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A 58-year-old man has appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate s Court in connection with the discovery of a huge consignment of mandrax tablets worth R10.7 million last year, which was destined for Cape Town.
The court granted Ah Kin Geemooi R50 000 bail after he handed himself over to authorities on Wednesday.
Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said the Hawks in Germiston received a call from the management of the warehouse about suspicious cargo that had been delivered for shipment. Authorities inspected the cargo and found 268 000 mandrax tablets with an estimated street value of R10.7 million wrapped in brown boxes.
Tashinga Masinire was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport on Saturday afternoon. (OJ Koloti/Gallo Images)
Zimbabwe Miners Federation head has distanced herself and the organisation from an ex-driver arrested in South Africa for alleged gold smuggling.
Tashinga Masinire was arrested after he was found with 23 pieces of gold in his luggage.
He is due back in court in July.
Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has distanced herself from her former driver who was recently arrested at OR Tambo International Airport for allegedly smuggling gold. For the record, [he] stopped working for the Zimbabwe Miners Federation as a driver in August 2020, and for people now to be seen or wanting to associate him with Zimbabwe Miners Federation or myself, in particular, is a bit unfortunate.
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A security guard, who allegedly fled with millions of rands belonging to his employer, is expected back in court again this week.
Josiah Marietta Lekgoathi, 45, allegedly stole the money after completing his daily duties on 5 April.
He allegedly loaded the money into his private vehicle and disappeared.
A security guard, who allegedly stole several millions of rands belonging to his employer, is expected to bring a formal bail application this week.
Josiah Marietta Lekgoathi, 45, made his first appearance in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Lekgoathi faces a charge of theft.
It is alleged that on 5 April, Lekgoathi was on duty with his two other colleagues conducting money drop-offs and pickups from various ATMs around Selby, Johannesburg.
Southern African Human Rights Defenders called for the extradition of Manuel Chang to the United States.
They question why it s taking Justice Minister Ronald Lamola so long to decide.
Chang is wanted in the United States in connection with allegations of conspiracy to commit fraud.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has failed to respond to calls by civil society protesters to extradite the former Mozambican finance minister, Manuel Chang, to stand trial in the United States on charges of fraud and accepting bribes.
Chang has been in custody in South Africa since December 2018, when he was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport on his way to Dubai.
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Two Hawks officials have been arrested after they allegedly defrauded the police by submitting fictitious invoices.
The arrested officials were recently promoted to sergeants at the Serious Corruption Offences units in Pretoria and Ivory Park.
Investigations revealed that most of the guesthouse invoices the suspects submitted allegedly did not exist.
Two Hawks officials, recently promoted to sergeants at the Serious Corruption Offences units in Pretoria and Ivory Park, have been arrested after allegedly defrauding the police by submitting fictitious accommodation invoices.
In a statement, the Hawks confirmed that two of its own were arrested on Thursday.