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GAPING WOUND: When robbers attacked a family fishing on the banks of the Kowie River on September 9, Piet Bissett, 75, was cut so badly with a panga it removed a piece of his scalp
DOMESTIC ABUSE

Root out violent offenders

The propensity for violence in our community, whether from strangers or people we know, is frightening and disturbing. Just weeks apart, there have been three horrific incidents in Ndlambe. Shortly after two separate panga attacks at the…

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An officer from KwaMakhutha police station on the KZN south coast is being probed by Ipid after he allegedly raped a woman in custody on September 25.Image: File
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Eastern Cape farm attack and stock theft numbers laid bare

Farm attacks have tripled in four years in the Eastern Cape, and as Covid-19 took hold this year, stock thieves plundered livestock worth almost R18m in three months. Startling statistics revealed by the provincial government in response…

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WATCH: 70-year-old man shot while filming would-be robbers

An elderly man was shot while filming a robbery in progress at his neighbour’s house in Edenvale on December 15. The man was airlifted to the hospital with severe injuries. Arena Holdings

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