EASTERN CAPE – Fezekile Booi (27) has appeared before the Peddie Magistrate court on Friday for Possession of an unlicensed firearm. He was arrested through a joint operation between the Organised Crime unit of the Hawks, Crime Intelligence and the Tactical Response Team. Booi was…
NORTHERN CAPE - Mzwandile Majosi (28) was remanded in custody when he appeared before the Kimberley Magistrates Court on Thursday in connection with the alleged murder of an off-duty police officer. The body of Constable Lentswe Edward Mogorosi was discovered in the veld near Lerato…
MPUMALANGA : A multi-disciplinary operation consisting of the members of the Hawks' Organised Crime Investigation in Secunda, SANEB, CIG Secunda, Emzinoni detectives and Firearm Unit has led to the arrest of five suspects for conspiracy to commit murder on Thursday afternoon. The suspects, aged between…
PRETORIA - The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) has noted with grave concern and disappointment the unfounded allegations at reports by the media and in particular the Sowetan (05 January 2016) under the headline "Gloves off for Top Cops", alleging a serious standoff between…
LIMPOPO - The Provincial Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation Major General Thobeka Jozi has lauded her team for responding swiftly and arrest a suspect who allegedly held captive four Zimbabwean nationals. The four victims aged between 15 and 20 were allegedly kept…
Pretoria, Tuesday 3 January 2017: The Acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, Lieutenant General Khomotso Phahlane, has taken note of the judgement handed down in the Durban High Court today. Lieutenant General Betty Mmamonnye Ngobeni had previously filed an execution application to…
WESTERN CAPE - A former Municipal manager Martin Noël Pietersen (60) is due to learn his fate next year, when the George Magistrate's Court decides his future. Pietersen is set to be sentenced on the 30th of March 2017 following sweeping investigations by the Serious…
Pretoria, Thursday 22 December 2016: The South African Police Service (SAPS) has noted with concern that a hoax (or so-called satirical) media report has been published online which claims, inter alia, that police stations will be closed on 25 and 31 December 2016 - that…
Pretoria: 15 December 2016 – Today, the South African Police Service (SAPS) simultaneously hosted four passing-out parades for newly trained police officials who had successfully completed the Basic Police Development Learning Programme (BPDLP) at the SAPS Tshwane Academy in Gauteng, the SAPS Philippi Academy in…
Members from the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Hawks arrested three suspects aged 34,36 and 52 on Tuesday in George, amongst the arrested was the examiner and his assistance as well as a foreign national. The trio have been on the unit’s radar for a while…