By Rachel Mohamed Western Cape Police Oversight and Community Safety MEC Anroux Marais has expressed shock after the case against five men linked to a foiled cash-in-transit heist in Khayelitsha was struck off the court roll. This comes after 13 men armed with several weapons including an AK 47 gun had allegedly planned to hijack a cash van in Khayelitsha Town Two when a shootout occurred between the suspects and […]
The Hawks have swooped on a man suspected of killing a Cape Town police officer. Spokesperson for the directorate W/O Zinzi Hani said a 24-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for the murder of Sgt Simphiwe Kwepile. Kwepile, who was stationed at Nyanga police station, was killed in Mandela Park, Khayelitsha, in June. The suspect is set to appear in the Khayelitsha magistrate's court on Monday. In June, the Police […]
The DA in the Northern Cape has called on Premier Zamani Saul to immediately fire Health Department HOD, Dion Theys and other officials implicated in the multi-million PPE scandal. Seven health officials including Dr Theys, Chief Financial Officer, Daniel Gaborone and Deputy Director of Finance, Victor Nyokong were arrested by the Hawks on Wednesday. The seven health officials and two company directors face charges of fraud, money laundering, corruption, and […]
Police say they have arrested a 34-year-old suspect in Pietermaritzburg in connection with pornographic images circulating online in which the faces of President Cyril Ramaphosa, Police Minister Bheki Cele and his wife are superimposed on unknown individuals. Police say the suspect will appear in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Monday. The person is to face charges linked to the contravention of the Cyber Crime Act. Hawks spokesperson Philani Mkwalase says […]
Two prison officials have been arrested at the Goodwood Correctional Facility in Cape Town. They are allegedly involved in corrupt activities including soliciting money from offenders and smugguling drugs. They were arrested by the Hawks on Monday morning. In January, a correctional services official, as well as four other people, including the daughter of one of the suspects was arrested at the Vanrhynsdorp prison on the Cape West Coast. They […]
Six suspects have been arrested in Milnerton in Cape Town for the illegal possession of abalone worth about R2.8 million. Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani says they received information from Crime Intelligence about a vehicle en route to Cape Town, possibly transporting abalone. Hani says the driver, who was a foreign national, was found with seven bags of wet abalone in the boot of the car. She says five local suspects […]
A Cape Town woman is accused of hiring a hitman to murder her policeman brother-in-law. The Hawks arrested Babalwa Rulwa-Mnatwana, 49, on Friday in connection with the murder of Sgt Sithembiso Mnatwana. The police officer, who was attached to the Cape Town Central police station, was shot dead on September 8 2022 in front of his residence in Samora Machel. “The case was allocated to the national priority violent crimes team […]
The Hawks are investigating the “kidnapping” of a 17-year-old Cape Town girl who was allegedly snatched from her family’s business this week. The girl was reportedly kidnapped from her father’s spaza shop in Delft. The circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear. On Saturday, Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani told TimesLIVE the investigation was at a sensitive stage. “We can confirm that the Hawks are busy with the investigation. The investigation is […]
Eight more suspects allegedly linked to an international cocaine smuggling network between South Africa and Brazil were expected to face drug smuggling charges in the Belville magistrate's court on Tuesday after handing themselves over to authorities. They were arrested in an ongoing probe by the Hawks, Australian Federal Police and the FBI that followed a R400m cocaine bust on a highway in Gauteng last year. The driver of a bakkie, […]
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