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NO RAINBOW NATION YET In recent weeks several video recordings that went viral on social media, have once again exposed a deeply divided country still grappling with racism along clearly-cut social fault lines. The so-called ‘KFC assault,’ in which a group of five white men turned on a black couple at a Pretoria fast food …
Police patrols lead to arrest of 5 including a member of the SAPS in connection with poaching Five (5) men, including a police official, were arrested at a game farm in the Limpopo area in two separate incidents by the Rhino 08 Poaching Task Team. In the first incident, four (4) men were arrested for …
Poachers days are numbered Pretoria: 19 August 2017 – During this past week, the Rhino 08 Poaching Task Team responsible for combating wildlife crimes throughout the country arrested five men, including a police officer, in two separate incidents and recovered several incriminating items. On Saturday, 12 August 2017, the team was alerted to suspected poachers …
MINISTRY OF POLICE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA UPDATE ON THE MATTER OF AN ALLEGED ASSAULT IN SANDTON The Ministry of Police wishes to make the following update on the matter as reported: 1. The suspect in the matter made arrangements acceptable to SAPS that she would present herself to SAPS Police Station in Sandton yesterday, 15 August 2017 at 10H00. The …
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS) arrested a Major General on corruption charges on Sunday, 13 August 2017. Following a lengthy joint investigation between the Hawks and Crime Intelligence into alleged corrupt activities, Major General Thuto Gaokgakwe Phefo (55) the Provincial Head of Legal Services in the Northern Cape, made a brief appearance in …
Three bust for dealing in drugs at ORTIA Pretoria : 12 August 2017 – Three people have been arrested for dealing in drugs at the O R Tambo International Airport in separate incidents. Two of the suspects, a 37-year-old man and a woman aged 27, are employees at the airport. This morning at about 11:00, …
PRETORIA – A 42-year-old Administration Clerk attached to the Department of Home Affairs was arrested for corruption by the Gauteng Hawks’ Anti-Corruption Unit on Friday afternoon. The Hawks team spearheaded by women pounced on the man while busy at work station at the corner of Bosman and Jeff Masemola Streets in Pretoria. The suspect allegedly …
WESTERN CAPE – Pierre Gideon Schreuder (57), briefly appeared at the Bellville Specialized Commercial Crime court on Tuesday after he was arrested by the Hawks for alleged tender fraud. During 2008 to 2014, Schreuder allegedly conspired and fronted as black economic empowerment (BEE) under an entity directed by a local African female who was an …
Northern Cape – Jennifer Magdalene Mia (35) has appeared before the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 10 August 2017 after, she, together with other three cash loan operators were arrested for contravening section 40 (3) of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005. . The suspects were arrested while withdrawing money with their clients’ cards …
WESTERN CAPE: A couple aged 53 and 55 respectively are expected to appear before the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on the 1 September 2017 for alleged income tax fraud. The duo, directors of several companies, allegedly submitted false claims to the South African Receive of Revenue (SARS) during 2007 to 2009. The suspects were arrested …
In just a matter of hours before dawn today a police officer was killed and four others wounded in the Gauteng and Western Cape Provinces respectively. In Gauteng, two police constables from Dobsonville were conducting patrols in Braamfischerville when they were shot at and wounded by suspects using pistols and rifles. The police officers managed …
Gauteng – A 34 year old suspect will be facing charges of murder for the brutal killing of a 24 year old jockey. The young jockey was reported missing after he disappeared from the Turffontein racecourse on Monday, 24 July 2017. Members from the National Crime Intelligence Unit provided the Booysens police with intelligence relating …
During a joint operation, various stakeholders including SAPS and Customs and Excise, seized a bag containing rhino horns and arrested a woman at the O R Tambo International Airport yesterday. Acting on intelligence, the team identified and intercepted the specified suitcase at the luggage transfer area of the International Terminal within the Central Terminal Building. …
The Acting National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata has hailed the dismantling of a clandestine drug laboratory in Dobsonville, Soweto, and the arrest of a 25 year old suspect as a significant victory on the availability and selling of drugs in the area. A multi-disciplinary operation between …
Gauteng, Friday 14 July 2017: Last night, Thursday 13 July 2017, four suspects were arrested in a crime intelligence driven operation as part of an integrated effort to foil “follow-home robberies” and other crimes in the area of the O R Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) and surrounding clusters. Last night’s operation was conducted by a …
MPUMALANGA: Sydney Mashaba (44), Frans Nathibela (45) and Khayelile Welcome Ngubane (38) have been sentenced to life imprisonment each and a further 20 years by the Evander Regional Court on Wednesday 12th July 2017 after they were found guilty for the murder of a police officer. The trio were also found guilty on 10 other …
GAUTENG – Hawks’ Serious Corruption Unit members in Germiston have arrested Sergeant Leonard Mathonsi (38) for defeating the ends of justice on Wednesday, 12 July 2017. It is alleged that in February 2017 a case dockets inspection was conducted and it emerged that Sgt Mathonsi did not sign or affirm his statement as the complainant …
LIMPOPO- Two alleged bank fraudsters, Jennifer Vanesia Deville (54) and Lebone Beatrice Mazongani (40) have appeared in the Burgersfort Magistrate Court on Tuesday, 11 July 2017 for fraud and they were remanded in custody. On Monday, 10 July 2017 Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Unit Members together with Crime Intelligence conducted an operation following a tip-off …
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to G20 8 July 2017: It’s really a great privilege for me to be with you today to discuss the critical health threats facing our world today. And I thank you, Chancellor Merkel for your leadership in putting health on the G20 agenda and for the successful emergency simulation exercise which …
Three suspects arrested in intelligence-driven operation by police in Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal: Saturday 2017-07-08: Last night at about 20:00, SAPS members charged with combating the poaching of rhinos in the country dealt another telling blow to the criminal element. The team was acting on information received when they spotted a white Toyota double cab in …
Three suspects wounded, arrested in shootout with police officers in Greenstone Hill, Gauteng Gauteng: Friday 2017-07-07: Today at about 13:00, SAPS members from the Crime Intelligence Head Office task team followed up on information which led them to the Edenvale area in Gauteng. The police members, supported by the Gauteng Traffic Saturation Unit, private security …
Pretoria: 5 July 2017 – The South African Police Service has taken note of the High Court Judgement handed down yesterday in the matter of SA Hunters and Game Conservation Association. The SAPS is studying this judgement, as it has fifteen court days within which to do so and to consider a way forward. In …
The landmark court battle between the Cape Party and the Iziko South African National Gallery over the controversial ‘Fuck White People’ exhibit has come to an end. Chief Magistrate DM Thulare ruled that the poster was not in contravention of South Africa’s hate speech laws, and that it was an expression of art. (Read or …
Monday, 03 July 2017, Soweto, South Africa. – Top seeds Evans Maripa and Kgothatso Montjane remained on course after powering past Thato Tsomole and Mabel Mankgele respectively to advance to the semi-final round of the Joburg Open at Arthur Ashe Tennis Center in Soweto on Monday. South African number 1 men’s ace Maripa, who recently …
EASTERN CAPE – Barend Hermanus Kleynhans (27) was sentenced to 8 years direct imprisonment by the Port Elizabeth Commercial Court for stealing R4.3 million. The landmark ruling was handed down last week Thursday. Kleynhans was employed as a Bookkeeper for a Port Elizabeth wooden board manufacturing company. From October 2013 to July 2015 he misappropriated …