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LISTEN | 'Fight fire with fire': Malema says criminals must live in fear: EFF leader Julius Malema says the language criminals understand is violence and ...
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LISTEN | 'Fight fire with fire': Malema says criminals must live ...
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Eight Nigerians who 'attacked' police, police station remanded by court: Eight Nigerian men who allegedly attacked a police station and fought with ...
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Eight Nigerians who 'attacked' police, police station remanded by ...
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Minister of Police Bheki Cele said his department spent R176,000 flying him and his officials to attend the media conference in Durban after five suspects were ... Show more
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Cele returns to KZN for back-to-back engagements over three days: Three-day visit is part of the implementation of an integrated violence and crime prevention ...
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Cele returns to KZN for back-to-back engagements over three days
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Two cops among 8 ‘blue light gang’ suspects arrested for ‘extorting R200k’: Eight suspects, including two police officers, are expected to appear in the ...
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Two cops among 8 ‘blue light gang’ suspects arrested for ‘extorting R200k’
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EFF SG Marshall Dlamini found guilty of assault GBH: EFF secretary-general Marshall Dlamini has been found guilty of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily ...
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EFF SG Marshall Dlamini found guilty of assault GBH
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At least 20 environmental protesters arrested at Massachusetts airport, police say
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At least 20 environmental protesters arrested at Massachusetts airport ...
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Eight years for SAPS admin clerk who let culpable homicide docket vanish: A former police administrative clerk was sentenced to an effective eight-year jail term ...
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Eight years for SAPS admin clerk who let culpable homicide docket vanish
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A high level policing team will be deployed to KwaZulu-Natal after years of killings and feuds have left a community almost in ruins ... Show more   #CrimeandCourts   #feud   #assassination   #kzn   #NQUTHU
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Search for Joshlin Smith has reached international shores: Police Minister Bheki Cele said the police service is working with Interpol and other organisations ...
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Search for Joshlin Smith has reached international shores
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PARLIAMENT: Earlier today, Speaker Anitah Among halted Peter Mugema (Iganga Municipality MP) from raising a concern on reports about the assassination attempts ... Show more   #VisionUpdates
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EDITORIAL | We should never take peace for granted: The rhetoric of some of the parties in KZN is causing the province's police commissioner and many others ...
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EDITORIAL | We should never take peace for granted
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R65k bribe offered to cops during KZN guest house raid forfeited to state: Bribery money offered to police officers conducting a raid at a guest house in Ballito ...
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R65k bribe offered to cops during KZN guest house raid forfeited to state
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The Western Cape Police Oversight and Community Safety member of the executive committee (MEC), Reagan Allen, expressed his distaste after the first and second ... Show more   #gbv   #CrimeandCourts
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The continuing brutality of SA lives — not taken seriously by most major parties: South Africa has experienced a rise in violence since the last general election ...
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The continuing brutality of SA lives — not taken seriously by most major ...
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PREMIUM TIMES MORNING UPDATES FOR APRIL 23rd, 2024. =================== =================== In final report, Commonwealth identifies factors that undermined ... Show more   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/688369-in-final-report-commonwealth-identifies-factors-that-undermined-nigerias-2023-elections.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/688358-yoruba-nation-akintoye-igboho-write-tinubu-seek-exit-from-nigeria.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/688319-five-children-suffocate-to-death-in-niger-police.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/education/688228-investigation-tetfund-pays-n2-9-billion-to-contractor-for-unexecuted-job.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/688165-igp-differs-with-tinubu-on-state-police.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/688158-analysis-will-senegals-new-president-shake-up-external-relations.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/688072-ondo-2024-despite-controversies-apc-declares-aiyedatiwa-governorship-candidate.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/688400-wike-backed-rivers-assembly-overrides-fubara-passes-amended-lg-bill.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/688369-in-final-report-commonwealth-identifies-factors-that-undermined-nigerias-2023-elections.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/health/688332-nafdac-cracks-down-on-fake-cosmetics-producer-in-lagos.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/688323-terrorism-is-alien-to-africa-an-imported-evil-tinubu.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/688306-court-adjourns-hearing-in-bail-application-of-binance-executive.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/688296-tinubu-leaves-for-netherlands-saudi-arabia-on-official-visits-tuesday.html   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/688293-abducted-journalist-nigerias-media-bodies-refer-case-to-ombudsman.html   mailchi.mp/premiumtimesng/subscribe-to-premium-times-newsletter   www.facebook.com/premiumtimes   twitter.com/PremiumTimesng   instagram.com/guidopalau)   www.youtube.com/@PremiumTimesng/featured   www.linkedin.com/company/premium-times-nigeria   www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va8KucvJpe8eFOl3En22
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Climate protesters arrested for blocking Boston-area airport: About 40 members of Extinction Rebellion from Massachusetts and Vermont on Saturday protested plans ...
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Climate protesters arrested for blocking Boston-area airport
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‘Police will continue to push back hard on criminality’: Cele: Police minister Bheki Cele on Sunday said police remain unapologetic in their aggressive and ...
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‘Police will continue to push back hard on criminality’: Cele
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Netherlands: Greta Thunberg arrested twice during protests in The Hague: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested twice during a blockade ...
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Netherlands: Greta Thunberg arrested twice during protests in The Hague
Quick Glance: Greta Thunberg protests against fossil fuels in the Netherlands
  • The demonstration was specifically targeted against the subsidies for fossil fuels in the Netherlands.

  • Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at a demonstration in the Netherlands, after she and a group of marchers blocked a main road to protest against these subsidies.

  • Hundreds of protesters marched from The Hague’s city center to the nearby A12 arterial highway that connects the Dutch government's seat with other cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Utrecht.

  • Organized by the Extinction Rebellion (XR) environmental group, the demonstration was part of efforts to pressure the Dutch government ahead of another planned debate on subsidies for fossil fuels in June.
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NPA wants 15 year sentence for Mapisa-Nqakula if she is found guilty of graft: The former speaker has pinned her acquittal hopes on a mysterious wig seized by ...
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South African Soccer Player And Olympian Killed In Carjacking At Age 24: Luke Fleurs represented South Africa at the Tokyo Olympics.
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South African Soccer Player And Olympian Killed In Carjacking At Age 24
Quick Glance: Football Community Honors Luke Fleurs Following Tragic Passing at Chiefs
  • Coach Gavin Hunt from SuperSport United, TV hosts Carol Tshabalala and Thomas Mlambo, soccer icon Lucas Radebe, and various Premier Soccer League clubs paid tribute to the late player Luke Fleurs from Kaizer Chiefs.

  • It was revealed on Wednesday night that Fleurs had tragically passed away earlier in the day after an armed robbery in Johannesburg. The incident reportedly occurred in Honeydew.

  • The confirmation of Fleurs' tragic death was provided by the Chiefs on Thursday morning, expressing their condolences. Additionally, other football figures expressed their sorrow over the loss of Fleurs.

