Coligny case: NPA won't appeal judgment which acquitted men found guilty of murder | News24

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Coligny case: NPA won't appeal judgment which acquitted men found guilty of murder | News24

Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte were found guilty of murdering Matlhomola Moshoeu after they had caught him allegedly stealing sunflowers on 20 April 2017.

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1940

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21

1956

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28

1991

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10

1971

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1933

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(1963) John F. Kennedy, “We Face A Moral Crisis: The Civil Rights Message to Congress, 1963”

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1963

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