Eskom fraud worth R2.6 million - Businessman and entity sentenced

Eskom fraud worth R2.6 million – Businessman and entity sentenced

Micheal Chimanzi (56) was found guilty and sentenced when he appeared in the Nelspruit Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Wednesday, 1 March 2023 for...
2 Arrested with truck loaded with counterfeit goods, Lebombo Port of entry

2 Arrested with truck loaded with counterfeit goods, Lebombo Port of...

Two suspects, a man (39) and woman (37), were intercepted during a stop and search operation executed by the Hawks Nelspruit based Commercial Crime...
Fraud and corruption: 4 Sentenced for assisting foreign nationals to obtain SA passports

Fraud and corruption: 4 Sentenced for assisting foreign nationals to obtain...

Four accused namely Faud Mohammed Ali (37), Christopher Marillier (39), Gabriel Samuel van der Merwe (33) and Sifiso Kheswa (31) were sentenced by the...
Fraud: SARS employee handed 10 year sentence, Nelspruit

Fraud: SARS employee handed 10 year sentence, Nelspruit

Penelope Hlengiwe Khumalo (46), a former employee of the South African Revenue Services (SARS) was found guilty and sentenced on Tuesday, 28 February 2023...
Divers retrieved 2 bodies from different rivers in Tonga

Divers retrieved 2 bodies from different rivers in Tonga

Mpumi Ntiwane (22) did not hesitate to save the life of a 10-year-old boy from drowning, sacrificing his own life at Mzinti river in...
3 Murder suspects arrested, Barberton

3 Murder suspects arrested, Barberton

The three suspects, Ntokozo Sithole (27), Siyabonga Mkhatshwa (29) and Donald Mhlanga (27) appeared at the Barberton Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 28 February 2023,...
19 Bangladesh nationals rescued from trafficker

19 Bangladesh nationals rescued from trafficker

19 Bangladesh nationals were saved from traffickers after a dedicated Ehlanzeni District Intelligence Task Team pounced on a wannabe human trafficker on Monday 27...
Woman (47) and her 3 children hacked to death with an axe, Piet Retief

Woman (47) and her 3 children hacked to death with an...

Police are investigating a traumatic experience whereby a mother of three was hacked to death with her pair of twin sons and her daughter...
Illegal gold refinery raided, 3 arrested, Sundra. Photo: SAPS

Illegal gold refinery raided, 3 arrested, Sundra

The Provincial Head of the Hawks, Major General Nico Gerber commended the superlative work done by a multidisciplinary team in the early hours of...
Evander drug house raided, suspect arrested

Evander drug house raided, suspect arrested

A 23-year-old suspect was arrested during an intelligence driven disruptive operation conducted on Friday, 24 February 2023 at Evander in Mpumalanga. The disruptive operation...
3 Suspects escape from holding cells, Acornhoek. Photo: SAPS

3 Suspects escape from holding cells, Acornhoek

Three of the four suspects had their unlawful way out of lawful detention when they used the small window at the back of the...
Violent murder of woman (83), accused handed life sentence, Middleburg

Violent murder of woman (83), accused handed life sentence, Middleburg

A 35-year-old Nick Kolokoto Mpolokeng was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, six years imprisonment for arson and five years for housebreaking and theft...