'It is nothing short of a miracle that no one was more seriously injured or that there were not multiple fatalities.'

He allegedly boasted about his new home.

Robert Price, 76, had been tormented by local youths for 'years' before two of them set a fatal fire in his house, a court heard.

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The murder of the Cradock Four by the apartheid regime&#x2019s security forces was calculated and premeditated, the inquest into the deaths of the anti-apartheid activists heard on the first day of its reopening on Monday.

Surapong picked up the grenade as it exploded in his hands, instantly killing him and injuring four others on May 25.

The mum would have allegedly settled for just £200.

The main suspect wanted for the murder of Olorato Mongale has been shot and killed during a shootout with police in the early hours of Friday morning.

Documents obtained by amaBhungane suggest that former public works and infrastructure minister Sihle Zikalala and his close comrade, then-Independent Development Trust (IDT) chair advocate Kwazi Mshengu, mounted parallel efforts to shield the parastatal&#x2019s chief executive from investigations into a R45-million lease scandal.

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