Hawks

The Hawks raided 15 Durban homes in a R700m corruption probe. Gallo Images / Sowetan / Tiro Ramatlhatse The Hawks raided 15 properties in an ongoing investigation into corruption to the tune of R700m at the eThekwini Municipality Water and Sanitation Unit. The R700m was allegedly charged for services that were never carried out. No arrests were made.The…

The Hawks have made an arrest. PHOTO: Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo Images, Netwerk24 The Hawks arrested a senior Nelson Mandela Bay metro official and a businesswoman for fraud in early morning operations on Friday.Hawks spokesperson Lwando Zenzile said the official allegedly accepted a bribe of R900 000 from the contractor in exchange for a housing tender.The…

The Hawks have three people for alleged fraud and money laundering. Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo Images, Netwerk24 Sedibeng District Municipal manager and former social development HOD Stanley Khanyile is accused of authorising two questionable payments.Khanyile, appeared in court alongside Umhlanga businessman and chartered accountant Poovandaren Chetty and advocate Vuyokazi Sangoni.The trio has been granted bail.Former Eastern…

Members of the Hawks with the cigarettes seized in Mokopane. The Hawks in Limpopo have smoked out a clandestine cigarette warehouse in Mokopane and seized illicit cigarettes worth more than R700 000.According to Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation spokesperson Captain Matimba Maluleke, the Hawks received a tip-off about a storage facility in Mokopane where illicit…

The Hawks in Rustenberg have arrested two men for imperonating lawyers.The men claimed to be representing two suspects arrested earlier for stealing diesel worth R480 000.The men attempted to bribe a police officer investigating the case.Two men have been arrested by the Hawks in Rustenburg for impersonating the lawyers of two people caught allegedly stealing…