The head of the Hawks in the Eastern Cape, Maj-Gen Mboiki Obed Ngwenya, has welcomed the lengthy sentences handed to two men who attempted to murder East London K9 warrant officer Pieter "Swanie” Swanepoel in 2021.
A group of heavily armed suspects, nabbed during a special police operation near Booysen Park on Monday, made a brief appearance in the Gelvandale magistrate’s court on Wednesday.
A former HR manager and controller at Daku SuperSPAR in Kwazakhele, accused of misappropriating company funds by creating “ghost” employees and then pocketing their salaries, appeared in the New Brighton Magistrate’s Court this week.
A 35-year-old Gqeberha man, arrested last week for alleged involvement with perlemoen poaching, appeared briefly in the city’s magistrate’s court on Monday.