Senona this week admitted to being close friends with businessman and alleged cartel leader Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala but denied any involvement in his business activities
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Lesetja Senoma testified that he was not aware of Matlala’s criminal history although they were close, adding that he did not do background checks on friends
Lesetja Sesona said the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner sent the messages before his appearance in front of the Madlanga commission
Lesetja Sesona rejected allegations made against him at the Madlanga Commission, saying his relationship with Matlala was casual, with no business dealings
Anthony Gopaul said the suspended police minister broke protocol and often contacted him to request case updates
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Police have detained one of the suspects, who is currently being questioned, national police commissioner Fannie Masemola told journalists
The inquiry into corruption in the criminal justice system will submit its interim report to President Cyril Ramaphosa by 17 December
Suspended Ekurhuleni officials defended “irregular” deal with Matlala’s private security company
The suspended police minister denied that he had consulted before disbanding the political killings task team, saying his directive was a process
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department deputy chief denied fitting Vusimuzi Matlala’s company vehicles with blue lights, reserved only for official law enforcement
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 commission critiqued alleged middleman of suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu’s testimony and unsubstantiated claims
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
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
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The Madlanga commission heard this week that officials were afraid to suspend a senior EMPD officer linked to the controversial businessman
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