WESTERN CAPE - Hirsi Mohammed (28), Ismael Mohammed (37) and Nestary Million (25) were sentenced by the Khayelitsha Regional Court on Friday 27 August 2021 after they entered into a plea agreement with the State. The accused were charged for operating an illegal fish processing…
MPUMALANGA – Warren Brett Smith (48) appeared in the Nelspruit Special Commercial Crime Court on Monday, 30 August 2021 after he was arrested by members of the Hawks' Serious Commercial Investigation team the same day for fraud, theft and money laundering. The accused was granted…
MPUMALANGA – Suspects aged between 35 and 45 were arrested by members of the Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigation Middelburg together with Transnet Investigators during an intelligence driven operation on Monday, 30 August 2021 at Vaalbank in Middelburg. Information was received about intruders who allegedly…
GAUTENG – A 59-year-old man appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court today facing charges of theft. It is alleged that in 2009, the Umsobomvu Coal PTY (Ltd) Chief Executive Officer, Lungani Hector Kunene sold prospective mine rights in Dundee, Kwa-Zulu Natal for…
EASTERN CAPE – A foreign national, Johan Turyamureba (25) was remanded in custody after his court appearance on 30 August 2021 for charges of contravention of Medicines and related substances Act. The East London based Hawks' South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau in conjunction with the…
POTCHEFSTROOM: 24 August 2021 - A 42-year-old Nancy Majonhi was remanded in custody when she appeared in the Mogwase Magistrates' Court on Monday, 23 August 2021, for the brutal murder of her husband. Majonhi was staying with her husband, Prosper Chipungare, (now deceased) at a…
NORTH WEST – Farai Mlambo (24), Norbet Mupandawana (28) and Kenneth Mupandawana (31) were convicted by the Stilfontein Regional court for possession of explosives on Monday. The three accused were arrested in Stilfontein on 17 September 2020 during a disruptive operation by the Illicit Mining…
MPUMALANGA – Thembi Sarah (67) the Excecutive Mayor of the Nkangala District Municipality and eight others appeared in the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court today after they were arrested by Members of the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation in Mpumalanga for alleged fraud. The accomplices; Gigimani Swartboy…
NORTHERN CAPE – The Acting Head and Chief Financial Officer of the Health Department are expected to appear before the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court today facing charges of fraud and contravention of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA). It is alleged that during the year 2020,…
WESTERN CAPE – The Hawks’ National Priority Violent Crimes (NPVC) unit is appealing to members of the public in the identification of a group of armed robbers who robbed a fidelity cash solution van of an undisclosed amount of money on Monday, 02 March 2020…