Hawks commander Anwa Dramat is reported to believe he will be assassinated unless he walks away quietly.
The Helen Suzman Foundation has launched an urgent application for the enforcement of the order reinstating Hawks head Anwa Dramat.
Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko’s lawyer said the papers "should be served" on Friday.
The decision by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko to suspend the national head of the Hawks Anwa Dramat has been deemed illegal.
The crime-fighting body announced on Thursday that it had appointed Major General Nhlamvu Elias Dlamini as acting head of the Hawks in Gauteng.
DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach plans to reintroduce a Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament this year to save SA’s "prosecutorial independence".
Despite Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s reasons the Helen Suzman Foundation insist it is unconstitutional for him to suspend the head of the Hawks.
After an urgent application to overturn Dramat’s suspension, the court postponed the hearing to allow the state time to respond.
Gauteng’s Hawks boss has been re-suspended with immediate effect despite an initial suspension being withdrawn.
Nathi Nhleko has filed papers stating that the urgent application regarding the legality of Dramat’s suspension brought by the HSF was irregular.
The Helen Suzman Foundation is appealing Anwa Dramat’s suspension because it believes it is a violation of a recent Constitutional Court ruling.
Anwa Dramat’s suspension and the legality surrounding it will put a spotlight on how far the crime fighting unit will go to protect its interests.
The Helen Suzman Foundation has asked the High Court in Pretoria to overturn the suspension of embattled Hawks boss Anwa Dramat.
Hawks boss Anwa Dramat’s focus on ‘influential persons’ is said to have led to his sudden removal from his post.
The exact circumstances behind the suspension of the head of the priority crimes unit, Anwa Dramat, and other officials are still painfully unclear.
The police remain mum on the suspension of Hawks boss Anwa Dramat after a court ruling hailed his suspension as unconstitutional.
Major-General Shadrack Sibiya, the head of the Hawks’ Gauteng division, has been given a notice of suspension.
The police say allegations that Riah Phiyega asked Anwa Dramat for information on Nkandla are false and the Hawks have no links to the Nkandla case.
According to a leaked letter, suspended Hawks boss Anwa Dramat has offered to take early retirement on condition that his suspension is reversed.
Johan Booysen pointed out a recent court interdict that prevented him from "inter alia being transferred, suspended or dismissed".
The matter of Hawks head Anwa Dramat’s suspension could head to court as questions arise on whether or not his suspension was legal.
Pending an investigation into Anwa Dramat’s involvement in the illegal rendition of Zimbabweans, he has been suspended, according to a report.
The Hawks officer claims his testimony vindicates Anwa Dramat and has been deliberately ignored
The boss of the priority crimes unit is confident that the law will protect its independence.
Richard Mdluli and Bheki Cele have become proxies in different ANC factions’ battle for political control of
key state security agencies.
Spy boss Richard Mdluli, whom Jacob Zuma "owes for his acquittal on rape charges", has emerged as part of a complex network "guarding" the president.
The Independent Complaints Directorate is investigating 51 cases against the disbanded Durban Organised Crime unit over death squad allegations.
The Hawks’ crackdown on the police’s crime intelligence division may have as much to do with political power struggles as alleged fraud.
The Hawks have assured the DA that they will investigating new allegations of bribery into the multi-billion rand arms deal, the party says.
It was not known why the probe into the arms deal was closed, as the Hawks failed to respond to queries from Scopa, the committee’s chairperson says.
The DA will hand over a memorandum to Parliament’s public accounts committee which raises questions about the decision to close the arms deal probe.
A ‘poorly drafted’ six-page document informed the decision to end the arms deal investigation.