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Lieutenant General Dumisani Mbotho said miscommunication led to the Hawks’ involvement in the arrest of Katiso Molefe in December 2024. (SAPS/Facebook)

Hawks say miscommunication led to alleged interference in Molefe’s arrest

The Hawks’ top brass told the Madlanga Commission that a miscommunication — not interference — led to their presence at alleged crime boss Katiso Molefe’s arrest

Katiso Molefe was arrested on 6 December 2024 — a month before the task team was disbanded by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. (Screenshot)

Hawks helicopter attempted to stop Molefe arrest, Witness A tells Madlanga commission

The anonymous witness said frequent interference in the investigation of murder suspect Katiso Molefe showed how far his influence reached in the police service

Political mafias and ‘business’ became common, for example municipal contracts between former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and the Delangokubona Business Forum. Photo: File

Attempt to ‘sabotage’ Zandile Gumede corruption case, says state witness

The forensic auditor has told parliament there is a conspiracy to ensure he does not testify in court

Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm, Phala Phala. (Leon Sadiki)

ATM ‘will pursue all legal avenues’ over the Phala Phala scandal

The National Prosecuting Authority says Ramaphosa is off the Phala Phala hook

Forensic pathologists exhume the remains of political prisoners from a grave at Rebecca Street Cemetery on December 14, 2016 in Pretoria. The twelve members of the Azanian Peoples Liberation Army (APLA) were buried after they were hanged at the Pretoria Prison (Kgosi Mampuru II Prison) in 1964. The remains of 50 exiled victims of apartheid prosecution will be returned to South Africa from Zimbabwe and Zambia in the next 10 days. (Photo by Veli Nhlapo/Sowetan/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Remains of 50 apartheid freedom fighters to be returned to SA from Zimbabwe and Zambia

The National Prosecuting Authority told MPs it was trying to expedite Truth and Reconciliation cases because it understood victims’ families were losing hope of finding justice…

Former Eskom chief executive Andre De Ruyter. Photo: Supplied

De Ruyter: I told the police more than I said in TV interview

The former Eskom chief executive said he relayed all privately-gathered intelligence to the police and Minister Pravin Gordhan, and so did not breach his reporting duty

Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya also announced new appointments to boost the directorate’s capacity, including Lieutenant General Siphesihle Nkosi, who becomes its deputy head. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Alaister Russell)

Drugs, corruption and fraud account for bulk of Hawks arrests in second quarter

Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya also announced new appointments to boost the directorate’s capacity, including Lieutenant General Siphesihle Nkosi, who becomes its deputy head

Hawks head General Godfrey Lebeya.
(Sunday Times)

Hawks at 47% capacity fighting Covid-19 looting

Presenting to parliament, the Hawks, SIU and NPA have work to do, but say staff shortages slow down investigations