Crimes of the South African Police Service

Police constable and others arrested for counterfeit money

Their arrests comes after a tip-off about a person in possession of stained bank notes from Witbank to KwaMhlanga.

12 November 2014 06:00

MBOMBELA-A 39-year-old police constable has been arrested in connection with possession of counterfeit money.

Constable Lucas Mahlangu stationed at Siyabuswa as Court orderly, was arrested on Thursday morning for being in possession of counterfeit money at Ga-Phaahla, in Siyabuswa.
He was arrested together with his taxi boss friend Charlies Boroko (40) and Thomas Mahlangu (39) by the Crime Intelligence Gathering (CIG) Unit after a tip-off of the person in possession of stained bank notes from Witbank to KwaMhlanga.

Thomas Mahlangu was arrested at Verena and he then led to the arrest of Charlies Boroko at Moteti who was also found with one stained note. Boroko ultimately pointed that the rest of the money was with Constable Mahlangu.

The police went to Ga-Phaahla where the rest of the money was confiscated.

The Acting Provincial Commissioner of Mpumalanga, Major-General (Adv) Meshack Nogwanya has vowed that police officials who have an unacceptable, corrupt and disgraceful behaviour and mentality are not welcomed in the service.

“I am impressed by the work done by Crime Intelligence Gathering Unit for ensuring that rotten cops are placed where they belong. I also want to applaud the community that vows not to allow any criminal activity to happen under their noses without informing the police. 

Indeed if we continue to work together like this, crime will just be nothing to us. This clearly shows that we are committed to fight any form of crime without any fear of a person’ status. I still repeat that I will not tolerate any form of ill discipline by our members. All those who do not behave according to our prescripts will be dealt with accordingly”.

The trio have already appeared before Mdutjana Magistrate’s Court on November 7 and were remanded in custody for further investigation.

They will be re-appearing on November 14.

http://mpumalanganews.co.za/198474/police-constable-others-arrested-counterfeit-money/

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Police officer up for drunken driving

According to the police, the officer is alleged to have been involved in a collision involving three cars on the R40 from White River to Nelspruit on Friday afternoon.

Nomvula Chawane | 12 May 2014 13:19

MOMBELA- On Monday,the Branch Commander of the detectives in White River, Lt Thokozani Zungu (31) appeared before the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on charges of reckless and or negligent driving, failing to stop after an accident and drunken driving.

According to the police, the officer is alleged to have been involved in a collision involving three cars on the R40 from White River to Nelspruit on Friday afternoon. The police have confirmed that he had earlier allegedly collided with a Ford Bantam at the robot in Rocky’s Drift.

“He failed to stop and on the off ramp to Riverside Mall, he collided with another Ford Bantam and a Toyota Fortuner,” stated Brig Selvy Mohlala.

It is further alleged that other motorists blockaded his vehicle, removed the keys from the ignition and the police were summoned to the scene and noticed that Zungu, who was driving a state owned vehicle appeared to be under the influence of alcohol.

He was then arrested and taken to hospital for blood samples.

Zungu was not asked to plead and the matter was postponed to 30 July 2014.

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Police officer and son caught red-handed

Police official and his son arrested in connection with stealing sheep from Goodhope farm.

Thobile Mlangeni | 5 August 2014 06:00

MBOMBELA- A warrant officer and his son appeared before the Ermelo Magistrate’s Court on allegations of stock theft.

This follows incident that occurred on August 2 in Ermelo whereby a police received information about people who have stolen sheep and were travelling in a silver Ford Ranger bakkie.”

The police then intensified their patrols on the lookout of the vehicle in question and spotted and stopped it in town for a search,”said Brid Selvy Mohlala.

Police found five carcases of sheep at the back of the bakkie whiloe its occupants W/O Themba Kuhlaze (43) and his son Mxolisi Shabalala (27) were arrested on spot.

“Further probe uncovered that Kuhlaze had no authority to use the vehicle which was identified as a police vehicle allocated to the Vehicle Identification Unit in Ermelo,”he continued.

