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Skipper missing at sea: urgent appeal for information

UPDATE SUNDAY MARCH 17 at 4pm: NSRI – SODWANA BAY and NORTH – Sunday, 17 March. Search for missing skipper John Matambu continues after the charter ski-boat MAGNUM TOO located: During an extensive search involving multiple agencies and a…

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Uyinene Mrwetyana has been missing since Saturday. Image: SUPPLIED
MISSING

Man arrested in connection with the disappearance of Uyinene Mrwetyana

A 42-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana. “In the early hours of Friday morning‚ the team supported by Western Cape Flying Squad members arrested a 42-year-old suspect in…

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Police are searching for a missing two-year-old boy who was kidnapped by a man who broke into a Kimberley home and tried to rape the child’s mother.Image: Thinkstock
CHILD

Sleeping mother fights off rapist, only to have two-year-old son snatched

A mother who managed to fight off an attacker who tried to rape her at home in Kimberley was dealt another blow when her two-year-old son was allegedly snatched during the horrific ordeal. “The boy cannot be found, and we have launched a…

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Gauteng health MEC Dr Gwen Ramokgopa says the department is doing all it can to track down the missing patients but the DA’s Jack Bloom says he is ‘unconvinced’. File photo.Image: Gallo Images / Sowetan / Thulani Mbele
ESIDIMENI

Seventeen mental health patients still missing after Life Esidimeni debacle

Gauteng health MEC Gwen Ramokgopa has confirmed that 17 mental health patients who were discharged after the provincial health department cancelled its contract with hospital group Life Esidimeni have still not been found. More than 140…

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