NORTH WEST - Palesa Montana (27), Natasha Nakedi (33) and Shirinda Mitimba (33) appeared before the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 15 March 2021 following their arrest on Friday. The Hawks' Serious Commercial Crime Investigation is investigating a case of fraud and identity fraud after…
NORTHERN CAPE – in the ongoing fight against corruption within the government departments, a 54 year old Acting Head of the Department of Health is expected to appear before Kimberley Regional Court today facing charges of the contravention of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).…
MPUMALANGA – A 27-years-old Waterval Boven Municipal employee was arrested by members of the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team on Tuesday 09 March 2021 for fraudulent credit card transactions at the Machado Toll plaza. The accused allegedly colluded with Thembi Pretty Qwebu (30) a…
GAUTENG – The Hatfield Magistrates’ Court remanded the alleged bank cards scammer, Luckymore Tirivanhu (30) in custody on charges of fraud and theft after his appearance on Monday, 8 March 2021. Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation in Pretoria received intelligence from the Bank’s Forensic Investigation…
KWAZULU-NATAL – On Friday, 5 March 2021 Pietermaritzburg High Court convicted and sentenced five accused for robbery and kidnapping which happened at Bergville area in KwaZulu-Natal. On 9 October 2018 at about 11:30 six accused arrived in two vehicles at one of the farms in…
The South African Police Service is advising members of the public to be wary of unscrupulous persons that are selling vaccines for Covid-19. This warning follows the swift action by the police in November last year which resulted in a raid of a warehouse and…
WESTERN CAPE – An accountant and financial advisor, Petrus Serdyn Louw (63) pleaded guilty on all 51 charges of fraud yesterday and has been convicted as well as sentenced to 12 years direct imprisonment when he appeared in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on…
PRETORIA- The Hawks' National Clean Audit Task Team continues to fight fraud and corruption within the municipalities in the country as mandated. Nine suspects aged between 23 and 60 are appearing in the Pretoria Magistrates court this morning following their arrest yesterday in variousparts of…
WESTERN CAPE- A 54 year-old suspect is expected to appear at Hermanus Magistrate court on 05 March 2021 following his arrest on Wednesday, 03 March 2021 by the Hawks' South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau team together with CIG Overberg in a sting operation for dealing…
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation welcomes the conviction of Warrant Officer Richard Matsobane Molokome (54) and Constable Karabo Archibald Sepato (40) for corruption by the Mokopane Regional Court on Wednesday, 03 March 2021. On 12 December 2017 Molokome and Sepato who were stationed at…