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R255mil asbestos corruption case: Senior government officials and businessmen arrested

R255mil asbestos corruption case: Senior government officials and businessmen arrested

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), also known as the Hawks, arrested six suspects during a simultaneous operation in the Free State, Kwazulu-Natal...
Limpopo businessman convicted and sentenced for corruption

Limpopo businessman convicted and sentenced for corruption

A Limpopo businessman Abdi Khani Osman Mohamed (27) has been convicted for corruption and sentenced to six years direct imprisonment by the Mokopane Magistrate’s...
Pension fund fraud: Security company director sentenced, Standerton

Pension fund fraud: Security company director sentenced, Standerton

William Vusimusi Kgomo (55), a sole company director was found guilty and sentenced by the Standerton Regional Court on 29 September 2020, for Contravention...
Farm murder: Mom beaten, daughter strangled to death, Sundra

Farm murder: Mom beaten, daughter strangled to death, Sundra

A farm murder took place on 30 September 2020, just before 13:00:00, on a smallholding in Sundra, near Delmas, in the Mpumalanga province of...
R7 million fraud and corruption: 5 KZN Department of Transport employees in court

R7 million fraud and corruption: 5 KZN Department of Transport employees...

On 30 September 2020, five officials from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport are expected to appear in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court for...
Hawks welcome the sentence of a convict claiming to be Deputy President’s niece

Hawks welcome the sentence of a convict claiming to be Deputy...

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation welcomes the sentence handed down to Nomfundo Petronella Sambo, (32) when she appeared the Nelspruit Regional Court on...
Body of missing girl (4) found - family member (15) arrested

Body of missing girl (4) found – family member (15) arrested

Following an intensive investigation by Ntuzuma police, a family member has been arrested for the murder of four-year-old Minenhle Sanelisiwe Mhlongo. It is alleged that...
Latest unemployment figures are misleading

Latest unemployment figures are misleading

South Africa has lost 2,2 million jobs since the first quarter of 2020, it is the biggest quarter-on-quarter loss since 2008. And yet the...
Rotora School for disabled learners in Carletonville without electricity for 3 weeks now

Rotora School for disabled learners in Carletonville without electricity for 3...

The FF Plus in the Gauteng Legislature has sent official letters to the Gauteng MECs for Education, Panyaza Lesufi, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs...
Suspect arrested for rape of 12 year old neighbour. Photo: RUSA

Suspect arrested for rape of 12 year old neighbour

Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) tracked and arrested a 34 year old male near Dundee in KwaZulu Natal for the rape of...
Stock theft: EC operation nets 18 suspects, recovers 570 stolen animals

Stock theft: EC operation nets 18 suspects, recovers 570 stolen animals

Concerted efforts by the SAPS to thwart and ultimately eradicate the illicit trade in stolen stock and meat were handsomely rewarded when a cross...
Home invasion: A man, believed to be a pastor, arrested, Bushbuckridge

Home invasion: A man, believed to be a pastor, arrested, Bushbuckridge

A man believed to be a pastor in one of the local churches in Bushbuckridge, is due to appear before the Bushbuckridge Magistrate's Court...