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NORTH WEST – Investigations into the four lion paws that were found on Monday has led to the arrest of further suspects aged between 36 and 47 on Tuesday in Mabule village for possession of lion bones. The first suspect was arrested at his home where he was found in possession of lion bones, the …
Two former Eskom senior managers, two business directors and seven companies are expected to appear in the Johannesburg Regional Court for alleged fraud, corruption and money laundering today. The suspects were arrested early this morning in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Gauteng by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team in collaboration with the National Prosecuting Authority’s …
Minister of Police, General Bheki Cele wishes to assure South Africans, the Firearms Amnesty period is on track. The Firearms Amnesty commenced on the 1st of December and will end on the last day of May next year. The Minister says “The original Firearms Amnesty Gazette published on the 27th of November 2019 has been …
The National Commissioner of Police General Khehla John Sitole, condemned the killing of two police officers in Gauteng last night. While condemning the killing, General Sitole ordered an unrelenting manhunt for those responsible. At approximately 20:00 last night a Captain and a Warrant Officer responded to a hi-jacking complaint at Leonie Street, Winchester Hills, shortly …
MPUMALANGA – The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit in Mpumalanga is requesting for assistance from the public to identify a person of interest as per attached pictures in connection with fraud. It is alleged that in 2013, an unknown suspect who claimed to work for the Mbombela Municipality fraudulently opened a bank account using …
Pretoria: 09 November 2019 – South Africa will be hosting the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) from 11 to 13 November 2019 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton Johannesburg. The event will be graced by his Excellency, President Cyril Ramaphosa, several Heads of State, foreign and local Ministers, business men and women and other high …
PRETORIA – A prominent Pinetown based business woman was rescued alive in Witbank on Thursday evening after she was kidnapped for about one hundred and sixty-two days (162). The woman was kidnapped in Pinetown on the 31 May 2019, few days after her family received calls for ransom set at R140 million and the matter …
NORTH WEST – The Christiana Regional Court has sentenced a 33-year-old convicted hijacker, Neo Kaweng to twelve years imprisonment on Wednesday following comprehensive investigations by the Serious Organised Crime unit of the Hawks. The judgement emanates from a truck hijacking incident that took place in Christiana in 2010, where the driver who was reportedly on …
The South African Police Service is issuing a stern warning that the establishment of illegal dispensaries/outlets, online sites and social media platforms which are marketing and selling cannabis and cannabis-related products to the public remains illegal, except where specifically allowed in terms of the Medicines and Related Substances Act. Some of these illegal businesses, purporting …
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation is asking for any information including the whereabouts of four people of interest that could help in solving the case pertaining to an alleged armed robbery at the Windsorton police station on the 2nd October 2019. It is believed that Zwichanaka Mbaisani Dabie (39), who is also known as …