  • Joining the Chiefs in October, the 24-year-old defender and junior national team member departed SuperSport in September after participating in 70 matches.
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Mpumalanga woman jailed for killing cop boyfriend: A 30-year-old Mpumalanga woman, Zanele Mkhonto, was sentenced to 20 years' direct imprisonment for the ...
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Mpumalanga woman jailed for killing cop boyfriend
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Embattled former Speaker of Parliament, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has handed herself over to police at the Lyttelton police station in Tshwane ... Show more
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SA’s May elections unlikely to result in widespread public violence: Even so, police and other state security agencies must be ready to proactively prevent and ...
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SA’s May elections unlikely to result in widespread public violence
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The national police minister has defended the country's men in blue amid accusations that police are using excessive force when dealing with suspects ... Show more   #SAPS   #Crime   #BhekiCele
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Free State cop jailed for 12 years for raping ex-girlfriend: A police officer has been sentenced by the Welkom magistrate's court to 12 years' ...
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Free State cop jailed for 12 years for raping ex-girlfriend
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South Africa's former Speaker of Parliament, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, surrendered to police a day after resigning amid corruption allegations ... Show more
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Suspected Fish Hoek arsonist released by police over lack of evidence: Insufficient evidence against man accused of starting devastating fire that destroyed four ...
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Suspected Fish Hoek arsonist released by police over lack of evidence
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Two Gauteng cops charged with kidnapping: Two Gauteng police officers charged with kidnapping and defeating the administration of justice were on Wednesday ...
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Two Gauteng cops charged with kidnapping
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Cele to deliver eulogy at funeral of slain KZN police officer: Police minister Bheki Cele will on Saturday deliver a eulogy at the funeral service of a policeman ...
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Cele to deliver eulogy at funeral of slain KZN police officer
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Slain Durban cop's wife in court again: The wife of slain Durban metro police captain Thomas Ntombela again appeared in the Durban magistrate's court on ...
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Slain Durban cop's wife in court again
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The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) said Sunday that it remains gravely concerned about the House Speaker’s failure to withdraw the letter to former ... Show more   www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/08/pnp-renews-call-withdrawal-letter-former-clerk-houses/
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Police Minister Bheki Cele released alarming crime statistics for the third quarter of the financial year 2023/24 last month ... Show more   #Crime   #SouthAfrica   #CrimeStatistics
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Speaker’s home raided in corruption investigation: The National Prosecuting Authority confirmed the search and seizure operation a fortnight after Nosiviwe ...
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Speaker’s home raided in corruption investigation
Quick Glance: Police Operation at Mapisa-Nqakula's Residence, ID Concludes Investigations
  • The residence of National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in Johannesburg was searched by members of the Investigating Directorate (ID).

  • About six officials arrived in three unmarked cars and were on site until mid-morning.

  • A photographer from this publication visited the house and observed several vehicles with police officers.

  • The investigation began six months ago and was known to only a few within the ID.
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Can we stop our descent into violence?: Crime must be treated as a crisis by government before and after May 29 – not just as the election talking point it's ...
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Can we stop our descent into violence?
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ANC loses MK registration fight, hopes to win logo battle: The governing party has lost its battle over uMkhonto weSizwe party’s registration
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ANC loses MK registration fight, hopes to win logo battle
Quick Glance: Court Ruling Favors Zuma Party
  • The ANC's attempt to remove the breakaway uMkhonto we Sizwe Party from the ballot for the national and provincial elections on 29 May was rejected by the Electoral Court.

  • Consequently, the party led by former ANC president Jacob Zuma will have the opportunity to participate in the elections, although it will encounter a separate legal challenge regarding the usage of the name MK at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday.

  • The verdict signifies a significant victory for the emerging party and its advocates, with a portion of supporters congregating at the court premises awaiting the pronouncement of the judgment.
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Thousands of newlyweds in Zimbabwe have discovered that their marriage certificates are not valid due to a clerical issue ... Show more   www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-68399883
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To be arrested or not? Mapisa-Nqakula, lawyer differ on her corruption case: The embattled speaker seems to be at loggerheads with her attorney ...
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To be arrested or not? Mapisa-Nqakula, lawyer differ on her corruption ...
Quick Glance: Mapisa-Nqakula Fights Against Arrest to Protect Health and Life
  • Allegedly incriminating documentation was discovered during a raid at her home in Bruma.

  • National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has filed a court request for access to the docket against her due to leaked information.

  • Rather than surrendering herself for fraud and corruption allegations at a police station, Mapisa-Nqakula sought an interdict for an arrest warrant, highlighting the illegality of the search and seizure operation at her Johannesburg residence.

  • She identified National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shamila Batohi and police minister Bheki Cele as the respondents in the case.
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Waiting for Mapisa-Nqakula’s arrest — times of turbulence ahead: The apparent imminent arrest of the National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula ...
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Waiting for Mapisa-Nqakula’s arrest — times of turbulence ahead
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Quick Glance: Impact of Jacob Zuma's Election Exclusion on South Africa's Vote
  • The exclusion of former President Jacob Zuma from the elections in May is heightening political tensions in South Africa as the country gears up for what is anticipated to be a fiercely competitive electoral battle.

  • Zuma's opposition to the ANC challenges his previous party's dominance and might result in the ANC falling below the 50% vote mark for the first time.

