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It's very hard to compete with people who absolutely love what they do. Journalism is a passion-driven career. I lead, others follow.
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Breaking the story of Rosemary Nomia Ndlovu, a convicted serial killer & former policewoman with @ScrollaAfrica, has been a highlight of my career. I am the leading journalist interviewed by @ShowmaxOnline in their latest docu series, "Rosemary's Hitlist."
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Three men broke into two neighbours' houses, shot at one & robbed the other of his R900. Victims screamed for help & mphakathi apprehended all 3 suspects, dragged them to a soccer field which they call "braai stand" where they punish thugs by burning them in Winnie Mandela zone 7
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A Zimbabwean national has been arrested for having A FULL FUNCTIONING DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS IN HIS HOUSE in Hilbrow. Sergeant Zondo of Hilbrow @SAPoliceService confirmed to @ScrollaAfrica.The man was making identity documents, Sassa cards, bank cards, drivers licenses
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BREAKING NEWS: #nhlanhlalux stole the show at the #Diepsloot police station. All protesting people left the police station to go and listen to him a few streets away.
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BREAKING: Police have recovered large amount of copper cables in Devland near Soweto at one of the biggest scrap yards in the area. All power suppliers including @CityPowerJhb, @Eskom_SA Prasa & other arms of government have been called to the scene. More on @ScrollaAfrica
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Six suspects involved in the cash-in-transit that happened in Katlehong on Frid have been arrested in Palmridge, Gauteng. One of the suspects is said to be a member of @SAPoliceService. Cops also recovered police vests & all the cars used in the crime were seized @ScrollaAfrica
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A building suspected to be harbouring criminals in Johannesburg CBD at corner Albert and Delvers Streets was raided by both Johannesburg metro police and SAPS. Suspects trying to flee through the roof of the building met officers in the sky! @ScrollaAfrica
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A Diepsloot man caught his wife with another man in the man's (cheater) house. The husband held the man who was cheating with his wife, cut his private parts, and left him bled to death. The husband was arrested by Diepsloot SAPS, and he is now facing charges of murder.
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Drugs worth valued at about R400 million seized by the Hawks. Colonel Katlego Mogale said the Hawks arrested eight suspects who were identified as the members of an international drug trafficking organisation who smuggle cocaine between South Africa and Brazil. @ScrollaAfrica.
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An armed gang group of 20 men wearing Basotho blankets & balaclavas raped girls from Alex who were shooting a music video in Krugersdorp. The men shot in the air, ordered everyone to lay down, took the girls to the bush, took turns in raping them. Some girls were raped by 8 men.
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One male has been beaten & burnt to death. Another one sustained critical injuries & was rushed to hospital. The two were caught by Mphakathi, allegedly robbing a woman who was on her way to work at an open field btwn Motsu section & Dali Mpofu informal settlements in Tembisa.
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Speaking to @ScrollaAfrica after the shooting last night, WATCH /LISTEN @nhlanhla_lux_ explaining what really happened in Pimville, Soweto. READ FULL STORY:WATCH VIDEO:
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AS RECEIVED: Stolen plane ✈️ spotted at a well-known gangster’s house in Soshanguve Block L. @SAPoliceService, how true is this?
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The body of Refiloe Malope was retrieved from a mine shaft in Benoni Gauteng on Monday. Malope (31) was allegedly kidnapped by two suspects. A police officer, Sgnt Thabo Letudi Mokoana (40), stationed at Benoni SAPS & Modirelwa Maxwell Mokoana (42) were arrested for her murder.
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A Home Affairs official who promised to give 12 undocumented farm workers permits has today been sentenced to 8 years in prison. He was arrested alongside his accomplice on the day he went to give permits in exchange for R5000. The two were arrested soon after receiving the money
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JUST IN: A Tembisa father has been arrested by the Tembisa South police officials for assaulting his son (8) with an electric cable. The man told the police that his son went to play instead of looking after his two-year-old sibling | @ScrollaAfrica
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One of the top notch pub at Alex Mall called Establishment had to close its top managers and most of the stuff didn't have legitimate documents. Many other shops were raided. #OperationDudula #JobSeekersSA
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Police and other law enforcement officials arrested over 150 illegal immigrants trying to cross from Lesotho into South Africa. One person was shot and wounded in a shootout with the police. The Basotho were traveling in 13 taxis when they were stopped & arrested by the officials
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Belinda Magor, a woman from Benoni, has been arrested. The arrest comes after a voice note where she called for black people to be banned instead of pitbulls. She has been locked up at Deveyton police station in Ekurhuleni.
