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Johnson defers Crime Intelligence questions to Idac senior investigator

Former Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) head Andrea Johnson repeatedly referred questions about evidence against Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo to…

Conflicted: Andrea
Johnson, head of
the Investigating
Directorate Against
Corruption (IDAC).
Photo: Parliament of RSA

Johnson quits Idac to dodge fitness inquiry but can’t avoid Madlanga

Andrea Johnson, head of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac), has resigned to avoid a costly inquiry into her fitness to hold office. Her resignation, accepted…

Johnson admits misleading parliament

Head of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) Andrea Johnson has conceded that her office received a complaint from National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams,…

Khumalo was not arrested because of his role in the PKTT, says Johnson 

Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo was not arrested because of his role in the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), the head of the Investigating Directorate Against…

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…

Madlanga Commission postpones Andrea Johnson testimony after hospitalisation

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry adjourned proceedings after Advocate Andrea Johnson, head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, was hospitalised before her…

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…

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…

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…