It was also revealed that the sheep were stolen from Good Hope Farm in Ermelo.

The two were apprehended and charged with stock theft.

Major General Nogwanya explicitly condemns the alleged acts by Kuhlaze and his son. He reiterated his warning to the police that no one is above the law. He also applauded the police who after receiving information, operationalised it effectively and arrested their own.

He further thanked the public for the tip off as it assisted the police to arrest the suspects.

Both suspects were remanded in custody and will appear again in court on August 15.

http://mpumalanganews.co.za/184191/police-officer-son-caught-red-handed/

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Police official up for rape

A 52-year-old officer was arrested on Tuesday morning for allegedly 

raping and impregnating a 17-year-

old mentally ill teenager.

Nomvula Chawane | 26 June 2014 06:00

ERMELO – The acting provincial commissioner of Mpumalanga, Gen Meshack Nogwanya has vowed that police officials who have an unpalatable and disgraceful behaviour are not welcomed in the service.

This comes after a 52-year-old officer stationed at Ermelo Vehicle Identification Section was arrested on Tuesday morning for allegedly raping and impregnating a 17-year-old mentally ill teenager.

According to the police the mother of the victim suspected that her child was pregnant and immediately took her to the clinic for check up.

The clinic then confirmed the pregnancy and the victim pointed the officer as the perpetrator. The matter was then reported to the police and the suspect was arrested.-
Nogwanya said, 

“I am impressed by the work done by our detectives in ensuring that the rights of women and children are protected in our province. This clearly shows that we are committed to fight any form of crime without any fear of a person’s status. I still repeat that I will not tolerate any form of ill discipline by our members. All those who do not behave according to our prescripts will be dealt with accordingly”.

The suspect will appear before the Ermelo Magistrate’s Court today facing a charge of rape.

http://mpumalanganews.co.za/179522/police-official-rape/

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Victim speaks out after allegedly being raped by cop

Salome Mabena has spoken out after she was allegedly raped by a police officer at a dumpsite Bronkhorstspruit.

As part of the 16 days of activism campaign EWN spoke exclusively to a woman who was allegedly raped by a policeman. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

Masego Rahlaga

JOHANNESBURG – A woman who was raped, allegedly by a warrant officer stationed at the Ekangala police station in Bronkhorstspruit, has told Eyewitness News how she was allegedly raped at a dumpsite by a police officer.

Salome Mabena went to the station to open a case of abuse against her husband.

A few months after opening the case, the officer investigating it went to her house and asked her to go with him to the police station to clarify some issues.

He however took her to a dumping site, where he allegedly threatened her with a gun and raped her.

Mabena says she was too afraid to report the case to the police station in her area because that is where her alleged rapist works.

She says she laid a charge at the Bronkhorstspruit police station a day after the incident.

Mabena claims that while she was there, she heard the officer who was taking her statement warn her alleged rapist over the phone.

She says when she arrived at home later, her children told her the warrant officer was there and was looking for her.

“He came after I opened the case against him. He told my kids it was not an issue, because it was consensual.”

Mabena says she opened a case with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, but the case was never taken to court and the officer still works in her area.

She says she wants her identity known, as she needs to speak out.

(Edited by Tamsin Wort)

http://ewn.co.za/2014/12/01/First-On-EWN-Investigating-officer-in-abuse-case-rapes-victim

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Metro cop found guilty of rape

November 28 2014 at 10:31am
By ISMAIL ADAM

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Durban -

A Durban magistrate was prepared to take criticism on the chin by convicting an Ekurhuleni metro policeman of rape, but not handing him the minimum prescribed sentence

, saying a few minutes of pleasure had cost him his career.

The married policeman, Sydney Dhladhla, 44, was on Thursday found guilty of raping a 21-year-old woman at his Holiday Inn Garden Court hotel room in July 2012.

He was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Durban Regional Court, meaning Dhladhla would only need to serve a minimum of 10 months before being eligible for release.

