There have been ominous warnings issued in South Africa over the past few weeks, like glaring red flags that are nearly impossible to ignore, writes Mandy Wiener.

Mandy Wiener takes a look at Roelf Frederik 'Pik' Botha's life both as an apartheid-era minister and after democracy.

During Police Minister Bheki Cele's visit to Crime Intelligence headquarters in Pretoria on Tuesday, he identified four priority crimes which need attention.

The former deputy national police commissioner will take over from acting Hawks boss Yolisa Matakata.

Cabinet announced that Advocate Godfrey Lebeya will be the new permanent head of the directorate for priority crime investigation.

The man, whose name is known to Eyewitness News, was taken into custody on Thursday, along with three others, in a sting operation in Bryanston and Jukskei Park.

Darmanovic was shot twice in the back of the head in New Belgrade on Sunday by two men on a motorcycle.

Darmanovich, a key figure in the local underworld, was shot by two men on a motorbike outside a court in New Belgrade on Sunday.

state security contract agent George Darmanovich has been living in Serbia for the last four years but has been a key player in local underworld politics.

CT security boss Nafiz Modack and his co-accused Jacques Cronje had been charged with intimidation & attempted extortion relating to an incident involving the grand nightclub in Rivonia.

The new book from Mandy Wiener examines how organised crime, gangsters and powerful political figures have been able to capture the law enforcement authorities and agencies.

53-year-old Majeed Khan was shot eight times in a white Audi just after 5 pm on Wednesday.

The man, of Pakistani or Indian descent, was gunned down in a white Audi by three shooters near Glenhove on Wednesday.

Eyewitnesses say that three men walked through rush-hour traffic, specifically looking for the white Audi A4, shot out the tyres and then opened fire on the occupants several times.

The Guptas are currently appealing an interim court order which gave them 15 days to ensure the business jet be returned and held at Lanseria.

The appeal court in the Czech Republic on Wednesday confirmed a jail term handed to him in absentia for plotting the murder of a customs official and stripping the assets of a state own oil company.

During his announcement on Friday, NPA head Shaun Abrahams did not announce a decision relating to Thint but did refer to former President Jacob Zuma's co-accused.

The senior advocate was arrested last week and appeared in court where he was charged with rape, sexual assault and grooming.