The Hawks have suffered a momentous loss with the death of two members in a confrontation with an armed group of cash in transit robbers on Thursday. During the gun-battle, three of the gang members were shot dead and four others arrested. The hunt for…
The Serious Organised Crime Investigation units of the SAPS are seeking the public’s help in identifying and locating the whereabouts of Stephen Pitso Kgotsane(34), Clement Dumisani Sithole (35), Xolani Freddy Mofokeng (37) and Sello Lucky Serumula (40). These suspects are wanted in connection with information…
WESTERN CAPE – 34 years old Gerhard Niewoudt Olivier’s flight from the Serious Commercial Crime Investigation has come to an abrupt end when he was arrested this morning in Cape Town for fraud and has subsequently appeared in the Malmesbury District court today. Olivier is…
Corne Ackerman (45) appeared briefly in the Bethlehem Magistrates Court today for allegedly defrauding a law firm more than R15 million. Ackerman who at stage facing 40 counts, allegedly transferred money out of the firm’s trust and investment account to several unknown beneficiaries between January…
A 44-year-old Warrant Officer who worked at the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) was killed this morning following a cash-in-transit heist within the Mahikeng area in the North West Province. A group of armed suspects travelling in a Mercedes Benz and a Ford Ranger…
A 38 year old school principal from Taung, North West, was arrested on Wednesday by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption investigation team. The suspect allegedly submitted fraudulent travel claims exceeding R17 500. Investigations revealed that she allegedly used a state vehicle in October 2017 and fraudulently…
EASTERN CAPE – The East London Regional Court sentenced three Uganda traditional healers to an accumulative thirteen years’ imprisonment for fraud and theft. Jimmy Peter (27) and Mohamed (57) and Brian Kibirigue (32) executed a systematic process from January to August 2017, which entailed convincing…
NORTHERN CAPE –The Hawks Serious Corruption Investigating Unit has served a 63 year old suspect with summons for alleged fraud, corruption and perjury. It is alleged that during February 2009, the suspect unlawfully, falsely and with intent to defraud, misrepresented himself to the Department of…
Pretoria: 1 March 2020 - Yesterday at about 10:30, a police detective attached to Garsfontein SAPS in Gauteng was allegedly killed by the suspect he and his two colleagues were arresting on a case of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH). It…
KWAZULU-NATAL – The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation has welcomed the lengthy sentences that were handed down to two men for robbery with aggravating circumstances. The Ntuzuma Regional Court convicted and sentenced Bongani Shongwe (32) and Mageza Mbambo (30) on Friday after they carried a…