Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has welcomed the arrest of two former Department of Home Affairs officials and four members of the public in connection with an alleged fraud and corruption scheme involving the irregular registration of births at the Malamulele Home Affairs office in Limpopo. The arrests, announced on Tuesday, are the latest in the department’s ongoing campaign against corruption within the country’s identity and immigration system. According to the department, the suspects were arrested over the weekend by…

A councillor from Limpopo has been arrested after allegedly attempting to bribe a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigator with R70,000 to derail an ongoing corruption investigation linked to the Mahikeng Local Municipality in North West. Netshivhumbe Gumani, 44, a serving councillor at Thulamela Local Municipality, was arrested on Thursday in a joint operation involving the SIU, the Hawks and the South African Police Service (SAPS). He is facing a charge of corruption. According to the SIU, Gumani allegedly approached investigators…

South African law enforcement agencies have dealt another significant blow to international drug trafficking syndicates after seizing 30 bricks of cocaine aboard a vessel at the Port of Durban, just days after intercepting an estimated 90kg of cocaine concealed in trucks arriving from Brazil. The latest seizure, announced jointly by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and the Hawks on Tuesday night, is the second major cocaine bust at the country’s busiest port in less than a week and underscores…

ActionSA has called for a criminal investigation into the controversial repair project at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, following a scathing report by the Public Protector that uncovered alleged maladministration, financial irregularities and project management failures linked to the hospital’s reconstruction after the devastating 2021 fire. On Monday, ActionSA Member of Parliament Dr Kgosi Letlape confirmed the party would formally request the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, commonly known as the Hawks, to launch an inquiry into the conduct of…

The Hawks have widened the raid in Newcastle by including the home of a roads contractor who reportedly won several tenders to build local roads on behalf of the northern KwaZulu-Natal municipality. This morning, the elite crime-fighting unit pounced at the plush home of Roshan Deochand, the owner of Sizela Transport, the company that won the tenders. According to sources, the home is also used as an office for the company, hence the Hawks pounced on it and took several…

The Hawks have conducted a sweeping raid at the troubled Newcastle Local Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal and confiscated electronic gadgets of senior officials and a large volume of documents. The raid took over 11 hours, and at the time this report was compiled, the Hawks were still on site in the offices in central Newcastle, mining data from the computer servers of the municipality. The IFP-run municipality has been in the spotlight after it was alleged that some politicians and…

Ten teenage boys believed to be victims of human trafficking were rescued in a coordinated law enforcement operation in Johannesburg, while a 47-year-old foreign national was arrested and is expected to appear in court this week. According to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks), the rescue on Tuesday followed a joint operation involving Fox Security, the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD), SAPS Mondeor and the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation unit specialising in trafficking in persons. The incident…

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation has confirmed an investigation into the circumstances surrounding 17 South African men reportedly taken to the Ukraine Russia conflict zone, following cases opened by two daughters of former President Jacob Zuma. The first enquiry was lodged at the Sandton Police Station by Nkosazana Zuma Mncube, and the second was opened on Sunday 24 November 2025 by Duduzile Zuma. Both raised concerns about the whereabouts and movement of the men. In a statement issued on…

A Tembisa Hospital official and a Hawks sergeant appeared briefly in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Monday, where they face corruption charges linked to an ongoing investigation into alleged wrongdoing at the hospital. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said the two accused, Zacharia Chisele, 53, and Sergeant Papi Tsie, 41, are jointly charged with corruption following an alleged attempt to interfere with a current investigation. According to the NPA, the incident happened on 23 November 2025 when the pair met…

City Power has welcomed the Johannesburg High Court’s decision to postpone its urgent application against the Hawks to Friday, describing it as a necessary step to ensure fairness and legal compliance. The case arises from what City Power calls the “unlawful execution of a search warrant” by the Hawks’ Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) on 17 September 2025. The municipal utility is seeking an urgent interdict to suspend the execution of that warrant until the court hears full arguments…