Could the collapse of his leasing deals with the SAPS have left him short of dough?
Former police spy chief Richard Mdluli is refusing to go down without a fight, as more details of his political cosseting emerge.
It is not the first time the director general of the labour department has been tipped for the position.
Cele could stymie the president’s bid to save Mdluli.
Despite damning reports and default judgments, the minister overrode a selection panel’s decision.
Acting commissioner in an apparent act of defiance.
Certain aspects of the tenderpreneur’s finances are easy to trace, but cash payments are more opaque.
The SACP criticised the project from the outset, but its investment arm has a stake in it.
There are still snags in the current secrecy Bill which need to be overcome before the messy democratic success is turned into good law.
Mdluli remains powerful while his protectors play for time.