TRT members in stable condition after being involved in a shoot-out with suspected robbers The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Khehla John Sitole has conveyed his well wishes to two Tactical Response members who were injured during a shootout with suspected…
A 35-year-old security company owner and fourteen (14), guards are expected to appear at the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Friday after they were arrested on Wednesday near Sandton for allegedly rendering security services without the required registration. The collaborative swoop at the security company premises…
KWAZULU-NATAL - The Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court has sentenced Mex Dhladhla (47), to twelve years direct imprisonment for fraud on Tuesday following a lengthy trial. Dhladhla was arrested by the Hawks' Pietermaritzburg Serious Commercial Crime Investigating unit in 2015 along with accomplices, Nokwazi Chule…
FREE STATE - Elijah Zacharia Ngcola (54), has been convicted by the Welkom Magistrate's Court on Monday after he pleaded guilty on ten (10) counts of contravening the National Credit Act. The Hawks' Serious Commercial Crime Investigating unit arrested Ngcola in December 2018 following a…
The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Khehla John Sitole, has welcomed the arrest of suspects believed to have been involved in cases of robbery of people being followed from the O. R. Tambo International Airport and praised members for their sterling…
A Hawks led multidisciplinary operation that included crime intelligence, Eden cluster combating team and the Provincial traffic officials arrested two suspects during the early hours of Monday morning on their quest to clamp down an illicit drug trafficking between Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces.…
Former ambassador to Iran Yusuf Saloojee (75) was arrested by the Hawks on Thursday and subsequently made a brief court appearance at the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on the same day facing charges of corruption. Saloojee has been a subject of the Hawks' Serious…
A man who posed as a ‘Hawks officer’ Lazarus Mzwandile Sibanyoni (35), appeared at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court today facing charges of extortion, impersonating a police official and fraud. Sibanyoni was arrested in Sandton on Tuesday, Johannesburg, after the Gauteng Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation members…
A 46-year-old prominent lawyer, Zuko Nonxuba from the Eastern Cape has been granted R80 000 bail after he appeared at the Mthatha Magistrate Court on allegations of fraud today. Nonxuba was arrested by the Hawks’ Mthatha Serious Commercial Crime investigators at a local hotel…
A man who posed as a Hawks officer and attempted to extort R200 000 from one of the people who was mentioned in the Commission of Enquiry into State Capture is expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court today. The 34 year old suspect…