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Police arrested 300 illegal miners among which 95 were undocumented persons in Namakwa District in Northern Cape. Five vehicles, 130 generators and 121 jack hammers, spades, chisels, drilling machines, picks & grinders values at R3, 5 million were seize. 📷 @SAPoliceService
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The @SAPoliceService please look at this. This man is said to be abusing his own mother by beating her from time to time. The family is now seeking help regarding this man.
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Gautng police arrested 13 suspects in dramatic N12 haul heist bust. Metro officers among those apprehended. Firearms, hijacked trucks, and jamming devices seized. Kudos to the Gauteng Police team for swift action. Investigations ongoing. #GautengPolice @ScrollaAfrica
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Township economy. More South Africans have occupied spaces for trading at Pan Africa Mall in Alexandra. This after the Alexandra Dudula Movement evicted foreign national traders from the beginning of February this year.
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Hillbrow police arrested a gang of seven armed suspects age between 19 to 39 in Joburg CBD. Hillbrow police spokesperson Sergeant Mduduzi Zondo said all suspects are local South Africans. The suspects had planned to rob a supermarket in Hillbrow when they were intercepted.
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In another Human Trafficking story, @JoburgMPD arrested two Ethiopian suspects (male & female) for suspected Human Trafficking at Sparrowgate Lifestyle Estate in Meredale after four teen boys who were held captive escaped & tipped the police. Cops found R92 000 in the apartment
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Car hi-jacking & heist king-pin Prince Mahlangu has been shot dead in Sunnyside PTA. Known as Mongol, Prince is alleged to be part of a syndicate that hijacked 4x4 bakkies. It is also alleged that in February, he shot and killed a G4S security guard at Mnandi Spar in Centurion.
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Police and immigration officials went door-to-door in some parts of Alexandra. Those found without legal documents were arrested #JobSeekersSA #PutSouthAfricaFirst #OperationDudula
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HERO WOMAN:.A Diepsloot woman fought an alleged rapist and broke the man's leg with a rock that he couldn't stand or walk. The woman called the police who arrested the bleeding man. The suspects had forced the woman to the bushes, where he attempted to raped her | @ScrollaAfrica
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A #Diepsloot mother, Sbonginkosi Mhlanga, is looking for her three-year-old daughter, Nosipho, who was snatched from her while at spaza shop in Diepsloot's ext 6 on Frid (today) afternoon. Sbonginkosi has reported her daughter’s missing at the local police station. @ScrollaAfrica
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Help find #missing Karabo Dlamini (21). She was last seen at Pavillion in Maboneng on Monday, 16 June. She was wearing the same clothes on the picture. She stays in Marshalltown Johannesburg. If you have information about her whereabouts, please contact Sharon on 0733346466.
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Lindiwe Mnisi worked as a cleaner at a school for 24 years. At the age of 41, she decided to improve her life by furthering her studies while still doing the cleaning at Boitumelong Secondary School, which was once attended by Gauteng Premier @Lesufi.READ:
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JUST IN: Two foreign national men aged 32 and 38 were arrested for being in possession of stolen copper cables worth R15 million. The Gauteng Highway Patrol operationalised information about a hijacked trailer offloading stolen copper in a storage facility in City Deep. 📷 SAPS
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Alex #massshooting suspects: Dumisani Sithole, 35, Ziphezinhle Mnwango, 21, Sphelele Khanyile, 18, Nkazi Mbatha, 21, Khanyile Nlebia, 25, Lindokuhle Dladla, 27, Goodman Nene, 33, Nkokhelo Chonco, 24, Ntokozo Chonco, 24, Siyabulela Myeni, 24, Thunelihle Sibisi, 18, Andile Hlubi 29
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Some of #foreigners without legitimate documents to work in the country were arrested at the Pan Africa Mall on Thursday. There has been a clampdown of illegal foreigners by the @SAPoliceService and @HomeAffairsSA. More on @ScrollaAfrica.#OperationDudula #JobSeekersSA
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This largest pothole has been turned into a swimming pool. Ward 26 Evaton.
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BREAKING NEWS: Shooting broke out when police intercepted a convoy of cars carrying 20 armed gang members. Two suspects were shot dead and 11 were arrested in Tulisa Park near Germiston. Police recovered two AK-47s and eight handguns. MORE ON @ScrollaAfrica
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NOT FOR SENSITIVE READERS: KwaZulu-Natal @SAPoliceService have shot & killed 3 robbery suspects under the M13 bridge in Westville. The suspects had just robbed a victim of an undisclosed amount of money he had withdrawn from a bank.
