Former finance minister Malusi Gigaba‘s wife, Norma, has threatened urgent legal action against the Hawks if they fail to return her phones and devices, seized nearly two weeks ago as part of a criminal investigation into allegedly insulting text messages she had sent to an unidentified man, by 17:00 today.

Norma Gigaba‘s lawyer has revealed in a letter to Hawks head Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya that she “did not consent to the seizure and your members possessed no warrant authorizing them to search and seize these items”.

The Hawks appear to have caved in to Norma Gigaba’s demand that her devices be returned to her, despite weekend media reports suggesting that the devices had been seized as part of the unit’s investigation into alleged threats made against Malusi Gigaba’s life.

Norma Gigaba’s legal team is understood to be mulling possible legal action against the Hawks over these reports