The World Health Organization supports the consideration of Government of South Africa of introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) to help reduce excessive sugar intake. This is one of interventions proposed in the Strategy for the prevention and control of obesity in South…
Free State- A 34 year-old Constable working at Van Rooyen Port of Entry in Wepener was arrested along with his 40 year-old accomplice from Lesotho on Thursday, 2 February 2017. They are both facing charges of Corruption and Defeating the ends of justice. The Hawks…
THE INFAMOUS RHINO HORN PAIR DEPORTED WYNBERG - Bingchang Liao (24), and Jiawei Yang (27), the infamous Chinese duo who were arrested recently when they forgot a backpack containing pieces of rhino horn, ivory and passports at a Houtbay restaurant, made a second appearance in…
NORTH WEST: John Oupa Zwane (44) has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after he was found guilty of armed robbery, kidnapping and illegal possession of a firearm by the Rustenburg Regional Court on 31 January 2017. On 11 August 2009, Zwane and two…
MPUMALANGA : A 41-year-old Mozambican Fransisco Bowoza Fumo was denied bail by the Vosman Magistrate's Court on Thursday, 2 February 2017 after his arrest on Wednesday for attempting to sell explosives to a police officer at KG Mall Vosman. The suspect will appear again at…
NORTHERN CAPE- Theodor Robert Williams (48), a Technical Assistant working under the Control Building Structure Department at Sol Plaatje Municipality was granted a bail of R2500 by the Kimberley Magistrates Court when he appeared on Thursday, 2 February 2017. Wiliams was arrested by the Hawks…
GAUTENG – Hawks’ South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) has on Thursday afternoon arrested the alleged run away drug kingpin in Kempton Park who failed to hand himself in at the Hawks’ offices in Germiston as instructed by the authorities in December 2016 regarding a…
MPUMALANGA : A 41-year-old Mozambican man will appear before the Vosman Magistrate's Court on Thursday, 2 February 2017 following his arrest on Wednesday for attempting to sell explosives to a police officer at KG Mall Vosman. The suspect was found in possession of explosives and…
NORTHERN CAPE- The Hawks have arrested a Technical Assistant working under the Control Building Structure Department at Sol Plaatje Municipality on Wednesday, 1 February 2017. The 48 year-old suspect was arrested in connection with fraudulent activities that emanated when several victims allegedly approached the Sol…
FREE STATE- The seven South African Police Service employees arrested by the Hawks for counts of fraud, corruption and theft have appeared at the Bloemfontein Commercial Court on Wednesday, 1 February 2017. Their cases were postponed to the 3 March 2017. Lieutenant Colonel LJ Dodo…