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Family of the murdered Mhbodazwe Elvis Nyathi gathered to clean the blood stains where the 43-year-old was beaten up with hammers and steel sticks and stones before setting him alight. Elvis burnt to death. The father of 4 was a gardener in Fourways | @ScrollaAfrica
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WATCH: Over 600 residents of Diepsloot gathered to apprehend four police officers on Sunday who they suspected of collecting bribes in the area.
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A man hit by speeding car in Alexandra. The driver didn't stop, but his car's number plate fell off next to the dead man. Authorities attended to the scene
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JUST IN: Three suspected hijackers were shot and killed by the victim on the N1 North (after the N12 East/N1 North split) in JHB. The suspects attempted to pull the motorist off the road while pretending to be police officers.
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The SAPS Special Task Force Unit scooped position three out of 55 teams at the UAE SWAT Challenge in Dubai on Tuesday. The aim of the challenge is to share knowledge & strengthen partnerships to make communities safe. The team proudly flying the SAPS/SA flag high | @ScrollaAfrica
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Three suspects were found in possession of a stolen vehicle. Fox security arrested all three culprits in Alberton, Gauteng, on Sunday. Security officers also found breaking equipment in possession of the suspects.
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Hawks arrest 2 Cameroonian nationals, Jude Yaya Oka & Evans Akor Tiku, for manufacturing fake SA & US currency in Silver Lakes, Pretoria. Seized: counterfeit notes, printer & equipment. Charged under Currency & Reserve Bank Acts @ScrollaAfrica
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Businesses closing down. Shops forced to close as #Dudula Movement members intensify their Operation Fiyela in Alexandra, Johannesburg. #OperationDudula #PutSouthAficansFirst #foreigners
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SAPS shot and killed two robbers at Cnr Jeppe & Mooi Str, in Hillbrow, Johannesburg
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Retweet until this driver is found to account. HIT and RUN. Authorities are looking for this Honda driver who ploughed into a woman walking on the pavement. RT
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Operation Dudula addressing patients inside Kalafong Hospital in @CityTshwane. Police fired rubber bullets when Operation Dudula and members of the EFF clashed on Thursday | @ScrollaAfrica.
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Soon after handing over their memorandum to the police management, Diepsloot residents went on to destroy & burn down church structures used mostly by Zimbabwean nationals in an open veld. No structure was spared @ScrollaAfrica
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A man sitting with a woman in a park in Berea, Johannesburg, shot and killed one of the two criminals who stole a bag from them on Wednesday morning. The shooter recovered the bag from the robber after he fell dead | @ScrollaAfrica.
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Girl learners from Grade 9 to 12 at Zitikeni secondary school in Tembisa were banned from attending clases on Monday and told to fix their hair first before entering classes. Some learners cut their hairpieces while others were defiant and didn't take the school officials' order.
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BREAKING NEWS: community members who had waited to be addressed by police minister Bheki Cele have left the police station before being addressed. They have followed #OperationDudula leader #nhlanhlalux and marched to the streets if #Diepsloot | @ScrollaAfrica
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JUST IN: Four hijacking suspects met with fire in a shootout with the police and other law enforcement officials in Edenvale, Ekurhuleni, on Wednesday. Two of them were fatally wounded, one sustained gunshot wound, while the fourth one has been arrested.
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Chaotic scenes at Alexandra High School on Thurs as learners celebrated Spring Day. Learners threw chairs at each other & sprayed fire extinguishers around the premises. @Mpilo589 for Alex School Safety told @ScrollaAfrica that he visited the school after receiving a report.
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A national multidisciplinary team has arrested 97 illegal miners and a farm owner (62) in Heidelberg, Gauteng. All the suspects between the ages of 18 and 35 are Lesotho nationals and the majority were in the country illegally. A specialized units in the SAPS swooped in on them.
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The convoy of luxurious cars the Hawks seized owned by alleged zamazama kingpins in Carletonville and Khutsong on the West Rand. The cars included VW Golf R, Amarok V6, Audi A3, Ford Ranger Raptor, Range Rover Evogue, VW Troc. READ MORE ON @ScrollaAfrica.
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Best in Africa. 9th place at the UAE SWAT Challenge in Dubai. The SAPS Special Task Force (STF) Unit has made it onto the top 10 of the world’s best SWAT teams. The team obtained 9th place at the UAE SWAT Challenge in Dubai. STF responds to high-risk incidents like CIT & hostage.
