Hawks
Hawk's Lebeya remains tight-lipped on probe into Ramaphosa farm burglary
Head of the Hawks, Godfrey Lebeya, was quizzed by journalists in Pretoria on Monday on the progress made in the investigation.
The stolen cables worth more than R300,000 were found in the possession of a former Eskom employee who worked as a senior supervisor in charge of the Bredasdorp Customer Network Centre.
The matter is in connection with the R255 million asbestos tender issued by the Free State government in 2014.
Hawks spokesperson Philani Nkwalase said authorities found mandrax, heroin, and meth at the premises.
Arthur Fraser has assisted law enforcement officials in the criminal case he laid against President Cyril Ramaphosa following the theft of what Fraser said was $4 million at the president's Phala Phala game farm in 2020.
Moodley was the first person to be arrested in connection to a dodgy Transnet transaction amounting R93.4 million in September last year.
Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said that it was alleged that the accused claimed UIF COVID-19 TERS funds for one of her employees but that person didn't fully benefit from the claim.
They were arrested by the Hawks and Investigating Directorate on Friday morning at the Brackendowns Police Station.
Gauteng provincial head major general Ebrahim Kadwa spoke to Eyewitness News on the sidelines of the inaugural Johannesburg energy indaba.
A serial killer has been handed a fourth life sentence and an additional 30 years in jail for the robbery and murder of an elderly woman.
Early Breakfast host Africa Melane chats to Eastern Cape provincial spokesperson for the Hawks, Captain Yolisa Mgolodela.
Hawks heads Godfrey Lebeya was quizzed by MPs about the arrests of prominent politicians and other priority crimes.
Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya briefed MPs on Wednesday about the unit's performance plans for the current financial year.
It was also newly-appointed National Police Commissioner Sehlahle Masemola’s first appearance before MPs since he was tapped for the job.
Authorities conducted an operation at Batlhako mine on Thursday afternoon after months of investigation.
Gareth Newham of the Institute For Security Studies said that the police would need money for the new recruits President Ramaphosa announced in his State of the Nation Address. But he said the SAPS underspent its R96bn budget by R4bn last year, which amounts to the NPA’s total annual budget.
Shamila Batohi said that most of the more than 1,000 referrals to the NPA from the SIU were sitting with the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) – the Hawks.
Several motorists have been forced to deal with damaged vehicles after criminals opened fire while trying to flee from law enforcement on the M2 highway in Johannesburg.
The fraudulent transfers allegedly took place between September and December last year.