Not everyone agrees but a new Act suggests the former head of the Hawks can go back to work
Matakata, along with Nathi Nhleko, Michael Masutha and David Mahlobo, was part of the panel that decided Ntlemeza was the best candidate for the job
Berning Ntlemeza was appointed as Hawks head by former police minister Nathi Nhleko in December 2014.
The newly appointed minister was speaking at a parade held by the South African Police Service to welcome him and his deputy, Bongani Mkongi
Paul O’Sullivan is the first person in the country to be charged with entering and leaving South Africa on his foreign passport.
‘State capture’ whistle-blower faces criminal case yet three reports implicating the Guptas stall.
The IPID chief says the elite police unit’s latest move is the culmination of a campaign against him.
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/ 15 December 2016
It doesn’t seem that Mokotedi can see that his claims hardly make his general case against McBride and company look very solid.
The Gauteng Hawks head made explosive claims of espionage and high treason against Paul O’Sullivan, a private investigator.
Nine charges, including treason, have been laid against Robert McBride, Shadrack Sibiya, Paul O’Sullivan and a crime intelligence officer.
The Helen Suzman Foundation and Freedom Under Law want Ntlemeza’s appointment declared irrational and unlawful, and set aside.
Solly Magobosha doesn’t know who to trust after his investigation into Nomgcobo Jiba and Lawrence Mrwebi.
The unit is alleged to have had the evidence exonerating Pravin Gordhan all along
The Presidency has sent a letter to Abrahams, asking him to provide reasons why he should not be suspended as NPA head.
The NPA and the Hawks are corrupt and no longer nonpartisan, and so their leaders must go.
Basic education spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga said pupils at a few schools in Giyani, Limpopo had access to the maths paper before it was written.
The charges came after McBride was accused of falsifying a report by Ipid which claimed Hawks officials were innocent of unlawful renditions
The M&G can reveal that Hawks officials are accused of using physical force and “apartheid style tactics” to retrieve a printout of a damning email.
The treasury’s chief procurement officer says all will be explained ‘when the right time comes’.
Only one investigator left to deal with mountains of evidence in rail authority corruption probe.
The crack investigative unit is being sucked into a political crisis as it faces allegations that it’s being used to settle scores as Zuma’s enforcer.
The courts offer recourse to companies that are unhappy with banks, finance minister tells audience at Cape Town book festival.
Gordhan had responded to all the Hawks’ enquiries, offered to provide any further assistance and had scrupulously acted in accordance with the law.
The investigative unit should refrain from making ‘a public exercise’ out of probes into ministers, says ANC secretary general.
Opposition parties and analysts have said Zuma and his supporters may use Gordhan’s probe to install a more compliant finance minister.
President Jacob Zuma has expressed his full confidence in the finance minister, but said he cannot stop any investigations into individuals.
The Hawks have been blasted with criticism from activists, who believe that an order to Gordhan is an attempt to capture the state and the treasury.
There is political urgency now to the need for change at national treasury, but the finance minister will not go without a fight and dig in.
It’s difficult to follow exactly what Gordhan is being accused of, or if he is even being accused of anything.
Finance minister says there was no wrongdoing on his part in the establishment of a small Sars investigative unit.
Read the letter below from Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on matters related to the Hawks and the alleged SARS ‘rogue unit’.