R10K bail for accountant who allegedly stole R1.5m from Barberton mine
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Johannesburg - The assistant financial accountant who allegedly defrauded a mine in Barberton to the tune of R1.5 million has been released on R10 000 bail at the Barberton Magistrateâs Court.
Nontobeko Precious Magongo, 46, was arrested on Monday after the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for fraud and theft used an arrest warrant to warn her and her alleged accomplice to appear in court on Monday.
Her accomplice, who worked at the same mine as a financial administrator, failed to appear in court and is out-at-large.
Two alleged murderers of a taxi owner are due to make their second appearance before court for a formal bail application on Tuesday, 23 February 2021. Their appearance follows a deadly act in which a 34-year-old taxi owner was gunned down last week in Barberton. The two men aged 34 and 55, were then arrested at Nelspruit and Barberton respectively on Tuesday, 16 February 2021, after police investigation pointed out that they are somehow involved in the said murder.
Their arrest was informed by details of an incident that occurred on the evening of 12 February 2021, where a taxi owner had parked his Toyota Quantum kombi at the house of a certain motor mechanic and when he alighted, an armed man emerged out of nowhere. Without uttering a word, the gun-wielding man fired a shot aimed at the victim and thereafter fled the scene.
Five-year chase ends after Hawks arrest wanted Cape Town man
By Jonisayi Maromo
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Pretoria – An alleged fraudster who has been on the run since May 2015 has been arrested by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation’s (the Hawks) serious organised crime investigation team in Nelspruit, working together with community safety initiative Bossies Community Justice.
Police in the Western Cape province had put out a request for 42-year-old Sipho Casta Motha’s arrest, Mpumalanga Hawks spokeswoman Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi said in a statement late on Wednesday.
“The dedicated team spent sleepless nights ensuring that the suspect is brought to book,” Sekgotodi said.
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Twelve people were arrested, including two minors and one of their suspected employers.
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old-bearing material was found during the raids.
The Hawks have arrested 12 suspected illegal miners, including two minors aged 15 and 16, following the discovery of what is believed to be an illegal gold processing factory on a farm in Mpumalanga.
An intelligence-driven operation, conducted by members of the Hawks and other law enforcement agencies, led to a raid on Brown s Farm in Barberton on Tuesday evening.
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This follows information they received that a group of illegal miners were employed to process gold. On arrival at the identified address, the sound of hammers could be heard coming from the nearby bushes, Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi said in a statement.