Author: Mpho Koka

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Tladi ends serial rapist's reign of terror
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Supercop Tladi puts away serial rapists and other baddies

Warrant Officer Refilwe Tladi’s dedication to her work has helped remove another sexual predator off the streets this week — helping send a 16-year-old seri... Read more.
Spaza food is being deliberately contaminated – UFS specialist 
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Spaza food is being deliberately contaminated – UFS specialist 

The poisoning of food sold at spaza shops appears to be a deliberate effort to discredit the informal tuck shops with the idea that they will get shut down by t... Read more.
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‘Please-Call-Me inventor Makate deserves R80m, not R63bn’

Please-Call-Me inventor Nkosana Makate cannot be entitled up to R63-billion. And Vodacom’s offer to him of R47-million, now R80-million after adding interest,... Read more.
Formalising illegal mining will create jobs 
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Solution sought to safely remove illegal miners 

Police minister Senzo Mchunu says an intergovernmental team and community leaders must meet to devise a practical strategy to resolve the stand-off with illegal... Read more.
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Families’ agonising wait in zama zama stand-off 

On a drizzling Friday afternoon, with tears rolling down her face, Elisa Chauke sat on a blanket on the ground in Khuma township asking her friends if any of th... Read more.
Danny Jordaan released on bail
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Danny Jordaan, co-accused out on R20k bail each for fraud

South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan, Safa chief financial officer Gronie Hluyo, and businessman Trevor Neethling have been granted... Read more.
Jordaan appears in court for fraud
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Safa president Danny Jordaan appears in court for fraud

South African Football Association (Safa) President Danny Jordaan, Safa chief financial officer Gronie Hluyo, and businessman Trevor Neethling, appeared in cour... Read more.
AmaPanyaza member arrested
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AmaPanyaza officer arrested for ‘burning husband to death’

A member of the Gauteng crime prevention wardens (AmaPanyaza) is set to address the court on Monday on why she should be granted bail after being arrested for a... Read more.
Anglican Church of South Africa
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Fresh scandal rocks a Gauteng Anglican Church 

The raging unholy war in the Anglican Church of South Africa is not letting up as senior priests and church members have accused a high-ranking bishop of financ... Read more.
spaza shops and warehouses closed down
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Fong Kong traders cost economy hundreds of billions – Sars

“Do not ask me where I get my stock. Buy or leave!” the owner of a store which sells counterfeit goods in central Johannesburg remarked angrily when asked a... Read more.