A 41-year-old suspect has appeared before the Welkom Magistrate’s Court facing charges of fraud and theft in the Winnie Mandela Museum project.   Free State Hawks spokesperson, Captain Christopher Singo, said the suspect was arrested on 14 October at OR Tambo International Airport by the border police.   “This comes

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the provincial government will, in due course, announce a strategy which he says is expected to take fight against crime to the next level.   Lesufi was briefing the media outside the family home of four-year-old Bokgabo Poo who was found murdered and her body

PARKTOWN – The police in Gauteng are on the lookout for about five armed suspects who stormed into a church in Diepsloot and fired shots that led to the death of the pastor and the injury of two congregants. The suspects then robbed the congregants of their personal belongings before

EASTERN CAPE – On Friday afternoon, 14 October 2022, SAPS Duncan Village detectives were busy performing tracing duties when they received information of an accused person which escaped from East London magistrate court on 05 September 2022. The members followed up on the information and found the accused walking near

LIMPOPO – The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation is continuing to clamp down on illegal miners in every part of the Province following the arrest of six alleged illegal miners on 14 October 2022. As the Hawks continue to keep an ear to the ground, information was received about illegal

GAUTENG – From Friday, 07 October 2022 to Thursday 13 October 2022, Rapid Response Services (Flying Squad, K9 Units and Highway Patrol) members arrested one hundred and fifty (150) suspects in different areas in Gauteng. Members participated in various concentrated operations and intensive patrols around the province, which led to

MPUMALANGA –The case against Helga Kruger (51)  ( Estate Agent)  was remanded in custody by the Middelburg Commercial Crime Court on Thursday, 14 October 2022  after she was arrested by the Hawks based Middelburg Serious Commercial Crime Investigation for Fraud. She was added as third accused to previous arrests of

NORTHERN CAPE – The SAPS welcomes the recent life sentence that was handed down to a 37-year-old uncle for raping his neice in Bathlaros. During 2018 the accused and his 12-year-old niece was alone at home in Maruping Village when her mother went to town. The accused threatened the victim

PRETORIA – As the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation continue to investigate the circumstances that led to the July unrest in 2021, a total of 59 alleged instigators have been arrested including the five that were arrested on 13 October 2022. Philani Maphumulo also known as Gundi (30), Samkelisiwe Gumede