NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NDPP) ADV ANDY MOTHIBI CONDEMNS THREATS AGAINST THE NPA AND SENIOR OFFICIAL IN THE ASSET FORFEITURE UNIT 

12 February 2026 

NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS (NDPP) ADV ANDY MOTHIBI CONDEMNS THREATS AGAINST THE NPA AND SENIOR OFFICIAL IN THE ASSET FORFEITURE UNIT 

The NDPP, Adv Andy Mothibi, has seen a video that is circulating widely on social media, of an alleged Mkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP) member who brazenly attempted to barge into the NPA head office, apparently looking for a senior official of the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU). 

POLICE OFFICER SENT TO JAIL FOR MURDER OF HER HUSBAND 

11 FEBRUARY 2026 

POLICE OFFICER SENT TO JAIL FOR MURDER OF HER HUSBAND 

The High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division in Pretoria, has sentenced Police Sergeant Kate Lindiwe Hlongwane (47), attached to Dube Police Station under Visible Policing, to 17 years’ direct imprisonment for the murder of her husband, Russel Hlongwane (40), the father of their three children. 

DEFENCE REQUESTS MORE TIME IN SAFA PRESIDENT AND CO-ACCUSED CASE 

11 FEBRUARY 2026 

DEFENCE REQUESTS MORE TIME IN SAFA PRESIDENT AND CO-ACCUSED CASE 

The Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in Palm Ridge has postponed the case against South African Football Association (SAFA) President Daniel Jordaan, former SAFA Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Gron Hluyo, former journalist and director of Grit Communications Trevor Neethling, his entity Grit Communications, and Russell Paul to 14 April 2026. 

20 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR THE ACCUSED WHO POURED ACID ON THE VICTIM 

10 FEBRUARY 2026 

20 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT FOR THE ACCUSED WHO POURED ACID ON THE VICTIM 

Limpopo, South Africa – The Mokopane Regional Court has convicted and sentenced Yvonne Maja (25) of Ga-Rakgwatha to an effective 20 years’ imprisonment after finding her guilty of attempted murder and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH). Maja was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for attempted murder and an additional two years’ imprisonment for assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, with the sentences ordered to run consecutively. 

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