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Jeff Wicks 🇿🇦
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Investigative Journalist at News24. Co-author of Eight Days in July. Projects: #Silenced #BloodBrothers #KillingKinnear
Tomorrow on News24 we tell one such story. Link to be posted in thread.

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December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
What if I told you that one alleged heist kingpin had been arrested and criminally charged 22 times and all were withdrawn?

How does that work? The system is broken if this is happening.
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Make no mistake, it’s a warzone. A deadly game.

We know who you are, we are watching you: ATM bombers warned after police kill 5 in shootout www.news24.com/news24/inves...
We know who you are, we are watching you: ATM bombers warned after police kill 5 in shootout | News24
A joint effort between the private sector and a multi-disciplinary police team known as Project Leopard has resulted in the fatal shooting of five suspected ATM bombers, and police's top brass have wa...
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December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Makes you wonder, who will pay with their life tomorrow?

Who will unwittingly drive into a platoon-sized element of gunmen, armed to the teeth, lighting up anything that moves.
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Maphumulo should be remembered as one of the best of us, whose death was needless and wanton.

“Maphumulo, who was honoured in the Excellence in Primary School Teaching category, credited her success to her school principal, colleagues, and the community…”. IOL
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Our country is one ruled by cash. Trillions are moved by road annually. Syndicates of violent criminals pick them off and the likes of Maphumulo are caught in the crossfire.
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
There were 300 CIT attacks last year. There have been at least six so far this month. Today in Pietermaritzburg a guard was wounded. It is endless.
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
The van was obliterated by an explosive charge. Her car came to rest nearby. This is the tragic, human toll exacted by a multi-billion Rand shadow world of crime.
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
She struck one of the men and killed him before his cohorts showered her car in rifle fire. She died in her seat. The same car she beamed with in September.

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Beloved teacher shot dead after knocking down alleged cash-in-transit robber | News24
Primary school teacher Bonisiwe Happiness Maphumulo was shot and killed after accidentally knocking down a suspected robber during a cash-in-transit heist in Nzalabantu, KwaZulu-Natal.
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December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
These are her final moments filmed from a distance. Her blue car moves toward a blockade where a gang of heavily armed men had forced an armoured car from the road.
December 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM