Hawks anticorruption official Richard Nkwanyana is arrested for theft
The commander of a Hawks anticorruption unit in Mpumalanga has been arrested after a probe into the alleged theft of almost R440,000.Capt Richard Nkwanyana handed himself over to the Hawks’ Middelburg organised crime unit members on Monday.Hawks spokesperson Brig Hangwani Mulaudzi said that the national intervention unit (NIU) in Cape Town had seized two cash amounts — R232,400 and R164,500 — from two different suspects in May 2016.When there was no evidence linking the suspects to a crime, they turned to the Nelspruit magistrate’s court to have the money — which was supposed to be in safekeeping — returned."It, however, transpired that the money had allegedly vanished and Capt Nkwanyana, who took responsibility to safeguard the cash, gave different statements. An investigation was launched and it was discovered that another R43,000 from a different case was also allegedly missing from R118,000 in cash that was supposed to be forfeited to the state."Nkwanyana appeared briefly at the...
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