Simphiwe Msibi News Today

A total of 13 suspects were arrested by the Hawks for the murder of police officials with six being convicted and sentenced.

North West Hawks Spokesperson Captain Tlangelani Rikhotso said the armed gang allegedly shot and forced a cash security van off the road.

The cash in transit robbery took place in Mahikeng on 06 March 2020 which led to the fatal shooting of Detective Warrant Officer Delene Grobler-Koonin (44) and Detective Warrant Officer Wynand Herb...

The Mmabatho High Court in the North West has sentenced 41-year-old Jabulani Moses Yika to 30 years behind bars for his involvement in killing two Hawks officers in 2020 during a high-speed chase after a cash-in-transit robbery took place in Mahikeng.



A North West security officer was arrested in connection with a cash-in-transit heist which resulted in the murder of two police officers. A ninth arrest has been made in the investigation into a 2020 cash-in-transit heist in the North West. Two police officers were killed – one during the heist and the other during the subsequent investigation. The ninth person arrested, a security officer, will appear in court in April alongside his co-accused. A North West security offi...

Thuso Tshepo Lobelo (31), a security officer working at the G4S depot in Mahikeng was arrested on Wednesday, 3 March 2021 by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation in connection with a cash in transit robbery that took place in Mahikeng on 06 March 2020 where Detective Warrant Officer Delene Grobler-Koonin (44) and Detective Warrant Officer Wynand Herbst (42) were fatally wounded. The armed gang allegedly shot and forced a cash security van off the road then blew it open. When the p...