Pretoria
4 suspects remanded in custody after appearing in court for stolen copper
They appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Tuesday accused of tempering and damaging essential infrastructure.
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Jackson Mthembu’s memorial service to be held today in Pretoria
Mthembu succumbed to COVID-19 a few days later after he was admitted to hospital.
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6 people wounded, one of them critical, in Pretoria taxi rank shooting
The circumstances around Friday morning's crime are not yet clear but police are on the scene to investigate.
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Duo escapes from Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre
The Correctional Services Department has identified the escapees as Thabo Muyambo, a Mozambican national who's serving a life sentence for a string of crimes including rape, robbery and kidnapping.
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Pretoria grandfather (73) handed 2 life sentences for raping granddaughter (9)
He abused her between 2014 and 2016 when the girl and her brother were left in his care while family members were at work.
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Living in fear: Pretoria teen raped, impregnated by tenant
She’s since had an abortion at a state hospital.
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Pretoria nightclub temporarily closed after part of ceiling collapsed on patrons
Several patrons at Propaganda Nightclub were trapped under the debris on Saturday night.
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GP govt to discuss failed attempt to appeal reinstated Tshwane Council
The party had approached the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) wanting to overturn the decision to restore the council, which had been dissolved and replaced by an administrator.
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Nxesi urges labour unions to continue talking to govt about workers’ issues
Workers marched through the Pretoria CBD most of the day to register their discontent with the current state of the economy, lack of an efficient public transport system and non-payment of public sector wage increases, among other issues.
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Govt has shown that it doesn’t care about workers, says Cosatu
The union's leader Zingiswa Losi applauded workers belonging to different federations in the country for Wednesday’s historic show of strength by uniting as they protested nationally.
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5 Pretoria suspects linked to R56m scam to defraud SAPS to appear in court
At least 41 people, including several police officers, face charges of money laundering, corruption and theft.
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Large parts of Tshwane without power after Nyala substation tripped
Technicians are now on-site to establish what went wrong.
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Officers wounded during shootout in Pretoria to receive psychological support
Three officials had to be hospitalised after police exchanged fire with criminals outside the forensic pathology services of the Tshwane District Hospital.
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Suspect shot dead, one arrested in Pretoria shooting
The Gauteng tactic response team unit responded to crime in Atteridgeville on Monday night where three suspects were robbing a shop.
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Gauteng top cop condemns Eersterust woman's murder as police hunt suspect
Gauteng police spokesperson Kay Makhubule said that police were still searching for the suspect who allegedly killed his 42-year-old girlfriend and left her body in an outside room.
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3 taxi owners shot dead in Pretoria
The men were killed in Mabopane, north of the capital, on Thursday.
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Makhura at Pretoria BMW plant to assess COVID-19 safety compliance
The automotive industry was allowed partial reopening under level four on condition that strict COVID-19 preventative measures are taken at companies.
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Lyttelton lockdown lawbreaker to appear in court
A 23-year-old man from Lyttelton was arrested over the weekend after he filmed himself defying the lockdown and boasting about wanting to buy drugs.
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Toddler dies after being run over at Pretoria home
Paramedics were called to the house in Kameeldrift on Monday night, where they found the young boy unresponsive.
