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Brother’s keeper: Lesetja Senona, KZN head of the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (the Hawks), at
the Madlanga inquiry. Photo: Screenshot

Hawks boss Senona to face Madlanga commission over Port Shepstone cocaine theft

Madlanga commission to focus on Port Shepstone cocaine theft as Hawks boss Senona prepares to testify

Author: Abdulrazak Gurnah at LiteretureXchange Festival (2025
Denmark) Photo: Hreinn Gudlaugsson

Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft: A story of servitude, survival and the search for home

Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah returns with Theft, a moving portrait of loss, longing, and the elusive idea of home.

The Hawks have arrested latest suspect in R9 million rhino horn theft from a stockpile facility in North West (Brent Stirton and African Parks)

Rhino horn stockpiles too ‘tempting for criminals’

The Hawks have arrested latest suspect in R9 million rhino horn theft from a stockpile facility in North West

Anglican sisters attends a thanksgiving church service held in her memory at the Anglican Cathedral in Harare Zimbabwe. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

In poverty-stricken Zimbabwe, thieves target churches and priests

Congregation coffers attract desperate thieves as churches are known not to bank their donations

In a country where electricity is essential for daily life, it is fast becoming a privilege rather than a right in South Africa. (David Harrison)

Johannesburg’s electricity infrastructure under siege from murderous criminals

South Africa must deal with the economic sabotage that is keeping the country in the dark

insider said the SACP sought to have its chairperson, Blade Nzimande, remain a cabinet minister.

Timeline: State security-compromising attacks

Eskom, parliament, constitutional court, looting could all be linked. ‘We smell a rat’, says Blade Nzimande

The Madlanga commission has heard how police intercepted a tonne of cocaine shipped from Brazil to Johannesburg in July 2021

541kg of cocaine stolen from Hawks office in KZN

An expert says the theft of drugs worth R200-million is ‘not random’; inquiry will be launched

Former top cop Khomotso Phahlane. (Gallo)

R191m SAPS corruption case involving Phahlane delayed, again

Former top cops file applications to contest the ‘unreasonable delays’ in their fraud matter, also known as the ‘blue-light’ tender

KPMG may have to repay VBS because of its alleged fraudulent audits if the defunct bank’s liquidators have their way. (Alon Skuy/The Times/Gallo Images)

In a bizarre twist VBS liquidators sue KPMG for R863mn

In filed court documents, the VBS liquidators are blaming auditing firm KPMG’s negligence for the alleged looting of the bank

Pastor Shepherd Bushiri (right) and his wife,
Mary Bushiri, are facing charges of fraud and money-laundering. (Emmanuel Croset/AFP)

Motsoaledi blames ‘porous’ and ‘rotten’ borders for Bushiris’ escape

Home affairs minister admits South Africa has weak borders, and that the Bushiris had 10 passports between them

Criminal activity among children has increased in areas such as Kivumbini, Flamingo and Kwa Rhonda in Nakuru. These low-income estates have become hotspots for Confirm, a gang made up of young people that specialises in cellphone-based crime and phone- and bag- snatching.

With school suspended, Kenya’s children become students of gang culture

Schools in Kenya will reopen only in 2021. Meanwhile, children are getting their education on the streets, through becoming involved in petty crime

In 2020, former finance minister Tito Mboweni Tito Mboweni announced his plan to reduce the public sector wage bill in an effort to squeeze some of the air out of the country’s ballooning debt and fiscal deficit. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Covidpreneurship: From corruption to rebuilding legitimacy and trust in our political leadership

High levels of corruption and low levels of trust go together; citizens need to use every available resource to hold government to account

Break-ins, vandalism and the burning of poor, under-resourced schools are not new in South Africa. (John McCan/M&G)

Security at schools is not the community’s responsibility

It is unrealistic to expect vulnerable people to ensure that nearby schools aren’t vandalised or robbed

Mo Farah. (Matthew Childs/Reuters)

Mo Farah lifts lid on bust up with Gebrselassie

Athletics icons Mo Farah and Haile Gebrselassie are locked in a bitter dispute just days away from the London Marathon

The bus stops here: Computicket staffers allegedly defrauded Metrobus

Fraud costs Metrobus millions

Six Computicket staffers are up on fraud charges, but the real problem is inside the bus service itself

Life cut short: Michael Komape’s funeral last year.

Opposition parties urge Zuma to report corruption to police

If the president knows who is stealing, as he claimed in a speech on Friday, he should report them to the police.

Art theft: Now you see it

Art theft: Now you see it, now you don’t

The theft of valuable bronze works from the Johannesburg Art Gallery has raised issues of security and funding in South Africa’s public galleries.

Brics nations pledge better access to quality medicine

SA hospitals losing ambulances to theft

Hospital thieves have walked off with items ranging from ambulances to bed linen, costing South Africa R16-million.

‘Cipro not to blame for Yengeni debacle’

Department of Trade and Industry Director General Tshediso Matona absolves (Cipro) of blame in the latest Tony Yengeni debacle.

Cops ‘looking into’ theft at Fifa offices

Cops ‘looking into’ theft at Fifa offices

A burglary at the Fifa headquarters in Johannesburg was confirmed by national police commissioner General Bheki Cele on Tuesday.