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It emerged that the initiates died due to dehydration and excessive bleeding among others.
Initiation school death toll rises

Wednesday 22 May 2013 12:15

The death toll among initiates in Mpumalanga this initiation season has risen by two to 29.

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The Commission is on its 7th month and was supposed to finish all its work this month.
Police witness to continue giving evidence at Marikana Commission

Monday 20 May 2013 06:29

Police witness Major General, Charl Annandale, continues to give evidence at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry sitting in Rustenburg, North West.

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 Police found dagga worth R60 000 in the Eastern Cape.
Two nabbed in E Cape for dagga possession

Saturday 18 May 2013 12:15

Police have stumbled upon 29 bags of dagga with a street value of nearly R60 000 buried in the garden of a house in Ntabankulu in the Eastern Cape.

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Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says government is committed to making the Gupta family scandal findings public.
Govt taking Gupta saga seriously: Gordhan

Saturday 18 May 2013 06:38

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says government is taking the Gupta family scandal very seriously.

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20 people were shot in New Orleans on Mothers Day.
Police ID suspect in New Orleans mass shooting

Tuesday 14 May 2013 11:32

Police identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of about 20 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans.

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Thieves made off with the weekend's cash takings from the stadium's bars and merchandise shops from both the Bieber and Bon Jovi concerts.
Police apply for video footage following FNB Stadium robbery

Tuesday 14 May 2013 06:21

Johannesburg police are applying to FNB Stadium for video footage recording the multi-million rand theft at the stadium just hours after the Justin Bieber concert on Sunday.

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Amanda Berry and Gina Dejusus have been missing for a decade.
Three women missing for a decade found alive in Cleveland home

Tuesday 7 May 2013 08:51

Three Ohio women believed abducted separately about a decade ago were found alive together on Monday at a Cleveland house near where they had last been seen, and three brothers were arrested.

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Vehicle movements in and out of the Watertown are also not allowed.
Officials tell Boston residents to stay inside during manhunt

Friday 19 April 2013 14:59

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said police are telling all residents in Boston and several surrounding communities to "shelter in place," meaning they should lock their doors.

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The FBI says the man (pictured) is one of the suspects of the Boston bomb attack.
MIT suspect tied to Boston marathon bomb: Police

Friday 19 April 2013 11:09

Police say one of two suspects in the shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer is dead and a massive manhunt is underway for another.

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It’s not clear whether the MIT police officers murder is connected to the Boston bomb attack.
Police officer shot dead at MIT campus near Boston

Friday 19 April 2013 09:22

A police officer for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was shot dead on Thursday night at the school's Cambridge campus, just days after the Boston Marathon bombing.

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Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota handed a petition to the Police.
Maqheleng service delivery worse: Lekota

Saturday 13 April 2013 19:40

COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota says service delivery in the Meqheleng township near Ficksburg is now even worse than two years ago when protester Andries Tatane died.

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Police brutality incidents unacceptable: Zuma

Thursday 21 March 2013 14:20

President Jacob Zuma says policemen and women must live, breathe and personify the police Code of Conduct.

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Lawyers for Raila Odinga's CORD coalition said their petition to the Supreme Court covered allegations of vote manipulation.
Kenya's Odinga challenges election defeat in top court

Saturday 16 March 2013 12:53

Kenya's defeated presidential contender, Raila Odinga, filed a legal challenge to his election loss today in a major test of the country's democratic system.

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Mido Macia died in police custody last week after being tied to a police van and dragged down a street in Daveyton.
Family of Mozambique taxi driver might sue SA govt

Saturday 9 March 2013 11:41

The family of late Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia have hinted they will sue the South African government over his death.

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Amidio Macia died in police custody last week after being tied to a police van and dragged down a street.
Mozambican taxi driver to be laid to rest

Saturday 9 March 2013 07:36

Mozambican taxi driver Amidio Macia who died allegedly at the hands of the police in Daveyton on Gauteng's East Rand will be laid to rest in Matola this afternoon.

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Dirk Coetzee was the co-founder of the apartheid police hit-squad based in Vlakplaas.
Coetzee was not a traitor: Vlok

Thursday 7 March 2013 12:48

Former Apartheid police minister Adriaan Vlok says Dirk Coetzee was not seen as a traitor by the police.

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A man dressed as Batman arrested a suspect wanted for buglary in Britain.
Batman nabs suspect for British police

Monday 4 March 2013 15:23

A mystery man dressed as Batman demonstrated the same crime-fighting skills as the caped crusader when he handed over a suspect wanted for burglary in Britain.

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DA calls for commission of inquiry into police brutality

Sunday 3 March 2013 14:16

DA has called for a judicial commission of inquiry into police brutality after a taxi driver died in police custody on Tuesday.

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ANC wants more discipline and end to corruption

Saturday 2 March 2013 19:36

Combating corruption and the discipline of its members topped the agenda of the ANC at its 2013 Parliamentary Caucus Lekgotla.

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DA calls for police brutality to be taken more seriously

Friday 1 March 2013 14:09

Democratic Alliance has accused National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega of not taking police brutality seriously.

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