Matlala claims he paid Bheki Cele and Senzo Mchunu for police favours and protection
Matlala said he funded both the suspended police minister and his predecessor as a quid pro quo
Matlala told parliament’s ad hoc committee that the connection was fabricated to take away his R36 million healthcare police contract
The murder suspect and alleged leader of the Big Five cartel said he was concerned that investigators would use his testimony against him in his criminal trial
The chief financial officer told parliament’s ad hoc committee that the suspended police minister used an information note calling for the police service’s restructuring to support his decision to disband the unit
The ANC Youth League president also warned that removing Cyril Ramaphosa as president would plunge the country into chaos
The commission critiqued alleged middleman of suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu’s testimony and unsubstantiated claims
The party’s secretary general admitted there were some in the national executive committee who wanted to see the president gone
Mogotsi’s testimony kicked off the second phase of the Madlanga Commission, where implicated persons will respond to KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s corruption allegations
The party’s top seven officials will handle the selection after the rules were tightened
Lieutenant Ntate Khumalo testified that he found out about the task team’s disbandment letter via social media while awaiting the unit’s budget approval
A police witness told the Madlanga commission that she was instructed to collect the dockets from the office of crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo for an audit, which could have been done in KwaZulu-Natal
Cedrick Nkabinde Nkabinde said the lack of his devices, which were confiscated by the South African Police Service, affected his preparation
Witness Xolani Nciza denied Brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi’s assertion that the Ekurhuleni metro had a ‘long-standing and endless working relationship’ with Cat VIP Security
Batohi said that the specialised commercial crimes unit is reviewing the Phala Phala farm theft case
National director of public prosecutionsBatohi said the two parallel inquiries investigating police corruption represent a critical inflection point in consolidating the rule of law
A former Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department deputy chief testified that murder-accused businessman, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s Cat Security Services was granted extensive policing powers through memorandums signed in 2021
One point of disagreement concerned the appointment of a panel to fill vacancies in the crime intelligence unit following suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu’s disbandment of the political killings task team
Mchunu said he surrendered the devices on Thursday and pledged full cooperation with investigators
The Madlanga Commission was told that the investigation into a cartel-linked Hawks officer was ongoing
The ANC is no longer, by default, a people’s movement, much like the Democratic Party in the United States. It is not, however, irredeemable
The MK party is believed to be courting the ANC, promising that if it supports the motion, some MECs will retain their positions
She argues that black people get better services where her party is in control
He said South Africa should look for alternative markets rather than relying on America
He said the party needed to do introspection and admit to the mistakes of the past to ensure that it fixes them
The fallout is the latest threat to the fragile government of national unity that has frequently come to the brink of collapse over policy clashes between its two largest parties
The ANC treasurer general denied knowing the alleged underworld figure, as well as equally controversial North West businessman Brown Mogotsi
Jacob Zuma’s party has submitted a motion of no confidence against premier Thamsanqa Ntuli of the Inkatha Freedom Party
The Democratic Alliance is arguing that it’s in the ANC’s electoral interests to back the proposal
Asanda Luwaca was appointed by disgraced former minister of higher education and training Nobuhle Nkabane without having the right qualifications
The deputy national commissioner has accused the KwaZulu-Natal police boss of using corruption allegations as part of a succession battle within the service
The deputy national commissioner defended the disbandment of the team, saying its budget should support broader crime-fighting efforts