Category: Legal

KWAZULU-NATAL – On Thursday, 10 June 2021 Camperdown Regional Court convicted and sentenced Thabiso Ndlovu (28) to eighteen years imprisonment for the murder of Constable Thandiwe Mavaneni (33) who was stationed at Inchanga police station.

On 12 June 2019, Constable Mavaneni was shot multiple times in the body whilst she was off duty at her residence in Mpumalanga Township. She was taken to hospital for medical attention and on her arrival she managed to tell the nurses that she was shot at by her boyfriend, Thabiso Ndlovu after an argument.

Ndlovu was immediately placed under arrest as he was also at the hospital. He was charged with murder and the case docket was allocated to Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime to further investigation.

He appeared in court several times and was remanded in custody until he was sentenced yesterday.

 

Source: South African Police Service

GAUTENG – Zama Precious Ngubane (39) appeared in the Tsakane Magistrates Court facing charges of fraud and theft yesterday.

It is alleged that in April last year, three clients had a consultation at a Nedbank branch in Tsakane to invest an amount of R1.7 million collectively.  During the consultation, clients were allegedly referred to a private investment broker, Ngubane who is the Director at Ezamankomo (PTY) Ltd.

Ngubane allegedly promised guaranteed lucrative dividends the potential investors will receive for the five year investment plan at her company.

The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation successfully traced and apprehended Ngubane in Springs yesterday and charged her with fraud and theft.

Ngubane appeared in the Tsakane Magistrates Court on the same day and granted R3000 bail. The case is postponed to Monday, 14 June 2021 for the matter to be transferred to Tsakane Regional Court.

 

Source: South African Police Service

DURBAN – KwaMashu Detectives together Crime Intelligence embarked on an intelligence operation in the KwaMashu and surrounding areas and arrested two friends. The friends who posed as doctors by issuing fraudulent medical certificate will appear on Monday, 14 June 2021 in the Ntuzuma Magistrates’ Court for fraud.

 

Yesterday at 10:30, the police proceeded to KwaMashu P Section after receiving information about people who were issuing fraudulent medical certificates and were charging an amount of R50 per person. One of the police officers posed as a customer and approached the two suspects aged 38 and 47 who wasted no time and issued him the medical certificate.

 

After acquiring their service, the officer introduced himself, searched the suspects and were found in possession of several blank medical certificates from private doctors and public hospitals around the province. They were arrested and charged for fraud.

 

Source: South African Police Service

GAUTENG – The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes court granted a 53 years old woman, Gladys Pear Bezuidenhout bail yesterday during her first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.

Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation in Pretoria arrested Bezuidenhout yesterday when she handed herself accompanied by her legal representative and subsequently charged for fraud.

It is alleged that between 2015 and 2017 when Bezuidenhout was a bookkeeper at a Gezina based company, Van Opstal Masjiene, allegedly transferred approximately R2.1 million without authorisation from her former employer’s business account into her bank account.

Bezuidenhout appeared in court on the same day and granted R10 000 bail. The case is postponed to 22 July 2021 for docket content disclosure.

 

Source: South African Police Service