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Mother and her teenage son arrested for murder after giving a house burglar a well deserved beating when he broke into their house – surely he didn’t came for some milk and cookies?

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A 45-year-old woman and her 17-year-old son were arrested on Monday after beating an alleged housebreaker to death in Butterworth, Eastern Cape.

Police confirmed they were investigating a murder after a 23-year-old man, identified as Solomzi Gcanca, was killed on Wednesday, June 19.

The man was found dead in the street by community members on Wednesday evening at Ext 14B, Mcubakazi township, Butterworth.

“We were alerted of the crime after members of the community witnessed the [mother and son] beating the young man,” said SAPS spokesperson Capt Jackson Manatha.

The community was angry about what happened to Gcanca.

“The community was so angry that they wanted the woman and her son to be evicted from where they live. But we could not do that. Our job was to arrest them,” said Manatha.

“The alleged killers took matters into their own hands by beating the man for breaking into their house. What th
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How low can you go? – Free State father hired hit-man to “take out” son since he did not want to continue paying maintenance

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A father who did not want to continue paying maintenance after he retired as a teacher has been sentenced to life behind bars for arranging the murder of his own son.

Kearabetswe Molatole, 17, was found dead at his father’s home in Gladstone, Thaba ‘Nchu, in the Free State after soccer practice in April 2017.

Kelebogile Molatole, 50, Khoeliea-Marena Sefuthi, 53, and Tebogo Molatole, 47, were each sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday for the murder of Molatole’s son.

Free State police spokesperson Col Thandi Mbambo said the teenager’s cousin left him after soccer practice to buy soft drinks at a shop.

“On his return he found Kearabetswe lying in a pool of blood in the back room of his father’s house … Police were summoned and it was discovered that the boy had been shot in the head and chest,” Mbambo said in a statement.

The provincial organised crime task team was assigned to investig
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It pays to be the son of the most corrupt president SA ever had – NPA to ‘drop’ corruption charges against Duduzane Zuma

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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is expected to provisionally withdraw corruption charges against former president Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday.

Duduzane Zuma’s lawyers have declined to comment until the court process is finalised on Thursday morning. NPA spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane Aldo said the state would comment only after Thursday’s court proceedings. Business Day understands that the NPA sent a letter to Duduzane Zuma’s lawyers on Tuesday, notifying them of the provisional withdrawal of the charges.

The exact reason for that withdrawal is not known at this time, but follows the NPA’s decision to provisionally withdraw charges against Gupta family members and associates late in 2018, in connection with the alleged Estina Dairy Project scam.

Duduzane Zuma was charged in July 2018 with corruption, alternatively conspiracy to commit corruption, relating to an alleged R60
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