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Sophy Mmako, 51, and Lazarus Mahlo, 41. A domestic worker and her partner appeared in court over the murder of an Ocean Basket owner and her mother.They were charged with murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances and kidnapping.Four people have so far been arrested, with one more still sought by police. A domestic worker and a…

The Hawks have arrested 5 men suspected of murdering a police officer in 2018. Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo Images, Netwerk24 Five people, aged 28 to 41, were arrested in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday in connection with the murder of Sergeant Thomas Mashimbye.Mashimbye, 42, who was attached to the VIP Section at the Union Buildings, was…

Jurgen Vandekeere, 42, in court on Monday. PHOTO: Isabel Venter/Netwerk24 The trial of a man accused of raping a woman, slitting her throat and bathing her body in 2011 is finally under way.Chantelle Barnard was found dead in a house on a smallholding in Benoni in April 2011.Jurgen Vandekeere was arrested for the murder, but…

KZN premier Sihle Zikalala has condemned the murder of farmers Glen and Vida Rafferty.He called on authorities to bring their killers to book.The couple were murdered on Saturday after a group of attackers shot and killed them.KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has labelled farm murders as anti-ubuntu after the murder of couple Glen and Vida Rafferty…

The parole of Zola Tongo, the shuttle bus driver who helped orchestrate the murder of Anni Dewani in 2010, has been revoked.The victim's family welcomed the u-turn by the parole board. Tongo accused Dewani's husband, Shrien, of offering him money to organise her death.Zola Tongo, the shuttle bus driver who helped to orchestrate the murder of…