Hawks' Commercial Crime Unit had an intelligence driven operation on Thursday 18 August 2016 across the province which led to the arrest of a 34-year-old male nurse in Sekororo village, just outside Tzaneen, for operating a pharmacy without a licenseas well the contravention of Medicine…
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has noted and welcomed yesterday’s conviction by the Bloemfontein High Court of a Free State man for rape of and sexual assault on minors, possession, manufacturing and distribution of child pornography. The 39-year-old man, whose full names cannot be…
A man convicted of killing an Eastern Cape police officer whilst on duty in January 2015 was sentenced to life on Wednesday. Mangaliso Grootboom (28) was handed the sentence by the Port Elizabeth High court for the murder of Constable Simthembile Thandani (31). Grootboom was…
The women’s month could not have brought a better satisfaction for INTERPOL’s female captain who was instrumental in the arrest of a 59-year-old man who has been on the run for twelve years after shooting and killing his wife, injuring his son and daughter-in-law in…
Netball South Africa (NSA) announced on Thursday that KwaZulu Natal captain Bongiwe Msomi will captain the SPAR Proteas on their tour of New Zealand and Australia later this month for the Quad Series. Msomi succeeds Maryka Holtzhausen, who suffered a devastating knee injury during the…
Nichole Michelle King, a 44-year-old American fugitive who was arrested last week by the INTERPOL members for extradition was remanded in custody when she appeared before the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The magistrate postponed King’s case to 19 September 2016 to allow the state…
The National Head of Directorate for Priority Investigation (Hawks) Lieutenant General Mthandazo Ntlemeza has welcomed the sentencing of a former police Constable Sam Nkambule (37) after he was he was convicted for murder and truck hijacking by the Ficksburg High Court on Wednesday. Nkambule together…
– The World Health Organization (WHO) has today named Mr Michael R. Bloomberg, philanthropist and former three-term Mayor of the City of New York, as Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). NCDs (including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases) and injuries are…
The South African Police Service (SAPS) members who have been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces as part of Operation Rhino, have arrested a total of eight suspects in the past seven days for possession of firearms, hijackings, conspiracy to poach and possession of…
Stellenbosch, Cape Town; To fall in line with the aims and objectives of Tennis South Africa (TSA) to give local junior talent international exposure, TSA confirmed on Tuesday that Stellenbosch would once again host a back to back series of international tennis tournaments. The Digicall…