Directorate For Priority Crime Investigation

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The Hawks  has served warrants of arrests against director general at the department of health Sandile Buthelezi and two other senior officials,

Health director-general Sandile Buthelezi, two other officials arrested for fraud, theft

Buthelezi was previously implicated and later cleared in the Digital Vibes scandal

The Special Investigating Unit traced financial gains of more than R181 million linked to beneficiaries of fraudulent visa applications that were supported by fake documentation

SIU unveils large-scale issuance of fraudulent permits by some home affairs officials

The Special Investigating Unit traced financial gains of more than R181 million linked to beneficiaries of fraudulent visa applications that were supported by fake documentation

Lady linchpin: Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is at the heart of the furore over SA men dispatched to Russia.
Photo: MK Party

Men trapped in Ukraine war promised MKP jobs

MK party says it knows nothing about the ill-fated Russian trip involving 17 South Africans

Crime Intelligence boss Dumisani
Khumalo.

Khumalo: Hawks has double agent

The Madlanga Commission was told that the investigation into a cartel-linked Hawks officer was ongoing

John Hume (left) and his co-accused in court. (@CrimeWatch_RSA/X)

Controversial rhino breeder John Hume in dock on charges of rhino horn trafficking

Hume and five others, including his lawyer Izak du Toit, were granted bail on Tuesday

Forner ITB chairperson Jerome Ngwenya. Photo: Supplied

Ingonyama Trust Board opens criminal case against Jerome Ngwenya for theft

The ITB has also launched civil action to recover R30 million in funds allegedly stolen by the former chairperson and two others

Hawks head General Godfrey Lebeya.
(Sunday Times)

Cash-in-transit heists remain ‘a thorn’, Hawks boss Lebeya says after 19 suspects killed in Limpopo

From April to June, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation arrested 27 suspects and secured six convictions related to cash-in-transit heists

A parliamentary committee received a briefing on Wednesday about how a sophisticated criminal syndicate pulled off a brazen heist at the headquarters of the North West Parks and Tourism Board, stealing 51 rhino horns

Parliamentary committee briefed on theft of 51 rhino horns

We did all we could to make sure our vault was highly secured, says North West Parks and Tourism Board

Suspended Public Protector Busisiswe Mkhwebane. (Oupa Nkosi)

Mkhwebane releases audio she claims validates R600 000 bribe allegation

The suspended public protector says the voices in the recordings are those of her husband and ANC official Tina Joemat-Pettersson discussing a bribe

Marén de Klerk, the man wanted by Namibian authorities for his alleged role as paymaster in the ongoing multimillion “Fishrot” corruption case, was on Friday granted bail of R50 000

Namibian Fishrot saga suspect part of a syndicate, says state

Judgment on whether Marén de Klerk will be released on bail pending his extradition hearing was reserved for Friday

Marén de Klerk, the man wanted by Namibian authorities for his alleged role as paymaster in the ongoing multimillion “Fishrot” corruption case, was on Friday granted bail of R50 000

Alleged paymaster in Namibia Fishrot saga claims attempts were made to kidnap or kill him

Namibian officials from the office of the prosecutor general and its anti-corruption commission are in Paarl to observe the extradition case

Marén de Klerk, the man wanted by Namibian authorities for his alleged role as paymaster in the ongoing multimillion “Fishrot” corruption case, was on Friday granted bail of R50 000

Namibian Fishrot saga paymaster arrested in Paarl

The South African government received a request from Namibia for Marén de Klerk’s extradition in October 2021

Rwandan genocide fugitive appears in Cape Town court

Fulgence, who was locally known as Donatien Nibashumba, faces five charges including fraud and contravening the immigration and refugee acts

Wanted: Former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste missed his date with a German court and now the country wants to extradite him. But South Africa wants him here to face more charges. Graphic: John McCann

Where will Markus Jooste appear in court?

For now, South Africa is reluctant to relinquish him to stand trial in Germany for the corporate fraud that nearly imploded ‘Africa’s Ikea’

Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the ANC will wait for further details of the South African Communist Party’s decision to contest elections alone before determining its effect on the tripartite alliance that includes labour federation Cosatu. (Delwyn Verasamy/MG)

Is it time for the Gospel According to St Paul, as Mashatile eyes the ANC presidency?

The ANC treasurer is being punted as a compromise — rather than a compromised — presidential candidate