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‘Not back for revenge’, says Masemola as he resumes police chief role
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola has officially resumed his duties following the withdrawal of corruption charges, pledging to rebuild public trust and refocus SAPS…
Fannie Masemola to resume duties as national police commissioner
General Fannie Masemola will resume his duties as national police commissioner after President Cyril Ramaphosa lifted his precautionary suspension following the withdrawal of…
Rot of the top cops
The arrest of suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya and explosive testimonies at the Madlanga Commission have exposed the deep-seated corruption and…
Cat Matlala’s wife charged with fraud as SIU cracks down on private security regulator
Tsakane Matlala, wife of alleged cartel leader Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala, has been granted R20,000 bail in a fraud and corruption case amid a wider SIU crackdown on the private…
Masemola charges withdrawn as NPA investigates IDAC
The Pretoria Magistrates’ Court has formally withdrawn charges against suspended National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola after an NPA review found insufficient evidence to…
Mchunu link battle splits police inquiry
Parliament's police ad hoc committee is divided along party lines over allegations linking suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu to alleged cartel kingpin Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala…
How the commission nailed Adams
National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams has denied that suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu influenced his decision to lay fraud and corruption charges against crime…
Matlala refuses to answer Medicare24 questions at Madlanga Commission
Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala asserted privilege over the R360 million Medicare24 contract and denied any connection with suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu and deputy crime…
Idac investigated Masemola without a complaint referral
The Madlanga commission has heard that the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) investigated national police commissioner Fannie Masemola in the Medicare24 matter…
Justice Madlanga dismisses Adams’s excuses, accuses him of not taking commission seriously
National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams's testimony before the Madlanga commission has been postponed until 19 August. This follows his late submission of a witness statement,…
Prosecutor turns on former Idac chief
Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) prosecutor Drushanta Ramsamy has accused former Idac head Andrea Johnson and senior investigator Dylan Perumal of…
Madlanga questions why Fannie Masemola was charged with Cat Matlala in R360m tender case
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga questioned former Idac head Andrea Johnson about the decision to charge suspended National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola alongside…
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…
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…
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…