‘No lawlessness will be tolerated': NATJOINTS says security measures are in full effect for SONA
The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) has warned that lawlessness and criminality behavior ...
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2,000 of South Africa’s Children Reported Missing Since 2022, Mzansi Saddened As 742 Still Missing
National Police Spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe noted that almost 2,000 children were reported missing since 2022, but ...
South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’
Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to ...
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South African police say ringleader in illegal gold mining disaster allowed to escape by officers
Authorities have evidence of his involvement from survivors' witness accounts and video footage, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said. Tshoaeli is also alleged to have hoarded and kept food away ...
Soweto woman arrested for allegedly staging her own kidnapping to extort R200,000 from family
A 23-year-old woman together with her accomplice have been arrested in Soweto, Johannesburg after she allegedly staged her ...
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Soweto Woman, 23, Arrested for Scheming Own Kidnapping To Extort R200k From Father, Sister And Lover
As false kidnapping cases increase, a Soweto woman added to a growing list of those attempting to solicit money from their ...
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South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground
The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from a mining shaft this week, and more are believed to remain underground.
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'Mammoth task' to identify South Africa mine victims, police say
Seventy-eight corpses, along with more than 240 illegal miners, have been hoisted to the surface since Monday as part of a rescue operation, Brig Athlenda Mathe told journalists close to the top of ...
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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics
National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said that 78 bodies were retrieved in a court-ordered rescue operation, with 246 survivors also pulled out from deep underground since the operation ...
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Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at ...