JOHANNESBURG, April 11 – A bank manager appeared in the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court after he was arrested for fraud, in Mpumalanga, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) said in a statement. Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi said Sipho Khoza, 39, appeared in court on Monday shortly after his arrest by the Hawks’ […]
JOHANNESBURG, April 10 – Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has “noted the speculative reports” which she said were “disguised as an investigation by the Sunday Times”, saying this “this old and tired story” was probed by the Hawks and “closed” two years ago. The Sunday Times reported that it “has seen text messages that confirm […]
PORT ELIZABETH, March 31 – Four people were arrested for corruption and money laundering at the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) said on Friday. A Hawks task team that was established to tackle corruption within municipalities uncovered the corrupt activities at the […]
FREE STATE, March 29 (ANA) – Eighteen people, including police officers and home affairs officials, were arrested at the Fiksburg Border Post for corruption, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Robert Netshiunda said that the 18 were arrested in a joint operation between the Hawks, Free State […]
VIOOLSDRIFT, March 25 – The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) anti-corruption unit in the Northern Cape, in collaboration with the home affairs department, have arrested an alleged corrupt immigration officer at the Vioolsdrift border post between South Africa and Namibia. “A project driven investigation ensued when the home affairs’ anti-corruption [unit] approached the Hawks […]
Weekly Xposé Team Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, who has publicly stated he is being targeted by elements hell-bent on raiding Treasury, may himself have stolen millions from the same public coffers he has vowed to protect. Weekly Xposé can reveal that two anonymous whistle-blowers have spilled the beans on the minister who they accuse of […]
JOHANNESBURG, March 20 (ANA) – A police officer told the South Gauteng High Court on Monday, that he was instructed by former head of Gauteng Hawks General Shadrack Sibiya to implicate former Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli’s in the murder of his love rival Oupa Ramogibe. Colonel Johannes Du Plessis testified that he investigated the Mdluli […]
JOHANNESBURG, March 17 – The African National Congress (ANC) on Friday said it “notes” the judgment delivered by the Gauteng North High Court which reviewed and set aside the appointment of General Berning Ntlemeza as Head of the Directorate of Priority Crimes (Hawks). The effect of the judgment is to find General Ntlemeza’s appointment unlawful […]
JOHANNESBURG, March 17 – Parliament’s watchdog committee on police on Friday said it would summon Police Minister Nathi Nhleko to a special meeting of the committee in April after a high court ruling setting aside the appointment of Hawks head Berning Ntlemeza. “We will obviously study the judgement, but have in the meantime resolved to […]
JOHANNESBURG – The National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Lieutenant General Mthandazo Ntlemeza, on Tuesday welcomed the conviction and sentencing of a Nigerian national who received 20 years direct imprisonment after being found guilty on five counts related to human trafficking. Ugochukwu Eke was sentenced at the South Johannesburg High Court […]