The Department of Police respects and recognises the right of citizens to embark on protest action as enshrined in section 17 of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of South Africa, which states that "everyone has the right, peacefully and unarmed, to assemble, to…
MPUMALANGA: The Secunda District Court has on Wednesday, 5 April 2017 handed hefty sentences to six culprits who were found guilty of manufacturing and dealing in drugs. Chibuzor Paul Ezekware, Samuel Okafor and Goodwin Addo Abunne were each sentenced to 36 years imprisonment , Henry…
MPUMALANGA: Dick Johannes Hattingh, a 78-year-old pensioner, was found guilty by Nelspruit Magistrate Court on Wednesday, 05 April 2017 on 12 Counts of Theft . In November 2015 the accused was employed at Lowveld Hunting Club and he stole R527 000 from the Club. The…
PRETORIA - A member of the Hawks attached to South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) in Gauteng has voluntarily resigned after learning that the Hawks has laid a charge against him for calling his colleagues 'kaffirs'. In a text sent to SANEB members' WhatsApp group…
Johannesburg - Segundo Melendez Damacina, a 40-year-old man was remanded in custody by the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court on Thursday following his arrest on Wednesday, 05 April 2017. The Hawks members at the O.R Tambo International Airport followed up on information about a passenger who…
WESTERN CAPE - The former Municipal Manager of Oudtshoorn Municipality, Martin Noël Pietersen (60) has been sentenced to effective five years imprisonment by the Oudtshoorn Regional Court on the 31st of March 2017 on five counts of the contravention of Sec 173 of the Municipal…
WESTERN CAPE - Granger Kaseke (28), was arrested following his appearance in the Mossel Bay District Court on Monday the 3rd of April 2017 for possession of cloned credit and gifts cards valued at thousands of rand. Kaseke was originally arrested during March 2017 after…
Police Operations at SA’s ports of entry yield successes Pretoria : 4 April 2017 – The South African Police Service, as part of its Back to Basics approach and in its efforts to prevent and combat crime and corruption at our borders, has led a…
Free State- The Hawks have through project driven investigation, managed to disrupt and neutralize the organised food supplies for illegal miners working underground in Welkom area. Consequently, five suspects were arrested during the takedown operation in Welkom and appeared at Welkom Magistrates Court on Monday,…
PRETORIA - The National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) Lieutenant General Mthandazo Ntlemeza would like to dismiss with contempt the allegations reported on the City Press newspaper dated Sunday, 26 March 2017. In the front page article headlined "S'bu Ndebele's charges…