleven suspects have been arrested after being found with counterfeit money to the value of R3 million in Ermelo. Police say the suspects 25-45 are all illegal immigrants from Uganda. #SARB #SARS #HomeAffairs #CrimeStats
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Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the Hawks are refusing to share with him a detailed report on how televangelist Prophet Shepherd Bushiri escaped to Malawi.
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JUST IN: Gauteng Education says Tik Tok doctor Matthew Bongani Lani does not have matric certificate. In 2010, he was referred to Gresswold school for pupils with special needs. In 2016 he enrolled at Fourways Adult Centre, where he wrote 3 subjects but only passed one #DrMathews
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JUST IN: 8 people have been shot and killed in separate attacks, 4 in Khayelitsha and 4 in Lenasia #MassShooting.
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JUST IN: The wife of late Mpumalanga Chief Clyde Mnisi has been shot and killed Charlene Matthews (30) was attacked by assailants in her house in Calcutta this morning, police confirmed.
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JUST IN: Soweto woman has been convicted of killing her grandma for SASSA old age grant money. Rachel Tshabalala (31) buried Hilda Tshabalala (61) in a shallow grave in the backyard. Apparently Gogo Hilda wanted Rachel to leave her house. READ:
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BREAKING: Four prisoners have escaped from the Rooigrond prison in Mahikeng last night, two of them are from Mozambique. This is how they escaped 👇 #MahikengPrisonBreak
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Hawks have arrested five suspects for corruption with a R140 million land sale of Mahikeng municipality back in 2007. Accused include Petrus (44) n Barbara Van der Merve (47), Brian (66) n Tshiamo Moholo (34) and Lekitlane Mutsi (65). This is what happened.👇
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Limpopo police say they have arrested over 1000 illegal foreign nationals this weekend.
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Police have arrested a Hawks captain (52) in Pretoria for soliciting R250 000 bribe from a Bela Bela resident.
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NEWS: Hawks in Limpopo have arrested a British national at Beitbridge border post after being found with pieces of gold worth around R1 million.
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Hawks have arrested a man in Brakpan for allegedly dealing in gold worth R2.6 billion, Loren Louw (47) appeared in court and case postponed to March 2025. He was first nabbed in 2015 with two Zimbabweans but case was later withdrawn he is facing 1176 counts of money laundering.
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EMPD has arrested a man suspected of selling asylum documents at an internet café in Tsakane east of Johannesburg. He was found with fraudulent temporary asylum seeker forms, birth certificates, and doctor's sick notes. Police say the suspect is 41-year-old Zimbabwean national.
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WANTED: Hawks are looking for this man in connection with an online dating scam where a North West woman lost R2 million in pension payout. They met on Badoo. #BadooSwindler
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JUST IN: Operation to arrest illegal foreign nationals, drug dealers, unlicensed drivers is underway in Alexandra. One wanted suspect has been arrested. Residents asked to produce thier Identity Documents #OkaeMolao
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JUST IN: Police have recovered 38 tons of copper cables worth R6 million in Sundra near Delmas, Mpumalanga including two stolen trucks #CableTheft
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JUST IN: Mpumalanga police arrested a Bangladeshi man for human trafficking after 19 Bangladeshi nationals were found locked up in a house in Kamagugu, Mbombela.
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JUST IN: Hawks arrest 11 suspects in a foiled armed robbery at OR Tambo airport cargo. Three firearms seized, truck fitted with false branding and number plate.
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JUST IN: KZN forensic officials have exhumed the body a child (12) that died on Saturday and was buried on Sunday without an autopsy and a death certificate. The deceased suffered from cerebral palsy. #ZondiFamily
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MISSING: Two young women kidnapped in Bloemfontein remain missing. (Left) Lesego Motaung (22) was kidnapped on 30 October. (Right) Lerato Masiu (23) was kidnapped on 16 November by a man pretending to be an investigation officer.
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JUST IN: Four suspects arrested by the Hawks over R400 million irregular tender in 2014 that aimed at reviving commercial flights to Mahikeng and Pilanesberg. They include former NW Transport HOD and SA Express employee.
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JUST IN: Presidency confirms that DP David Mabuza is the Acting President of the country while President Ramaphosa is on a one week trip to the US and UK.
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A group of women was robbed R60 000 cash at gunpoint by armed criminals during their year end Stokvel meeting in Ga-Mamabolo, outside Polokwane.
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JUST IN: Police have killed 18 suspected robbers in Makhado, Limpopo following a shoot-out.
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Big Brother Titan winner Khosi Twala's phone has been stolen in Soweto by an e-hailing driver allegedly who was using the iPhone to navigate but after drop off he sped off. Khosi was in Soweto for her Good Deeds campaign. She arrived back home on weekend from her West Africa tour
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JUST IN: A suspected drug dealer has been arrested in Polokwane after being found with drugs worth R100K in Bendor. Police says the man (45) is a Nigerian national.
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JUST IN: Limpopo NPA confirms popular musician 'Shebeshxt' is in custody on charges of attempted murder, assault, damage to property, discharge of firearm. Lehlogonolo Chauke appeared in Lebowakgomo Magistrates' Court today were he was denied bail.
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JUST IN: Former EFF secretary general Godrich Gardee says Eswatini Monarch Mswati the 3rd used foreign intelligence to kill his daughter #HillaryGardee.
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Thohoyandou serial rapist Ndivhuwo Tshisikhawe has been sentenced to 8 life sentences and 100 years for raping 8 women, including house robbery where he scored R1400 #Limpopo
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A police officer has been arrested for fraud after altering his 3-days doctor's sick note by extending it with one more day. The sergeant Kagiso Motlele (43) from Madibogo police station, North West appeared in court today.
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THEFT: Zimbabwean national has been arrested for tempering with essential infrastructure at Matimba Power station in Lephalale. He was caught red-handed with copper cables worth R100K stolen from the coal ashes conveyer belt. SANDF deployment to the stations was extended recently
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BREAKING: Several undocumented foreign nationals have been arrested at Pan Africa. These workers are from Watloo Butchery in Alexandra. #Ziyakhala
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Ekurhuleni police arrested this gang that was terrorising the Norkem Park neighbourhood by snatching cellphones and robbing residents at gunpoint.
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In November 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa denied claims that he profited from breeding and selling animals for trophy hunting from his Phala Phala wildlife breeding operation.
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JUST IN: Four Crime Inteligence Unit policemen have been arrested for corruption, extortion , kidnapping, and assault in Fourways, JHB. They allegedly abducted and transfered R180 000 from the victim and later abandoned him in Roodepoort. #CrimeStats
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Since Ramaphosa took office his cabinet ministers spent R1.4 billion on parties, dinners, hotels. Most of the money was spent during lockdown
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JUST IN: Two women have been shot and killed during an armed robbery in a bus enroute to Zimbabwe from Pretoria. Suspects boarded bus at Bosman pretending to be passengers, shortly after passing Mantsole traffic control on the N1 Bela Bela suspects started robbing passengers.
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NEWS: Hawks have arrested seven suspects for theft of platinum worth R350 million in Rustenburg and Brits respectively. #PlatinumBust
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@pulengmoshoesh5 You can go to Polokwane and look for those thugs and ask them to take a pic of the used knife and tell them to hand themselves over to the police. 🙏.
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The beautiful Vovo thanks Govt for giving her a house then asks President to at least give her grocery voucher since the social grant is not enough.
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