Warrant Officer Karl Sander's coffee machine campaign hits major funding milestone

Hawks veteran Karl Sander

The campaign supporting Warrant Officer Karl Sander has officially reached a major milestone, with R656,064 transferred into an attorney’s trust account.

Kyle van Reenen, who started the campaign said over the past month, Warrant Officer Sander and the campaign organisers worked with BackaBuddy to ensure the funds were processed correctly, transparently and in line with the necessary requirements.

Sander, a senior investigator at Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) or the Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal, testified at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in relation to the theft of more than 500 kilograms of cocaine bricks worth R200 million from the Port Shepstone Hawks office in November 2021.

He added that his coffee machine was also stolen - and that he had to undergo a polygraph afterwards.