From April to June, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation arrested 27 suspects and secured six convictions related to cash-in-transit heists
The public enterprises minister appears before parliament’s standing committee on public accounts regarding corruption at the power utility
Ex-Eskom boss and former chairperson deny the intelligence on the ANC’s complicity in graft at the utility was withheld
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The former Eskom chairperson said a maligned investigation initiated by former CEO Andre de Ruyter was first mooted by the minister
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
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The Hawks and SIU suggested to Scopa that the former Eskom chief lied about reporting fraud and corruption
Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya also announced new appointments to boost the directorate’s capacity, including Lieutenant General Siphesihle Nkosi, who becomes its deputy head
No members of the police, defence force or state security have been implicated ‘at this stage’ in ongoing investigations into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng
An expert says the theft of drugs worth R200-million is ‘not random’; inquiry will be launched
The NPA and the Hawks are allocating people and resources to investigate apartheid-era crimes that have gone unpunished, but not everyone is altogether happy about it.
Police have caught wind of plans for a second phase of violence after last week’s riots, apparently set to kick off with the looting of arms in KwaZulu-Natal
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The Hawks and the NPA want to boost forensic investigative capacity to get back more money lost to corruption
The politician’s former lover is suing him and the police for her ‘unlawful’ arrest, which suggests a pattern of abuse of state resources by powerful men
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The SAPS has received more than R500-billion over the past five years, yet commercial crime cases such as Steinhoff drag on
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Presenting to parliament, the Hawks, SIU and NPA have work to do, but say staff shortages slow down investigations
The National Prosecuting Authority believes it has ‘a very strong case’ and wants to begin the VBS Mutual Bank trial
Former ANC youth leader Kabelo Matsepe set to protest his innocence after arrest by the Hawks
The widow of Charl Kinnear submitted a petition to parliament to find out why protection services were withdrawn before her husband’s assassination
Learning from its failure to turn the Schabir Shaik conviction into one for Jacob Zuma, the state is now building an effective system for catching thieves. Khaya Koko, Sabelo Skiti and Paddy Harper take a look behind the scenes at how law enforcement agencies have started creating consequences for the corrupt
Top cop says more big players will be added to the list of accused as the state prepares to go to court
Businessman Edwin Sodi and senior civil servants are among those arrested over the R200-million theft of state funds
The ex-NPA chief says the police unit’s forensic firm withheld the report over a fees squabble
The policing unit still needs hard evidence but says that the investigation is ‘receiving attention’
Lebeya will be taking over from Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata, who was acting Hawks head
Richard Mdluli and Bheki Cele have become proxies in different ANC factions’ battle for political control of
key state security agencies.