  • While this may dampen the MK's momentum, the 2021 protests indicate that barring him from the election could rally his loyal supporters.

  • Following the announcement, the MK announced plans to challenge the decision. A potential court ruling in favor of Zuma's candidacy could revive his political prospects and present a significant obstacle to the ANC during a period of declining popularity.
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Court denies Jacob Zuma’s second special bid to have Billy Downer removed from arms deal case
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Court denies Jacob Zuma’s second special bid to have Billy Downer removed ...
Quick Glance: Zuma Fails Again in Attempt to Remove Downer, Plans Appeal
  • Former president Jacob Zuma once more faced defeat in his efforts to have lead prosecutor advocate Billy Downer removed from his arms-deal corruption case.

  • During proceedings on Wednesday, Pietermaritzburg high court judge Nkosinathi Chili dismissed Zuma's request, citing insufficient evidence that Downer's involvement could violate Zuma's right to a fair trial.

  • Despite the unfavorable outcome, Zuma intends to lodge an appeal and suggests pausing the trial indefinitely to strategize the next steps.

  • Following Downer's insistence on setting trial dates promptly, both parties agreed to delay the trial until a 'pretrial conference' scheduled for May 17.
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‘We need new policies, new systems, new leaders,’ says DA’s Chris Pappas: No party is expected to win a majority in KwaZulu-Natal and DA premier candidate Chris ...
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‘We need new policies, new systems, new leaders,’ says DA’s Chris Pappas
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Dedicated CPF patroller brutally murdered, relatives arrested: The 83-year-old man was found in a pool of his own blood and had sustained multiple stab wounds.
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Dedicated CPF patroller brutally murdered, relatives arrested
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ActionSA slams government for opposing load-shedding ruling: ActionSA was in court on Wednesday opposing the government and Eskom's application for leave to ...
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ActionSA slams government for opposing load-shedding ruling
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Car stolen in Pretoria intercepted near Zimbabwe border, suspect arrested: A suspect was arrested on Sunday allegedly trying to smuggle a stolen vehicle out of ...
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Car stolen in Pretoria intercepted near Zimbabwe border, suspect arrested
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Metro cop, policeman arrested over fatal stabbing and assault: A metro cop is expected to appear in the Durban magistrate's court on Tuesday in connection ...
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Metro cop, policeman arrested over fatal stabbing and assault
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Thieves steal $30 million cash in Los Angeles heist: The Los Angeles Times, citing a source familiar with the investigation, said burglars busted through a roof ...
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Thieves steal $30 million cash in Los Angeles heist
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A KwaZulu-Natal policeman, who was found guilty of demanding a gratification to get rid of case dockets, was this week sentenced to 12 years behind bars ... Show more   #SAPS   #Corruption   #police
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Public servants set to receive 4.7% pay rise in 2024: The pay adjustment is part of a two-year wage deal that public sector trade unions accepted in April 2023 ...
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Public servants set to receive 4.7% pay rise in 2024
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SARB’s new broom Mampho Modise unlikely to sweep out MPC hawks: Subhead: Too early for Mampho Modise to have big impact on monetary police, economists say
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SARB’s new broom Mampho Modise unlikely to sweep out MPC hawks
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South Africa: Police Kill Five Suspected Cash-In-Transit Robbers in Shootout - South African News Briefs - ...
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South Africa: Police Kill Five Suspected Cash-In-Transit Robbers in ...
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Demo on the Frankenschnellweg in Nuremberg: police warn of obstructions: A bicycle demonstration is taking place today from 5 p.m. on the Frankenschnellweg in ...
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Demo on the Frankenschnellweg in Nuremberg: police warn of obstructions
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Three Zimbabweans nabbed with suspected stolen diesel in Mpumalanga: Police arrested three Zimbabweans and confiscated 2,187 litres of suspected stolen diesel in ...
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Three Zimbabweans nabbed with suspected stolen diesel in Mpumalanga
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Bonn: Extinction Rebellion demonstration in the southern part of the city on Saturday
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Bonn: Extinction Rebellion demonstration in the southern part of the city ...