A member of the Hawks was shot and killed on Sunday. Frans Mathipa was on duty when he was killed on the N1, near the Hammanskraal Toll Plaza. An on-duty officer of the Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit was shot and killed in Hammanskraal on Sunday. She said his unit was investigating a murder case, which had been opened at the local SAPS. Mathipa's murder comes three weeks after a Northern Cape police officer, Warrant Officer Gaonathebe Diphephenyane, was found dead near Ventersdorp in the North West.

Source: News 24 August 08, 2023 09:46 UTC