Magistrate Trevor Levitt said that it was a difficult decision for him to make, and though there would be criticism, he felt that the court should deviate from the minimal prescribed sentence of 10 years for rape.

Levitt highlighted the report of the district surgeon who examined the woman which stated that “there was nothing untoward but there was penetration”.

He said that Dhladhla did not deserve to be sentenced to such a long period, although he reminded the policeman that he had taken advantage of a highly intoxicated woman who was “out of it”.

Dhladhla denied raping the woman – his then girlfriend Lerato Mohatle’s friend – claiming she had seduced him.

He had previously testified that the woman had made advances on him while in the hotel room and that the sex was consensual.

Dhladhla and Mohatle had driven to Durban together with the 21-year-old victim. They had been invited as guests by his friend, Paul Mafolo, on the weekend of the Vodacom Durban July in 2012.

Mohatle had testified that she had been drinking from the time she left Johannesburg with the group, and when she arrived at the hotel later that night she remembered feeling sick and passing out in Dhladhla’s hotel room.

She said her friend – the complainant – was also intoxicated by the time they reached Durban, and was to stay at the hotel because they could not reach the person with whom she had initially planned to stay.

The complainant had vomited and then passed out in Mafolo’s room, the court had heard. She had later complained to the hotel reception that someone had come into the room, had sex with her, and then left. She apparently did not know who it was.

Mohatle said that Dhladhla had confessed to sleeping with her friend, but said she had known it was him. He was later arrested by Point police.

Dhladhla was cross examined by prosecutor Krishen Shah on his request for a lesser sentence on grounds that he had good Christian values.

But Shah asked him: “How does a person keep two women – a pregnant wife at home, spend the weekend with his girlfriend and then have sexual intercourse with another woman?”

Dhladhla replied that there was nothing wrong with having two women in his life and that in his culture he had to treat all women with respect. He said he supported both of them. He reiterated his claim that he did not rape the complainant.

During sentencing, Levitt had also taken into consideration the defence’s argument that there was no violence or anything aggravating during the incident.

After being sentenced, Dhladhla applied for leave to appeal which was granted. He was released on R3 000 bail.

The State was also successful in bringing about leave to seek an increase in the sentence.

http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/metro-cop-found-guilty-of-rape-1.1787794

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Hijacked car stripped at police pound

Posted on 10 August 2013 by Africa Business

A couple is taking action after their car was allegedly stripped while under police guard after it was recovered following a hijacking.

Renee and Conroy Gericke were hijacked of their VW Polo at gunpoint in Boksburg in January, the Saturday Star reported.

Police recovered the car in Tembisa in May and placed it at the Van Ryn Deep Vehicle Safeguarding Unit in Mackenzie Benoni.

The couple told the Saturday Star that while the vehicle was at the pound, it was stripped of its side mirrors, console gauges and computer box.

The Gericke’s now wanted police to pay for the tow truck charges and damages the car incurred while in the police pound.

“We don’t have any insurance, now the car is sitting at home gathering dust yet we are still paying for it,” Renee Gericke was quoted as saying.

“We are losing time at work and money driving up and down because of the negligence of the police.”

Brigadier Neville Malala confirmed the Gericke’s had instituted civil action against the police.

“The allegation (of the car being stripped) has come to our attention after a criminal case of theft from the motor vehicle was registered,” Malila told the newspaper.

He said Lt-Gen Mzwandile Petros had called for an internal probe. So far, none of the perpetrators had been identified.

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Two cops hijacked me

Filed Under (Industry News) by Chloe Davies

His head was shoved between his legs, a handgun was jabbed into his ribs and another stuck against his temple – Ryan Pickford was convinced he was going to die.

The most recent victim of a blue-light gang, Pickford was held at gunpoint on Friday night for two hours by men claiming to be police officers – in full police uniform.

Pickford had just visited his wife and three-week-old son, who is in high care at the Morningside clinic, on Friday evening when the terrifying experience began that would see him lose his Porsche, his dignity and his trust in the police.

