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Zakhele Diamante Shiba

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Children play on a dusty sports field (top) in Vingerkraal. Photos: Leon Sadiki
ANKOLE AUCTION

Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala neighbours frown at interest in ‘old robbery’

The residents of Vingerkraal village say the president often drops by for a chat without his bodyguards

  • Zakhele Diamante Shiba
5 min read
Killings: Dr George Koboka was murdered at his Soweto consulting rooms in March, days after patients in his surgery were robbed. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images
ELIAS MAWELA

Under-siege Soweto doctors beef up security

The suspect in a medic’s murder has sought bail and Soweto doctors have threatened to shut their practices over his killing and numerous robberies

  • Zakhele Diamante Shiba
9 min read
No answers: Lesley Chauke, the younger brother of Orlando Pirates player Eric ‘Chippa’ Chauke, visits his brother’s grave in Avalon Cemetery in Soweto. The soccer star was murdered in 2008 and his killers have never been found. Photo: Nhlanhla Phillips
CHRIS BARAGWANATH

Cold case haunts Bucs star Chippa Chauke’s family

His family suspects a cover-up after the Bucs star was murdered in Soweto after he was questioned by the police

  • Zakhele Diamante Shiba
5 min read