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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos/images courtesy of Unsplash For many consumers, the counterfeit market conjures up images of imitation luxury items such as fake Louis Vuitton handbags or knockoff Gucci sandals sold on street corners. But beyond fashion, a more insidious trend is taking hold: counterfeit makeup and skincare products are increasingly flooding
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buy this article By Annalise KempenPhoto courtesy of Freepik The legal age limit to grant children access to social media platforms is, in most cases, 13 years. The age limit serves as some form of protection against online abuse and exploitation by cyberbullies and sexual predators. In recent years, various interest groups have called for
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos/images courtesy of Pexels and Unsplash Imagine the person you trust most betraying you in the worst possible way – drugging you, then inviting strangers to abuse you while you lie unconscious. This was the reality for 72-year-old Gisèle Pélicot. In 2024, her decade-long nightmare stunned the world. Drugged
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos courtesy of Tladi Moloi (GroundUp) and Pexels Substance abuse has emerged as a deepening crisis in South Africa, cutting across social and geographic divides. From major cities to rural areas, drug addiction is taking a visible toll on families, schools and workplaces. With millions grappling with dependency, this
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos/images courtesy of Pexels and Wikimedia A 14-year-old boy wakes up disoriented and shivering on the floor of a friend’s home in Johannesburg, dressed only in his underwear, as the sound of keys rattling at the front door breaks the silence. Around him, other partygoers begin to stir amid
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buy this article By Kotie GeldenhuysPhotos/images courtesy of Pixabay and Pexels Amid the Middle East’s conflicts and economic collapse, a small white pill has quietly become one of the world’s most lucrative and dangerous narcotics. Known as Captagon, this stimulant, once prescribed for medical use, has re-emerged into a multibillion-dollar industry, fuelling organised crime, empowering
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buy this article By Brig Dirk Lambrechts IntroductionThis National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Act 10 of 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the Amendment Act 10 of 2024), appears in English and Afrikaans in Government Gazette No 50713 dated 27 May 2024. Its main object is to amend the National Prosecuting Authority Act 32 of 1998 (hereinafter
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Buy this article QuestionOne of Servamus’s readers, who is a private investigator, reminds us that “a lot of the times a SAPS fingerprint expert takes a long while to report at a crime scene”. Accordingly, our reader wants to know whether an SAPS fingerprint expert is the only authorised person who may dust for, and
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