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U.S DEA joins in drug trafficking sumit with SA and Nigeria

U.S DEA joins in drug trafficking sumit with SA and Nigeria

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS) is pleased to announce the hosting of the inaugural African Multilateral Drug Enforcement Summit with the U.S....
Elderly farmer dies after being shot in his farm house, Lydenburg

Elderly farmer dies after being shot in his farm house, Lydenburg

Dries Steenkamp, ​​a farmer in his late seventies, was shot on his farm just outside Lydenburg on Thursday 25 January 2018, just after 04:00. Sgt...
Minister briefs media, hijacked buildings, drug operations, Durban. Photo: SAPS

Minister briefs media, hijacked buildings, drug operations, Durban

Minister of Police, Mr Fikile Mbalula, National Police Commissioner, General Khehla Sitole and Acting Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal, Major General Bhekinkosi Langa briefed the...
100's of teachers abandon posts to protest at Overvaal high school. Photo: Die Vryburger

100’s of teachers abandon posts to protest at Overvaal high school

More than one hundred teachers affiliated with Sadtu left their classrooms and rushed to Overvaal High School to protest against the "racist" school. It is...
Suspect ordered to pay R1 mil to "Stop Rhino Poaching Project"

Suspect ordered to pay R1 mil to “Stop Rhino Poaching Project”

Four out of the five syndicate members that were arrested early this year by Mpumalanga Hawks were found guilty and sentenced by Middelburg Regional...
Armed robbery suspect arrested, White River. Photo: SAPS

Armed robbery suspect arrested, White River

Police have nabbed a 40 year old man for armed robbery and possession of suspected stolen property in white River. The arrest came after police...
North West premier impersonator gets five years sentence

North West premier impersonator gets five years sentence

Thato Hangari (26) was sentenced to five years suspended for three years at the Mahikeng Regional Court after pleading guilty to charges of fraud. The...
High court orders Molefe to pay back all Eskom monies. Photo: Die Vryburger

High court orders Molefe to pay back all Eskom monies

The High Court in Pretoria ordered Brian Molefe, Eskom's former and highly controversial chief executive officer, to pay back all the money he received...
Hawks dismantled six clandestine drug labs, South coast. Photo: SAPS

Hawks dismantled six clandestine drug labs, South coast

An operation by the Port Shepstone Hawks assisted by National Intervention Unit dismantled six clandestine laboratories and arrested seven suspects aged between 27 and...
Authorities criticize violence, do nothing as PMB chaos rages. Photo: Die Vryburger

Authorities criticize violence, do nothing as PMB chaos rages

Years ago it was said that taxi owners could close any town and city by blocking all the entry and exit routes. Pietermaritzburg was brought...
Marine resources under threat as R2.8 million abalone recovered. Photo: SAPS

Marine resources under threat as R2.8 million abalone recovered

Communities are working together with SAPS to bring perpetrators to justice. This was evident on the afternoon of24 January 2018, in Northpine, Kraaifontein. Police...
13 'drug kingpins' arrested in Hawks operation. Photo: SAPS

13 ‘drug kingpins’ arrested in Hawks operation

In an extensive intelligence driven project dubbed ‘Project Damage’, members of the South African Police Service and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the...