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Hillbrow: Where cops do the work for drug lords
Crime may be down, but Hillbrow’s illegal economy is too lucrative to eliminate corruption, writes Verashni Pillay.
Sheldean trial: Cop denies accused’s claims of torture
A Hillbrow police captain on Friday flatly denied that he had at any stage tortured or coached Andrew Jordaan to tell police where the body of seven-year-old Sheldean Human could…
Container truck ploughs into cars in Jo’burg
A container truck ploughed into six vehicles in Louis Botha Avenue, Johannesburg, on Monday, leaving 18 people hurt. Among the vehicles were a Hi-Ace taxi carrying ten passengers…
Cops crack down in Jo’burg crime blitz
More than 200 people were arrested in Johannesburg over the weekend for crimes including rape and robbery, police said on Monday. Captain Bhekizizwe Mavundla said Hillbrow police…