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JUST IN: INTERPOL have arrested an alleged fugitive kingpin wanted for kidnapping cases where ransom demands were made in Mozambique. The suspect Esmael Malude Ramos Nangy (50) was pounced on an upmarket estate in Centurion. Authorities seized multiple bank cards for SAn banks.
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BREAKING NEWS: Six people have been shot & killed in Alex including Alex FM's Music Manager Joshua Mbatha. This brings a number to 8 people killed in 2 days. A gang 4 armed men stop people & demand their belongings then shoot at them. The gang has been terrorising pple for weeks
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Interpol SA have arrested an Ireland fugitive who was tracked in one of prisons in KZN. The fugitive is serving a 15-year-jail term for the murder a teenager in SA. Neville Van Der Westhuizen (40) & his Irish ex-GF Ruth Lawrence allegedly murdered two Irish in 2014 & fled to SA
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JUST IN: Twelve Zimbabweans appeared at Benoni Court today. Mkhululi Dube (45), Magoma Sibanda (42), Victor Vilakazi (32), Price Ndlovu (35), Cosmos Ncube (45), Cabangani Kunene (38), Wilfred Ngubeni (45), Goodman Ndlovu (36), Tandai Thafirei (29), Lucas Mazibc (27), THREAD . .
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WATCH: The legal team was just defeated, shem! .Prophet Mboro returns in the Palmridge Magistrate’s Court to apply for bail. 📹 @Doreen_Mokgolo @ScrollaAfrica
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STOP GBV:. A 37-year-old man has been stabbed to death by his girlfriend (mother of their child) in Endulwini section Tembisa. His 32-year-old girlfriend has been arrested & detained at Tembisa Rabasotho police station facing murder charges.
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Police visibility in the Johannesburg inner city is at its best. Jozi CBD has not looked so clean and safe in recent years.
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This was quick 🤣🤣🤣. Hope lunch and dinner have been served!
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JUST IN: A Military Police officer Xolile Shuta (52) stationed at OR Tambo Int Airport was gunned down at his home at Mqansa section in Tembisa on Mon night. The officer was still in his uniform when two armed men shot him dead. Nothing was taken. Motive unknown | @ScrollaAfrica
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A vehicle that was reported stolen in Ivory Park @CityofJoburgZA on Thursday was recovered at the Lebombo border post. It was destined for Mozambique with a full load of furniture. A Mozambican national (32) allegedly produced false vehicle registration certificate to the police.
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AS RECEIVED: "My brother was highjacked at my sister's house in Eastgate. Please circulate this pic. The hijackets took him as well."
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Muthi bottles, people's underwear, wrist watches, knives (okapi), bras, slaughtered chickens & other scary stuff were found on different sites after Diepsloot residents went on a rampage destroying and burning church structures belonging to Zimbabwean nationals. @ScrollaAfrica.
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The Alexandra Taxi Association (ATA) has suspended a driver, Sizwe Mabaso, famously known as Phesheya, who was reported to be driving recklessly at one of the school's vicinity in the township. The Association has cautioned other transport entities to never offer Phesheya a job
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BREAKING:Nine community members have been shot in Pimville when #OperationDudula leader @nhlanhla_lux_ led a group of residents to check allegations of cable theft.Six injured pple were rushed to Bara hospital, 1 to Lesedi and 1 to Chiawelo clinics in Soweto | @ScrollaAfrica
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The man was making identity documents, Sassa cards, bank cards, drivers licenses.Sergeant Zondo said police discovered hard drives, computers, scanners, printers $ other machines used to manufacture the documents.The time the police pounced on him, he didn't had his own passport
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All these cars belong to the zamazama kingpins. They have been seized by the Hawks. The Hawks said their focus will now be on who buys the gold dust from zamazamas. HAWKS' Colonel Katlego Mogale said whoever is involved in the chain will be arrested . READ MORE ON @ScrollaAfrica
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Gauteng @SAPoliceService arrested 11 suspects for dealing in illicit liqour production with an estimated street value of R5 000 000 in Katlehong @City_Ekurhuleni. The 11 suspects of which 10 are suspected to be foreign nationals were arrested.The suspects will be processed by DHA
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Gauteng police raided flats that are reported to be harbouring criminals in Hillbrow during O Kae Molao op on Thur. 3 unlicensed firearms were recovered in one of the flats.150 people arrested for poss of unlicensed firearms, drugs & being in the country illegally |@ScrollaAfrica
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One male and one female suspect were arrested by @JoburgMPD for Human Trafficking in the Joburg CBD. Officers stopped an overloaded taxi with Mozambican reg plates. All the passengers were undocumented foreign nationals.
