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Authorisation: Idac investigator Brian Padayachee said the decision to probe Lt Gen Dumisani Khumalo had been taken by an internal evaluation committee. Photo: Timothy Bernard/IO

Idac charged Khumalo on sparse facts

The Madlanga Commission has heard that Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo was arrested and charged with fraud and corruption in June 2024, despite…

Power struggle: Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala alleges he was caught in infighting between former police minister
Bheki Cele and his successor, suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: GCIS

Matlala refuses to testify at Madlanga pending Medicare24 criminal trial

Businessman and alleged criminal kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala briefly appeared before the Madlanga Commission on Wednesday, seeking a postponement of his testimony until the…

Ousted national police commissioner Bheki Cele.

State should not have paid legal costs for apartheid security branch officers, says Cele

Former police minister Bheki Cele told the Khampempe Commission that the state should not have paid the legal fees of former apartheid-era Security Branch officers facing…

Investigator Padayachee denies claims of Khan-Idac cabal

Senior Investigative Directorate Against Corruption investigator Brian Padayachee has rejected allegations of a 'Khan-Idac cabal' operating in the South African Police Service…

Crime intelligence head Major General Feroz Khan

Madlanga witness says Idac head protected Khan from prosecution

Head of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) Andrea Johnson is accused of interfering in an assault investigation involving deputy head of Crime Intelligence…

First appearance: Former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi, EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi ,head of legal Kemi Buhari and head of human resources Linda Gxasheka in court. Photo: Supplied

Madlanga cracks down on officials

Former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi and three other high-profile officials have been arrested following evidence presented to the Madlanga Commission regarding the…

Witness M testimony shuts public access to Madlanga Commission

Public access to the Madlanga Commission is suspended after Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga granted Witness M's application to testify in camera. The testimony concerns a R226 million…

Malema denies role in plot to oust former intelligence inspector-general 

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has denied allegations that he conspired to remove the then-intelligence inspector-general Setlhomamaru Dintwe, responding to…

Khan used EFF as intermediary to channel parliamentary questions to rivals

Suspended Crime Intelligence deputy head Feroz Khan allegedly shared confidential police documents with associates, used an intermediary to channel draft parliamentary questions…

KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

SAPS at war with itself a year after Mkhwanazi's explosive 6 July briefing

As 6 July marks the first anniversary of KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s media briefing alleging criminal infiltration of South Africa’s justice…

Assassination claims and medical certificates test Madlanga Commission

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is grappling with significant disruptions, including an alleged assassination attempt on suspended Crime Intelligence head Major-General Feroz…

Matlala’s day at the Madlanga commission

Alleged underworld kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala is scheduled to appear before the Madlanga commission on 7 July. He has been subpoenaed to testify about his alleged involvement…

Power struggle: Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala alleges he was caught in infighting between former police minister
Bheki Cele and his successor, suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: GCIS

Matlala still deciding whether to accept revised 12-year plea deal

Businessman Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala has until 13 July to decide whether to accept a revised plea agreement that would see him serve an effective 12-year prison sentence, the…

Crime intelligence head Major General Feroz Khan

Feroz Khan's lawyers invite Madlanga Commission to verify his critical condition in hospital

The legal team representing suspended crime intelligence head Feroz Khan has invited the Madlanga Commission to verify his critical condition in hospital. This comes after claims…

KZN Hawks head Lesetja Senona. (Screenshot)

Senona and Matjeng latest casualties of Madlanga Commission

The Madlanga Commission has led to significant changes within the South African Police Service (SAPS), with KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Major General Lesetja Senona resigning amid…

MK Party MP Shongwe hints at Khan-Idac cabal in SAPS

MK Party MP Vusi Shongwe has told the Madlanga Commission that suspended deputy head of Crime Intelligence Feroz Khan allegedly offered him business opportunities to dissuade him…

Brown Mogotsi Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mogotsi denied bail again as court rejects ‘new facts’

North West businessman Brown Mogotsi will remain behind bars after the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court found that evidence presented in his second bail application amounted to a…

Crime intelligence head Major General Feroz Khan

Political Killings Task Team joins probe into shooting of Feroz Khan

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has expanded its investigation into the attempted assassination of suspended crime intelligence deputy head Major-General Feroz Khan,…

Sweetheart deal: Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala agreed to be called by the  state to testify in subsequent cases, including against his co-accused. Photo: File

Matlala secures eight-year plea deal as state witness

Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has pleaded guilty to fraud, corruption and money laundering charges linked to the R360 million South African Police Service (SAPS) healthcare…

Mkhwanazi admits Matlala police clearance certificate was fraudulent

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi has admitted to the Madlanga Commission that a police clearance certificate submitted for…