Tag: Hawks
Amount involved in Mangaung overtime investigation still unknown
The amount of the alleged unauthorised overtime payments at the Mangaung Metro Municipality, which are currently being investigated by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation...
Bheki Cele warns his social media impostors
Police Minister Bheki Cele has issued a warning to the numerous social media users with accounts purporting to be him and dishing out abundant...
Former FS attorney accused of fraud granted bail
The Bethlehem Magistrate's Court granted former attorney Corne Ackerman (45) bail after allegedly defrauding a law firm of more than R16 million.
According to the...
Fifteen to appear in court over fraudulent licenses
Five traffic officials, three administration clerks, four jockeys, two examiners and a driving school instructor who were arrested by the Hawks in Bethlehem and...
Hawks zoom in on Twin City robbery
Police have confirmed to Bloemfontein Courant that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) will take over the investigation into the daring robbery that...
Six arrested for over R6 million fraud and money laundering
The Hawks in the Free State have arrested six suspects aged between 31 and 47 on 121 counts, including fraud, forgery, uttering, money laundering...
Hawks arrests: Bongani Bongo says Ace Magashule is next
In a television interview with eNCA that has left South Africa gobsmacked, former state security minister Bongani Bongo has said that he was told...
GALLERY: Police bust R100m drug lab in eastern Free State
An operation by members of the SA Police Service (SAPS) Crime Intelligence, Crime Detection and the Hawks in the Free State and Gauteng, led...
FS police officer in court for allegedly selling stolen firearms
The bail application of a 34-year-old police officer, Noxolo Job, has been pushed back to 23 October 2019 after her short court appearance in...
FS Destea MEC weighs in briefly on FDC/VBS raid
The Department of Economic, Small Business Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (Destea) says it will continue to comply with the Hawks’ investigation into the...
Hawks looks for man linked to death of police officer
The Hawks’ Serious Organized Crime Investigation team is looking for 38-year-old Thulani Roxo, who is sought in connection with the death of a police...
FS health department ‘complies with Hawks raid’
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations, the Hawks, raided the offices of the Free State Department of Health in Bloemfontein earlier today. This comes...
Little hope for Maluti-A-Phofung despite successful by-election
The DA in the cash strapped Maluti A-Phofung Municipality says there is little hope that service delivery will improve at the over-indebted municipality following...
Hawks arrested teacher for defrauding government of R1m with ‘ghost learners’
A 42-year-old Oudtshoorn teacher who allegedly defrauded the government of almost a million rand has been arrested by the Hawks, DispatchLive reports.
“It is alleged that between...
Moqhaka Municipal Manager to appear in court
The municipal manager of Moqhaka Local Municipality in the Free State, Simon Mqwathi, is expected to appear in the Kroonstad Magistrate’s Court today for...
FS policeman allegedly drove get-away car
A 38-year-old Free State policeman has been arrested this week for his alleged involvement in a botched business robbery in Bethlehem that dates back...
Arrests in Hawks’ FDC #VBSMutualBank investigation imminent
The Hawks’ investigation into the Free State Development Corporation’s (FDC) dealings with the now-defunct VBS Mutual Bank is at an advanced stage and arrests...
Breaking news: Hawks raid FDC
The elite investigating unit, the Hawks, are currently raiding the offices of the Free State Development Corporation (FDC) in Bloemfontein.
This as the second sitting...
