Five people have been arrested following the discovery of a sophisticated cannabis cultivation and packaging facility on the Mooifontein Quarry road outsidePort Alfred. Provincial Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation…
One tonne of abalone, a ‘rubberduck’ inflatable boat and diving equipment worth R1.2 million were seized in a joint operation on December 9, 2023. Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) spokesperson Captain Yolisa…
The Hawks have arrested four people for allegedly siphoning R10m from the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa). They are a former post office branch manager, her boyfriend, who is a former police official, a post office teller and her…
Ndlambe municipality has been confronted by drought for more than five years. As a result of that COGTA declared it a disaster area. One of the options that could mitigate the impact of drought was to establish an RO plant which can give…
The Bellville commercial crimes court has slapped a Cape Town online dating scammer with a seven-year jail sentence. Christiano Ogbeifun, 50, entered into a plea and sentencing agreement with the state after admitting to targeting…
Three suspected smugglers are expected to appear in the Kempton Park magistrate’s court on Monday on charges of dealing in precious metal after gold weighing 73.5kg was found in their hand luggage at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International…
A warrant of arrest has been issued for ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule in connection with a controversial R255m asbestos eradication tender in the Free State. The Hawks have confirmed Magashule is expected to appear at the…
Three G4S security guards were arrested in connection with Friday’s Florida cash-in-transit heist where a tow-truck driver was shot and killed, the Hawks said. The three men aged 25, 28 and 40 are expected to appear in the Krugersdorp…
Three home affairs officials, including one who demanded a R10,000 bribe from an undocumented foreigner in Jane Furse, Limpopo, were arrested on Tuesday. The trio, aged between 30 and 42, were arrested during a sting operation by the…
A 27-year-old man will spend the next 10 years behind bars for stealing R300,000 worth of fuel from a Transnet pipeline. Batsarai Chimutanga was sentenced in the Vereeniging magistrate’s court on Friday. There have been several arrests…
The Hawks in Limpopo have seized a vehicle worth R1.4m in Mokopane as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption in the Mogalakwena municipality. The serious corruption investigation team descended on a municipal…
The Hawks have rescued 11 suspected human trafficking victims lured into sex work with promises of employment. The women were found during raids on two suspected brothels in Rustenburg in North West and a house in Kuruman in the Northern…
The Alfred Nzo district municipality was again under police investigation when the Hawks raided its EmaXesibeni offices on Friday. The search-and-seizure operation was to secure critical documents linked to a R36m fraud and corruption…
The police have responded to the public outcry regarding human trafficking in SA. In a statement on Tuesday, police spokesperson Brig Vishnu Naidoo said national SAPS commissioner Gen Khehla John Sitole has highlighted the seriousness…
From HeraldLive Nelson Mandela Bay acting municipal manager Mvuleni Mapu was arrested early on Friday morning. Hawks spokesperson Lwando Zenzile said Mapu was arrested on allegations of fraud and corruption. This, he said, was linked to…
