DURBAN - The Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation Unit in KwaZulu-Natal arrested six accused including former MEC for Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Michael Mabuyakhulu (53) and former Head of Department Desmond Golding (46) alleged for fraud, corruption, money laundering and contraventions of Public Finance…
LIMPOPO: The Hawks' Serious Corruption Crime unit has arrested three police officers and rearrested another for alleged corruption on Wednesday, January 31. The two Constables aged 31 and 32 stationed at Mahwelereng and Mokopane SAPS respectively will join Constable Nkholo Samuel Baloyi (38), who was…
PRETORIA - A Crime Intelligence driven joint operation by the Hawks' Narcotics Enforcement Bureau, Dog Unit, and Flying Squad has resulted in the arrest of three suspects aged 20, 40 and 41 respectively in Belhar, Cape Town on Tuesday for allegedly dealing in narcotics. Members…
KWAZULU-NATAL – The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) in Newcastle have arrested Busisiwe Mthethwa (53), and her accomplice Phathakahle Khumalo (70), in Vryheid on for rental fraud amounting to millions of rand. Mthethwa, a widow to the late chief Jabulani Mdlalose of Othaka tribal…
PRETORIA - A team from the Hawks' Head Office National Bureau for Illegal Firearm Control and Priority Violent Crime (NBIFCPVC) has seized three hundred and twenty-three (323) firearms from a firearm dealer in Arcadia, Pretoria, on Thursday, January 25, on allegations of contravening the Firearms…
Predators of the game In this week’s episode of Special Assignment we expose the abuse of young boys with dreams of becoming soccer stars. Oblivious to the criminal intentions of their coaches or managers, these boys and their parents are duped into believing that they…
MPUMALANGA - Four out of the five syndicate members that were arrested early this year by Mpumalanga Hawks were found guilty and sentenced by Middelburg Regional Court on Thursday for dealing in rhino horns. The suspects were arrested in an operation that covered two provinces…
Since 2:00am yesterday morning the multidisciplinary team conducted takedown operations in the areas of Port St Johns, Peddie and a farm in Berlin, East London leading to several high profile arrests of criminal syndicates. Minister Mbalula accompanied police in a top secret take down operations…
KWAZULU-NATAL – An operation by the Port Shepstone Hawks assisted by National Intervention Unit dismantled six clandestine laboratories and arrested seven suspects aged between 27 and 39. The undercover operation was a culmination of a two year project which was aimed at dismantling and arresting…
MPUMALANGA - Two police officers Macdonald Skhumbuzo Masilela (32) and Duo Sibusiso Silas Shabangu(41) were arrested by Mpumalanga Hawks with the assistance of the National Intervention Unit on Wednesday at Jeeps Reef. The two members were arrested in a pre-dawn operation following an extended investigation…