Robert Henney News Today

The State has presented evidence of millions paid to an apparent front company, Empire Investment Cars, from the targeted dealership, The Toy Shop.

Alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack was allegedly deceived by a middleman while trying to bribe former top cops Jeremy Vearey and Charl Kinnear.

The murky modus operandi of alleged underworld trackers has been exposed at the Western Cape High Court as the elite Hawks Task Team has taken to the stand.

Questions about the release of the classified report by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate into the murder of slain Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear took centre stage in the Western Cape High Court yesterday.

A former police officer, who sold the "ping bundles" allegedly used to track the location of the cellphone of the late Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear in the lead-up to his hit, admitted on Thursday what he was doing was illegal in a chilling morning of testimony on how people are stalked using technology.

Court hears of threats and a purported R200,000 reward for the killing of a witness who is testifying in a trial involving Nafiz Modack and his ‘enforcer’.

Modack and his co-accused face 124 charges for a host of crimes, including murder and attempted murder. The trial is the gateway into Cape Towns criminal underworld characterised by greed, abuse of power, corruption and ordered executions.

Former Hawks officer Nico Heerschap was investigating a vehicle and finance corruption case against alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack – ‘the biggest case in my entire police career’ – when Heerschap’s father was murdered in what was a suspected case of mistaken identity. Cop Nico Heerschap...

A man accused of murdering Swedish bride Anni Dewani has been found guilty by a South African court. Dewani, a Swedish woman of Indian decent, was in Cape Town on her honeymoon in November, 2010, when she was shot dead

The trial of alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack and 14 co-accused will resume on Monday, 11 March. At least 30 key witnesses are expected to testify.