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  "tags": [
    "National",
    "anti-gang units",
    "criminal justice system corruption",
    "Cyril Ramaphosa",
    "Eastern Cape",
    "Firoz Cachalia",
    "Gauteng",
    "gender-based violence",
    "Illegal Mining",
    "KwaZulu-Natal",
    "Lifestyle Audits",
    "Limpopo",
    "Madlanga commission",
    "murder rate",
    "news",
    "NORTHERN CAPE",
    "Organised Crime",
    "Parliaement’s ad hoc committee",
    "property crime",
    "RAPE",
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    "SANDF",
    "SAPS",
    "South Africa crime statistics",
    "South African National Defence Force",
    "South African Police Service",
    "State Of The Nation Address",
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  "textContent": "The acting police minister also stressed the need to tackle organised crime, which President Cyril Ramaphosa last week singled out as ‘the most immediate threat to our democracy, our society and economic development’",
  "title": "SA violent crime down, but still unacceptably high, Cachalia says"
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