A 46-year-old male was arrested whilst his two accomplices, a male and a female managed to flee after exchanging gunfire with security personnel who reacted to the alarm. It is alleged that the suspects went to a cell phone shop in Klipfontein, Witbank on 24 January 2023 at about 14:00 and held the staff members […]
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Two males aged 32 and 46-year-old as well as a 25-year-old woman were arrested after they were found to be running a mini drug lab within the premises of a lodge at Point, in Durban on Thursday, 26 January 2023. The Provincial Drugs and Firearms Unit officers conducted a sting operation which was backed up
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A man was arrested after he was found with bags of dagga at an accident scene. On 24 January 2023 members of the Gariepdam police station in the Free State received a distress call about an accident involving two trucks on the N1 road. The one truck rear-ended the other. On arrival, members found paramedics
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The Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team assisted by their Bellville counterparts arrested additional suspects on the ongoing case of fraud and money laundering. The operation arrests follows the arrest and charging of the main accused Pius Emokpe (49) in May 2022. The arrests took place on Wednesday, 25 January 2022 in Bellville, Cape Town.
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Crime prevention operations in the Cape Metropole yielded positive results when police members arrested suspects for the possession of unlicensed firearms. Police members of the Anti-Gang unit pursued information and tactically approached an address in Helderberg Street in Tafelsig at about 19:00. Upon entering the premises, they ensued with a search and confiscated a revolver
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The Provincial Head, Major General Mboiki Obed Ngwenya welcomed the sentence meted out to Brian John Neary (59) by the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on 24 January 2023 for defrauding South African Revenue Services (SARS). During the period between June 2010 and April 2012, Neary submitted inflated Value Added Tax (VAT) claims for business expenses
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Lukhanyo Cornelius Fesi (44) was arrested by the East London based Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team for charges of tender fraud in the early hours of 25 January 2023. It is alleged that during 2012, Fesi as the Financial Management Assistant Director at the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform was requested to compile
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Economic Infrastructure Task Team (EITT) members conducted an operation at Umlazi. The operation yielded positive results as the team recovered cable fibre and electric cables with an estimated value of R250 000. Police were patrolling along Sibusiso Mdakane Road when they spotted a vehicle offloading suspicious-looking property. As they were approaching the vehicle in order
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iFrame is not supported! Solidarity says Eskom wants to get rid of 500 white male employees — most of which do maintenance work — in the next two years. The trade union has revealed this forms part of the utility’s latest Employment Equity (EE) Plan for 2023 to 2025.
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iFrame is not supported! Pureblood tennis star Novak Djokovic’s father participated in a pro-Russian spontaneous protest on the steps of the tennis stadium in Melbourne. Resulting in arrests and expulsions from the sporting area.
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