This week our story took place in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court (SCCC) sitting in Augrabies. We have a lady, Elizabeth Smith. She worked for a company based in Augrabies, where she was assigned with payroll responsibilities. Between February 2017 and July 2021, Elizabeth had been unlawfully manipulating the payroll system by reactivating dormant seasonal […]
This week our story is about a woman who is a former employee of Home Affairs that built a mansion in Limpopo, in her home village, Setlaboswane in Ga-Masemola. It is said that the home is luxurious with a tarred road leading up to her house and the proceeds to fund her luxury mansion allegedly
This week our story took place in Bryanston, Johannesburg. There has been warnings from local cyber security experts that there is a rise of online scams in South Africa and globally. Six alleged suspects were arrested for being investment scammers along with 25 call centre agents for contravening the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act.
This week our story took place in Calvinia at the Calvinia Specialised Commercial Crime Court last year, on 1 October 2025. Dawn Celeste Pieterson (46) is a former Home Affairs employee who claimed funeral insurance payouts by fraudulently declaring living people dead. She received her sentence this year on 26 January 2026. Dawn’s crimes took
This week our story took place in the Cape High Court, 2020. We have Mr Luis Filipe Duarte D’Almeida [Fernandes] and Mr Nazmien Warner. These are two businessmen who were found guilty of VAT fraud, racketeering, money laundering and corruption. They were sentenced to 16 and 17 years direct imprisonment. The charges against them come
