POLOKWANE- Chokes Willy Soafa (43) was convicted and sentenced for robbery with aggravating circumstances and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Thursday,30 January 2020. On 06 October 2007, Soafa and his two accomplices robbed a G4S security guard of…
EASTERN CAPE – The Serious Corruption Investigation of the Hawks arrested three suspects yesterday morning in East London and Port Elizabeth respectively for two different cases relating to fraud and corruption. Baxolile Ngoloyi (35) and Simthembile Smith (29) subsequently appeared at the Specialised Commercial Crime…
NORTH WEST – Tsietsi Roger Solomon Khumise (48), the Municipal manager of the Klerksdorp Local Municipality appeared before the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court on Friday, 31 January 2020 for contravening the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA). The accused allegedly deviated from the official procurement processes when…
POLOKWANE – A 49 – year old company secretary at Gateway Airport Authority Limited was arrested at her Polokwane home on Thursday for allegedly conspiring to have her husband killed. The woman, who is a former senior manager at Capricorn District Municipality, is allegedly experiencing…
The WHO has declared the Novel coronavirus a public health emergency of International concern. First cases reported in Finland, India, Phillippines all had travel history to Wuhan City WHO recommended that the name of the disease should be: "2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease" …
The second meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV in the People's Republic of China, with exportations to other countries, took place on Thursday, 30 January 2020, from…
The Minister of Police, General Bheki Cele, Deputy Minister of Police, Mr Cassel Mathale and the National Commissioner of Police, General Kheha John Sitole led the delegation of dignitaries from the Ministry, SAPS and the Provincial Government to officially open and hand over a three…
KWAZULU-NATAL – Two suspects aged 37 and 61 are due to appear in the Durban Magistrates’ Court for possession of ivory (tusks) at Marine Parade in Durban today. The two were arrested yesterday during a joint operation conducted by Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised…
KWAZULU-NATAL – On Tuesday, 28 January 2020 Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime unit (SANEB) and Crime Intelligence unit (CIG) arrested a 54-year-old male for dealing and possession of drugs at Umhlanga, Durban. Members received information about a suspect who was dealing in drugs…
PRETORIA - The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) has taken note of the perceptions presented to the public by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on 28 January 2020. The media statement suggests that the DPCI is prioritising a perjury against the Public Protector, which…