Two Nigerians, aged 38 and 41, and a 35-year-old South African appeared before the East London magistrate ’s court on Friday June 17 on allegations of drug dealing. The trio were arrested in June by a joint team consisting of the Hawks…
The Bellville commercial crimes court has slapped a Cape Town online dating scammer with a seven-year jail sentence. Christiano Ogbeifun, 50, entered into a plea and sentencing agreement with the state after admitting to targeting…
A man working for a company contracted to print examination papers has been arrested in connection with the leaking of the matric maths exam paper 2. The question paper was widely circulated in some provinces just before the exam was due…
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed an application by former VBS Bank chief executive Andile Ramavhunga and his wife, Zanele, who wanted leave to appeal a sequestration order. This week the SCA dismissed the Ramavhunga’s…
The Hawks on Wednesday arrested two women with dozens of bundles of explosives, blasting cartridges and case fuses – a haul estimated to be worth around R1.2m. The pair, both Zimbabwean, were arrested in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, following a…
Two senior department of roads and transport officials who “authorised” the payment of millions for potholes to be fixed in Limpopo, when most were not, have been hauled to court for fraud. Former senior project manager Margaret…
A 48-year-old man accused of defrauding mostly victims from the US through an online dating scam was due to appear in the Cape Town magistrate’s court on Monday. The man, who allegedly scammed people out of millions of rands, was arrested…
An actor and two other suspects have been arrested on a series of charges which include impersonating a police officer, kidnapping and extortion, the Hawks said on Sunday. Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said the actor and his…
By Nomahlubi Jordaan A neighbour of the Gupta family who was privy to the stream of politically connected VIPs – including cabinet ministers‚ government officials and heads of state owned enterprises – visiting the Saxonwold compound in…
By Malibongwe Dayimani While more than 30 taxi operators have been killed in the Eastern Cape since 2015, the Hawks have offered a R100000 reward for information for just one of those cases. The crime elite unit offered the reward this…
Police and the National Prosecuting Authority have gone to ground over a burglary at the Pretoria offices of prosecutors. Burglars gained access to offices on the second floor of the Church Square building – which is home to the…
The Hawks have confirmed that a burglary took place at its headquarters in Silverton‚ Pretoria‚ on Wednesday morning. “The environment that is affected is the support environment which includes human resources. Computers and hard drives…
Hawks detectives in the narcotics enforcement bureau may have smashed a major drug syndicate operating in the heart of East London. A raid at the notorious triplestorey Currie Court building in Currie Street, Quigney, yielded a haul of…
