GAUTENG – The Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court remanded the 43 year old Andrew Plaatjie Khonziwe in custody after his first court appearance on fraud related allegations involving approximately R1.2 million theft yesterday. It is alleged that in 2018 during Khonziwe’s reign as Chief…
LIMPOPO - Three former Maruleng Municipal officials, current serving Chief Financial Officer (CFO), two company directors and their companies (juristic persons) have been served with summonses to appear in the Lenyenye Regional Court for alleged corruption. Between 2013 and 2014, the Maruleng Municipality allegedly awarded…
PRETORIA - The Hawks' Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team caught up with Norman Bafana Chauke (31) for banking cards related fraud and theft amounting to at least R70 000. The team pounced on Chauke at a well-known finance services company along Fehrsen Street in Brooklyn.…
NORTH WEST - Loyisa Nxiwa (25) made a brief appearance before the Viljoenskroon Magistrate's Court on Friday for attempted murder in a foiled gold mine armed robbery that took place in February 2021. It is alleged that Nxiwa was part of an armed gang that…
Dayedand Naidoo (45) and Ravintheran Moodley (53) appeared in the Palm Ridge Commercial Crime Court on Thursday for alleged charges of theft and fraud. It is alleged that for a period of about five years starting from October 2014 to December 2019, Naidoo and Moodley…
MPUMALANGA –Members of the Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation in Mpumalanga conducted a joint search and seizure operation with Eskom investigators on Thursday, 06 May 2021, at Kwaggafontein. Intelligence was received by the investigating officers regarding people suspected to be impersonating Eskom employees and installing…
KWAZULU-NATAL - On Wednesday, 5 May 2021 Johannes Reynders (59) appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court for fraud and corruption which happened when he was an Area Manager at Kwadukuza. It is alleged that during the year 2007 to February 2013, Reynders certified…
WESTERN CAPE – Abdul Razaack Parker (36) entered into a plea sentencing agreement with the state and successively he was found guilty and then sentenced by the Bellville Serious Commercial Crime Court yesterday. This comes after his arrest by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation…
KWAZULU-NATAL - Samkeliso Ngidi (45) briefly appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court after he was arrested by the Hawks members from Durban Serious Commercial Crime on Wednesday, 5 May 2021 for fraud. Ngidi is the company owner of Hlomuka Agricultural Services. It is…
LIMPOPO - Zanele Phineas Ngobeni (38) was convicted and sentenced for dealing in drugs by the Mahwelereng Regional Court on 6 May 2021. In 2016, the Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigation registered a project dubbed "Dundee". This was aimed at addressing the mushrooming of drugs…