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Tag Archives: South African crime
Behind bars for ‘a sliver of green’
There was enough grass to roll a spliff the size of a toothpick. Maybe half a toothpick. Not enough for a drag, or even to get high on. But that sliver of green, clinging to the bottom of the stamp-sized … Continue reading →
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Tagged cannabis, drugs, Johannesburg, South African crime, South African Police
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When photographers drive scary
It happens around the third floor-loose coins float in the VW Polo like bubbles, passengers lift in their seats, only to be held back by seatbelts. What photographer Christopher Collingridge achieves in those frightening seconds, has cost the US government … Continue reading →
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Tagged journalism, newspapers, Newsroom, photographers, South African crime
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When you know the dead
It is not often that the dead I report on I know. But the 30-year-old police constable who lay dead beneath the medic’s space blanket, last night I knew. He was a communications officer and in the past I phoned … Continue reading →
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Tagged Hillbrow, police, police killings, Police officer, South African crime
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A little crime scene humour, or humor to my American friends
Spotted at a crime scene, on the bumper of a South African Police Service’s forensics vehicle.
Crime stories and tales cops tell
Empty bullet casings litter Sauer street, blue lights flash and a dejected robber sits handcuffed in the back of a police van. Cops and robbers had had a shoot out in the centre of Johannesburg, two people injured and a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Flying Squad, Johannesburg, journalism, Lenasia, Sauer, shootout, South African crime
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