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The Hawks  has served warrants of arrests against director general at the department of health Sandile Buthelezi and two other senior officials,

Health director-general Sandile Buthelezi, two other officials arrested for fraud, theft

Buthelezi was previously implicated and later cleared in the Digital Vibes scandal

The Special Investigating Unit traced financial gains of more than R181 million linked to beneficiaries of fraudulent visa applications that were supported by fake documentation

SIU unveils large-scale issuance of fraudulent permits by some home affairs officials

The Special Investigating Unit traced financial gains of more than R181 million linked to beneficiaries of fraudulent visa applications that were supported by fake documentation

Lady linchpin: Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla is at the heart of the furore over SA men dispatched to Russia.
Photo: MK Party

Men trapped in Ukraine war promised MKP jobs

MK party says it knows nothing about the ill-fated Russian trip involving 17 South Africans

Crime Intelligence boss Dumisani
Khumalo.

Khumalo: Hawks has double agent

The Madlanga Commission was told that the investigation into a cartel-linked Hawks officer was ongoing

Forner ITB chairperson Jerome Ngwenya. Photo: Supplied

Ingonyama Trust Board opens criminal case against Jerome Ngwenya for theft

The ITB has also launched civil action to recover R30 million in funds allegedly stolen by the former chairperson and two others

Hawks head General Godfrey Lebeya.
(Sunday Times)

Cash-in-transit heists remain ‘a thorn’, Hawks boss Lebeya says after 19 suspects killed in Limpopo

From April to June, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation arrested 27 suspects and secured six convictions related to cash-in-transit heists

A parliamentary committee received a briefing on Wednesday about how a sophisticated criminal syndicate pulled off a brazen heist at the headquarters of the North West Parks and Tourism Board, stealing 51 rhino horns

Parliamentary committee briefed on theft of 51 rhino horns

We did all we could to make sure our vault was highly secured, says North West Parks and Tourism Board

Suspended Public Protector Busisiswe Mkhwebane. (Oupa Nkosi)

Mkhwebane releases audio she claims validates R600 000 bribe allegation

The suspended public protector says the voices in the recordings are those of her husband and ANC official Tina Joemat-Pettersson discussing a bribe

Marén de Klerk, the man wanted by Namibian authorities for his alleged role as paymaster in the ongoing multimillion “Fishrot” corruption case, was on Friday granted bail of R50 000

Namibian Fishrot saga suspect part of a syndicate, says state

Judgment on whether Marén de Klerk will be released on bail pending his extradition hearing was reserved for Friday

Marén de Klerk, the man wanted by Namibian authorities for his alleged role as paymaster in the ongoing multimillion “Fishrot” corruption case, was on Friday granted bail of R50 000

Alleged paymaster in Namibia Fishrot saga claims attempts were made to kidnap or kill him

Namibian officials from the office of the prosecutor general and its anti-corruption commission are in Paarl to observe the extradition case

Marén de Klerk, the man wanted by Namibian authorities for his alleged role as paymaster in the ongoing multimillion “Fishrot” corruption case, was on Friday granted bail of R50 000

Namibian Fishrot saga paymaster arrested in Paarl

The South African government received a request from Namibia for Marén de Klerk’s extradition in October 2021

Ukiliho Kayishema Fulgence, one of the last fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, sits in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town on May 26, 2023, two days after being arrested following 22 years on the run. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP)

Rwandan genocide fugitive appears in Cape Town court

Fulgence, who was locally known as Donatien Nibashumba, faces five charges including fraud and contravening the immigration and refugee acts

Wanted: Former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste missed his date with a German court and now the country wants to extradite him. But South Africa wants him here to face more charges. Graphic: John McCann

Where will Markus Jooste appear in court?

For now, South Africa is reluctant to relinquish him to stand trial in Germany for the corporate fraud that nearly imploded ‘Africa’s Ikea’

Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the ANC will wait for further details of the South African Communist Party’s decision to contest elections alone before determining its effect on the tripartite alliance that includes labour federation Cosatu. (Delwyn Verasamy/MG)

Is it time for the Gospel According to St Paul, as Mashatile eyes the ANC presidency?

The ANC treasurer is being punted as a compromise — rather than a compromised — presidential candidate

Police Minister Bheki Cele.

Police refusal to pay legal costs of former officers means some apartheid-era cases cannot be closed

The families of slain student activists have been waiting an agonising 40 years for justice and closure

Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya also announced new appointments to boost the directorate’s capacity, including Lieutenant General Siphesihle Nkosi, who becomes its deputy head. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Alaister Russell)

Drugs, corruption and fraud account for bulk of Hawks arrests in second quarter

Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya also announced new appointments to boost the directorate’s capacity, including Lieutenant General Siphesihle Nkosi, who becomes its deputy head

Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa. (David Harrison/M&G)

Parliament’s Scopa may subpoena State Security Agency over vetting of SOE employees

The tide is turning, impunity is no longer a given, says national prosecutions boss Shamila Batoyi

Ramaphosa has betrayed the trust of South Africa’s people by not coming clean on Phala Phala robbery

President must resign and hand himself over to the police

The fraud and corruption case against Brian Molefe, Anoj Singh and their co-accused in the Transnet locomotive scandal was on Friday postponed until November 30. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Blue Monday at the Saxonwold Shebeen for Molefe and Singh

For Brian Molefe and Ajoj Singh, the Transnet locomotives are coming home to roost

Parliament building in Cape Town, South Africa on January 02, 2022. (Photo by Xabiso Mkhabela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Bomb scare at parliament

The bag suspected of containing a bomb belonged to a parliamentary staff member and was harmless