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Residents of two Gqeberha retirement villages were left traumatised after separate house robberies in which they were threatened at knifepoint, tied up with cable ties, and robbed of items valued at thousands of rand.
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What happened
Residents of two Gqeberha retirement villages were left traumatised after separate house robberies in which they were threatened at knifepoint, tied up with cable ties, and robbed of items valued at thousands of rand.
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Common ground
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Follow-up questions
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