The Hawks on Friday would not confirm it was searching for former president Nelson Mandela’s grandson in connection with an ongoing fraud probe relating to Aurora Empowerment Systems. “We are investigating every bit of the allegations already in the public arena,” Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said. “There are people we are[…]
Suspended Hawks boss Anwa Dramat has not resigned, an official said on Friday. “In a letter in December [Dramat]… indicated that he would want a meeting [with Police Minister Nathi Nhleko] and would want to discuss his possible resignation,” the minister’s spokesman Musa Zondi said. “This is not something new.[…]
Four more members of the Hawks have been suspended in connection with the alleged illegal rendition of four Zimbabweans, the Hawks said on Monday. “It is true that those people have been given notices of suspension and as such it is their right to make representations,” said spokesman Brigadier Hangwani[…]
Acting national Hawks head Maj-Gen Berning Ntlemeza will appeal a court ruling that overturned the suspension of Gauteng Hawks boss Maj-Gen Shadrack Sibiya, the police unit’s lawyer said on Sunday. The appeal would be filed in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday, William Mokhari said. “There was no legal[…]
Allegedly incriminating evidence against suspended Hawks head Anwa Dramat was excised from an Ipid report investigating rendition claims, the Sunday Times reported. According to an Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) report dated January 22, 2012, Dramat was implicated in the illegal rendition of Zimbabweans two years earlier. However, in a[…]
The suspension of senior officials in crime fighting agencies causes significant reputational harm, High Court in Pretoria Judge Elias Matojane said on Friday. “The suspensions have a negative impact on public confidence and the rule of law, and importantly have the unintended consequence that the employee suffers palpable prejudice to[…]
Judgment in an urgent application by Gauteng Hawks boss Maj-Gen Shadrack Sibiya to have his suspension overturned is expected to be delivered by the High Court in Pretoria on Friday. Judge Elias Matojane said on Monday that he hoped to deliver judgment in the application early on Friday morning. Sibiya[…]
The Helen Suzman Foundation on Tuesday defended its decision to challenge the minister of police’s decision to suspend Hawks boss Anwa Dramat. “If it is believed that the objective of the HSF’s intervention primarily related to Mr Dramat’s personal position. It wasn’t. It was to insist on the rule of[…]
Suspended Hawks boss Anwa Dramat has been placed on leave following an agreement he reached with police minister Nkosinathi Nhleko, a spokesman said on Tuesday. “General Dramat and the minister agreed that the general will be on leave while they try to finalise other processes,” Nhleko’s spokesman Musa Zondi said.[…]
Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s application for leave to appeal the overturning of Hawks boss Anwa Dramat’s suspension was dismissed by the High Court in Pretoria on Friday. “Leave to appeal is dismissed. It is ordered that the main order of January 23 shall operate and be executed in full,” Judge[…]
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