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Three lawyers have arrived in Alexandra from Bloemfontein to represent the six members of #DudulaMovement who were arrested on Monday. Movement leader Msayza said they will intensify their operation until all foreigners are out of Alex. "Alex is for Alexandrians. #OperationDudula
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The guilty are afraid. @JoburgMPD recovered a Hijacked car in Westbank Alexandra. After leaving the crime scene, they were driving behind a truck which they didn't know was hijacked as well. The two hijackers in a truck panicked, thinking they’re being followed.
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Three foreign nationals were arrested after suspected stolen copper cables valued at approximately R 500 000 were recovered at their company premises in Industria West JHB on Friday.Another charge was added after one of the suspects attempted to bribe the police for their release
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An Eastern Cape policeman faces disciplinary action for lying about being robbed & hijacked of his SAPS vehicle when in fact he was driving friends around to a tavern. Spokesperson Brig Tembinkosi Kinana said a video had emerged showing the policeman & his friends carrying .
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After the killing of six people, including Alex FM DJ Joshua Mbatha in June this year, gatvol residents couldn't stand the levels of crime. A group of men volunteered to patrol the streets of Alexandra. Several people have been arrested & handled over to Alex SAPS.📷 @Alaskaboy7
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BREAKING NEWS: A kidnapped Portuguese businessman found safe in Kempton Park, as SAPS Anti-Kidnapping Team arrests 9 suspects, including a police officer. Three women are among the arrested suspects.
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One of the volunteers in the Stilfontein mining tragedy who helped the authorities retrieve bodies of illegal miners is in trouble with the law. The ex-convict, who was released on parole, violated his parole conditions.
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A Nigerian national (34) was found in possession of drugs by @JoburgMPD officers. The suspect allegedly assaulted one officer & tried to run on foot. But he was apprehended. He then attempted to bribe the officers with R430 for his release. He was detained at Joburg Central SAPS
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WATCH: A woman was ambushed by criminals while entering her work place on Thursday. The criminals crashed the car before attempting to escape from the cops. Police shot and killed two suspects, arresting a further 11 in Tulisa Park, Johannesburg | @ScrollaAfrica
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Delmas police in Mpumalanga have recovered a @SAPoliceService bakkie that was converted into a diesel tanker while patrolling on the N1. Two Zimbabwean men aged 29 & 34 were arrested after it was discovered that the Nissan NP300 bakkie belonged to the Thohoyandou SAPS in Limpopo.
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A group of men calling themselves as The Taliban in Alexandra have vowed to hunt down the criminals vandalising Johannesburg’s infrastructure after several traffic lights were vandalised in Alexandra, Wyngberg and Sandton.
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📍ALEXANDRA. A warehouse involved in the manufacturing and packaging of bottled water was discovered this evening (Wednesday) on 19th Avenue in Alexandra. Authorities have been called to the scene @ScrollaAfrica
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JUST IN: Four @SAPoliceService officials, one @TMPDSafety officer & two civilians, have been arrested for armed robbery. The suspects were fully dressed in police uniform when they allegedly robbed a business woman of her R83k in Malvern Joburg on Tues | @ScrollaAfrica
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RT to help fine a missing 14-year-old Yolanda Mngomezulu from Hambanathi, KwaZulu-Natal. Yolanda left home on Monday 04/03/2024 and didn't return. Yolanda was seen in Umlazi AA section on Sunday.
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"We are not going anywhere. We are here to work." These are the words of some of the evicted street vendors at Pan Africa Mall in Alexandra on Monday. #JobSeekersSA #foreigners #OperationDudula
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Attempted robbery turned tragic for criminals as community members in Clayville 71 Flats, Tembisa, united to thwart suspects. The two men lost their lives - one on the scene, the other succumbing in hospital today. #CommunityUnity
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HOMELESS: More than 4 000 families have been left homeless after the Ekurhuleni anti-land invasion unit demolished illegal structures in Glen Marais, Kempton Park in @City_Ekurhuleni
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He was apprehended, beaten, necklaced, doused with petrol & set alight. He burnt to his death.When police arrived on the scene, they were allegedly chased away with stones & sticks by residents. Residents told the police that they will continue dealing with criminals in their way
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