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South Africa: Four Durban Children Hanged, Cops Hunt for Step-Father
News24Wire, 4 September 2019
As the country reels from several incidents of violence by men against women and children, police in Durban have confirmed three children and a teenage girl were hanged, allegedly… Read more »
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South Africa: 'Dark Period for SA' - Ramaphosa Condemns Uyinene Mrwetyana and Leighandre Jegels Murders
News24Wire, 3 September 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended South African law enforcement authorities for their action which led to the arrests of two people for the brutal murders of University of… Read more »
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South Africa: UCT SRC Holds Night Vigil for Uyinene Mrwetyana
Daily Maverick, 3 September 2019
On a chilly Monday evening at the Jammie plaza, just hours after Uyinene Mrwetyana's friends and family heard of a 42-year-old post office worker's confession to raping and… Read more »
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South Africa: Murder Confession Arrives With a Thud - but Uyinene Mrwetyana Is Still Officially Missing
Daily Maverick, 3 September 2019
A 42-year-old post office worker has confessed to raping and killing 19-year-old UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana, but the investigation still continues. An unidentified body was… Read more »
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South Africa: President Ramaphosa Welcomes Arrest of Uyinene Mrwetyana and Leighandre Jegels' Murderers
South Africa, 3 September 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended the country’s law enforcement authorities for their action which led to the arrests of two suspects linked to the brutal murders of… Read more »
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South Africa: 'She Was a Light to Us All' - Friends Celebrate Mrwetyana At Night Vigil
News24Wire, 3 September 2019
Following the news of the brutal murder of 19-year-old Uyinene Mrwetyana on Monday, students and staff gathered at the University of Cape Town for a night vigil to honour the young… Read more »
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South Africa: #ripuyinene - Her Parents Are Not Coping, They Are Not OK - UCT Vice-Chancellor
News24Wire, 2 September 2019
University of Cape Town (UCT) vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng says the university feels a "great burden" about what happened to murdered student Uyinene Mrwetyana. Read more »
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South Africa: Missing UCT Student - Uyinene's Location Still Unknown As Suspect Makes First Appearance
News24Wire, 2 September 2019
The man arrested in connection with the disappearance of missing UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana is expected to make his first appearance in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Monday. Read more »
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South Africa: Sascoc Mourns 'Devastating' Death of SA Champion Boxer
News24Wire, 1 September 2019
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has sent its condolences to the family of 25-year-old champion boxer Leighandre Jegels, who was shot and… Read more »
We Aren't Safe Anywhere, Say South Africa's Women
There has been an outpouring of grief after a number of women and young girls have been either abducted, raped or killed at the hands of men. A man has been charged with the murder of University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana while boxing champion Leighandre Jegels was allegedly shot and killed by her former partner. Six-year-old Amy-Lee de Jager was abducted in front of her school, and has been found and returned to her family.
South African women are using #AmINext on Twitter after their hopes of missing 18-year-old UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana returning home were shattered. A 42-year-old man confessed to killing and raping Mrwetyana in a post office in Claremont, Cape Town, close to a police station.
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South Africa: 'Rubbish!' - Distraught Man Shouts At Man Accused of Chopping Up Cape Town Woman's Body
News24Wire, 2 September 2019
The results of DNA and post mortem tests in the probe into the murder of Lynette Volschenk, whose body was cut up, are not ready yet, the Bellville Magistrate's Court in Cape Town… Read more »
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South Africa: Abducted Six-Year-Old Found, Back Home With Parents
allAfrica, 3 September 2019
Amy'Leigh de Jager has been returned to her family after being abducted on Monday morning at school. Read more »
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South Africa: R2m Ransom Demanded for Kidnapped Girl
News24Wire, 2 September 2019
The kidnappers of Amy-Lee de Jager, who was snatched in front of Laerskool Kollegepark in Vanderbijlpark on Monday morning, are demanding R2m for her release. Read more »
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South Africa: Missing UCT Student - Man, 42, Arrested in Connection With Uyinene's Disappearance
News24Wire, 31 August 2019
A 42-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of missing UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana, Western Cape police have confirmed. Read more »
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South Africa: 67-Year-Old Thwarts Attack On 84-Year-Old Relative, Gets Stabbed With Garden Shears
News24Wire, 31 August 2019
An attack on an elderly woman was thwarted on Friday after a relative of hers came to her aid but was then stabbed in the mouth with a pair of garden shears. Read more »
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South Africa: Durban 'Highway Rapist' Sentenced to 405 Years Behind Bars
News24Wire, 31 August 2019
A serial rapist who attacked his victims at spots along the busy M19 highway in Durban, has been sentenced to 405 years imprisonment. Read more »
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South Africa: SA Boxing Champ's Cop Boyfriend Arrested Following Her Shooting
News24Wire, 31 August 2019
The police officer who allegedly shot and killed woman boxing champion Leighandre "Baby Lee" Jegels has been arrested, IPID has confirmed. Read more »
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South Africa: Charges Withdrawn Against Lentegeur Baby Rape Accused
News24Wire, 28 August 2019
The case against a man accused of the rape of a one-year-old baby has been withdrawn pending a DNA report, the Western Cape police said. Read more »
InFocus
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Pastor Timothy Omotoso's legal team has said that they are ready to approach the Constitutional Court after the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed advocate Peter Daubermann's ... Read more »
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