UPDATE 5-South African police probe mining feud, business rivalry after shootings kill 27

* Seventeen killed in one incident, 10 in another * First may be linked to illegal mining, other a business rivalry * No arrests yet as police hunt perpetrators * Crime a major issue ahead of local

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