Driving past Leeuwkop Prison on Main Road in Bryanston just before 8pm, Pickford noticed a white Golf GTI following him. The vehicle’s blue lights began flashing, signalling him to pull over.

Two men dressed in police uniforms, wearing bullet-proof vests and wielding R5 rifles insisted on searching his car. During what the men called a “routine search”, another man wearing a police bib approached Pickford’s car from the side of the road.

Pickford, 35, then called his sister to tell her that the police were threatening to arrest him if he did not accompany them to the nearest roadblock for a breathalyser test.

When he agreed, but said he would drive his own car, Pickford was told he was going to be arrested. When he asked why, one of the “officers” handcuffed him and pushed him into the back seat of the Golf.

He watched helplessly as the man in the police bib climbed into his Porsche and drove off. Seated between two other men, who were not in police uniform but wielding handguns, his captors informed him that he was being hijacked. While the two men in the back seat pushed his head down with black-gloved hands, the two uniformed hijackers sat in the front. One started the car and began driving.

Pickford pleaded for his life, saying they could have his car. “I told them about my two kids and wife, and how I needed to be with them.”

At first, the men were reassuring, telling him he wouldn’t be hurt if he didn’t “f*** up”, and that their own children needed to survive as well. But when his sister began calling on his cellphone, the two handguns were pointed at his head and heart. He was told to tell his sister that he was with the police and that nothing was wrong.

After 30 minutes of driving, being interrogated about the cars he drove and his banking details, Pickford began to get anxious. The men were getting increasingly hostile, telling him he would be shoved into the car’s boot, dropped off in the centre of Alexandra, or killed, if he did not co-operate.

“I felt a strange calmness, and I just felt like this was going to be the end,” he said.

He asked why police officers would do this. Pickford remembers saying how he said they were meant to “serve and protect”, a statement that offended his hijackers.

“Who do you think we are? Your servants?” the driver asked.

At around 10pm, the men pulled over in the veld in Centurion, took his watch and cellphone, and told him to run deep into the veld and lie down. Pickford said he thought this would be the moment he would be killed, having seen his hijackers’ faces. But after lying own for several minutes, the men sped off.

Exhausted and trembling, Pickford made his way to a nearby warehouse, where he found security guards, who did their best to help him. It was after midnight by the time he had filed his case with the Midrand SAPS.

A traumatised Pickford is convinced it was police officers who committed the crime – not impersonators. Pickford said he recognised the face of one as a policeman at another roadblock.

“I swore to myself I wouldn’t just lie down and take this… If I can help to save another life (by reporting the case to police), then I will keep pushing this.

“You’re meant to trust them, like doctors or teachers. How will I ever stop at a roadblock again?”

Tracker investigators think a syndicate is at work in the northern suburbs targeting expensive cars. Speaking on condition of anonymity, an investigator said there had been eight high-end vehicle hijackings in the past three weeks.

Police spokesman Katlego Mogale was not available for comment.

l If you have been the victim of a blue-light gang – police impersonators or otherwise – please contact The Star.

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Crimes of the South African Police Service

South African Police Service are Rapists

On 24 November 2009, the Independent Online reported the appearance of a policeman accused of rape. The officer (40) was based at Mthatha Central Police Station in the Eastern Cape. He allegedly took a woman prisoner awaiting trial out of her cell and raped her in one of the offices at the police station.

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South African Police Service are Rapists

On 10th November 2009, the Pretoria News reported an incident in which a woman was raped by a police officer in Rustenburg, North West, on 29th September 2009. The policeman was arrested along with his three colleagues three weeks following the start of an ICD investigation. The 29-year-old woman was arrested on charges of stealing fishing rods. The charges were dropped the following morning at the Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court. 

Then two of her female cellmates were transferred to another police station, leaving her alone. When she asked to go to the toilet at around 8pm, a policeman went into her cell and raped her.

She laid a charge at Tlhabane Police Station in Rustenburg but could not get help when she revealed that the accused was a police officer. See More

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