MPUMALANGA -Sfiso Johannes Khumalo (40) was remanded in custody by the Middelburg Magistrate Court on Tuesday 02 March 2021 after he was arrested by members of Mpumalanga Serious Commercial Crime Investigation on Monday 01 March 2021 assisted by members of Crime Intelligence after he was…
MPUMALANGA – The Mpumalanga Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation is seeking public assistance in locating Justice Sambo (46) of Witbank, Mpumalanga. Sambo is wanted in connection with illegal sale of low cost houses through a social media advert. It is alleged that during October 2020,…
MPUMALANGA - Two suspects aged 23 and 44 were arrested by members of the Mpumalanga Tactical Response Team, the Middelburg based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation, Local Criminal Record Centre Witbank and Fidelity Security during the night of Thursday 25 February 2021 for Theft of…
The Durban based Hawks' Serious Corruption Investigation team arrested 33-year-old Nana Precious Mbuto on Tuesday, 23 February 2021 for Temporary Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) fraud. Mbuto stands accused of falsely applying for TERS funds from the Department of Labour amounting to just over R2.6 million…
EASTERN CAPE – An alleged tax evader Neliswa Tantsi (49) was arrested on Wednesday by the East London based Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for allegedly defrauding the South African Revenue Services (SARS). It is alleged that between 2014 and 2015 Tantsi failed to…
FREE STATE - Mavis Mmalefa Buthelezi Mokoena (42) was convicted as charged for theft by the Ficksburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. It is alleged that Mokoena misappropriated approximately R117 000 from the Ficksburg South African Police Service (SAPS) between the period 2014 to 2016. Mokoena…
The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Khehla Sitole has welcomed the accumulative 1 250-year sentence handed down to five cable thieves by the Western Cape High Court on 19 February 2021. The five thieves, including two who perished during the course…
SPEAKING NOTES DELIVERED BY POLICE MINISTER GENERAL BHEKI CELE (MP) - Q3-Crime-Stats - Download PDF I hope that you're all keeping safe under these trying times of COVID-19. COVID 19 IMPACT The impact of the pandemic has been widely documented as well as the effect…
In yet another major breakthrough in clamping down the illegal importation of unregistered medicines, members of the South African Police Service(SAPS) at the OR Tambo International Airport have seized unregistered medicines worth a market value of R126 million rand. The unregistered medicines which are believed…
NELSPRUIT: 13 February 2021 - The police management in Mpumalanga has strongly condemned acts of lawlessness displayed by some community members during a protest at Badplaas near Barberton in which six police vehicles, one Traffic Department as well as another vehicle belonging to the Provincial…