KwaZulu Natal

On Sunday 27 August 2023, Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime Investigation arrested a 43-year-old female for the murder of Captain Zwelakhe Ntombela. Captain Ntombela was shot and killed as he arrived at his home in Umlazi on 03 May 2023. He was then robbed of his private and service pistols. A case of [...]

DURBAN: 26 August 2023 – Swift response by police in Plessislaer has led to the arrests of two suspects who had just shot and fatally wounded a ward councillor and injured another person at Unit 14 in Imbali on Friday afternoon, 25 August 2023. Police responded to reports of a shooting incident and upon arrival [...]

KWAZULU-NATAL – On Thursday 24 August 2023, Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime Investigation and Umlazi Tactical Response Team arrested Scelo Mbambo (42) for ATM bombings which happened around Durban in July 2007. Mbambo and his accomplices allegedly used explosives to bomb automated teller machines (ATMs) at Pinetown, Hillcrest and Greenwood Park. During the [...]

KWAZULU-NATAL – On Monday 21 August 2023, Hawks members from Pietermaritzburg Serious Organised Crime Investigation arrested a 37-year-old suspect for possession of stolen copper cable. Members received information about the suspect who was in possession of stolen copper cable at Howick. They proceeded to the said residence and a search was conducted. During the search, [...]

DURBAN – Intensive investigations by police detectives at Durban Central made a breakthrough when four suspects were nabbed in connection with the Master of High Court fraud in which deceased persons’ estates were swindled by fraudsters. In July 2022, a woman went to the Master of High Court to register a claim for her late [...]

A farm attack occurred around 8:30pm, 17 August 2023, on a farm in Curry's Post, KwaZulu-Natal province. Four men entered through an open door into...

The Durban High Court has confirmed a R1,000 fine and suspended sentence for a man who sexually assaulted his seven-year-old niece. The case...

DURBAN - Vigilant police officers attached to the Rapid Rail Police Unit (RRPU) were on provincial stabilization duties on Friday night, 18 August 2023, when they stopped a vehicle along the Otto Vollek Road in New Germany. Upon searching the vehicle, thirty three packets containing white solid rocks suspected to be cocaine were recovered. Investigations [...]

DURBAN – A suspect who was wanted in connection with a case of murder which he had allegedly committed at KwaNdengezi in July 2023 and his two accomplices were fatally wounded during a shootout with police on Thursday evening, 17 August 2023. Officers from the Rapid Rail Response Unit operationalised intelligence and tracked the suspects [...]

KWAZULU-NATAL – On Thursday 17 August 2023, the Hawks members from Pietermaritzburg Serious Organised Crime Investigation and Crime Intelligence arrested a 52-year-old suspect for dealing in drugs. Members received information about a suspect who was transporting drugs. They proceeded to the service station where the suspect was going to meet his accomplice. An observation was [...]

KWAZULU-NATAL – On Thursday 17 August 2023, Durban Magistrates' Court sentenced Xolani Simelane for corruption which happened at Abaqulusi Municipality. During the period between 2012 and 2013, Simelane was employed as an Administration Clerk at Abaqulusi Municipality. He was responsible for learners licence bookings in the traffic department. Simelane accepted gratifications of up to R1000.00 [...]

KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC, Nonhlanhla Khoza, has called on law enforcement agencies to conduct a thorough and swift investigation after the brutal murder of...