Nkabinde claimed the purpose of the operation was to delete crucial evidence that would disprove Mkhwanazi’s allegations
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner is grilled in parliament on accusations against the minister
During the hearing by parliament’s ad hoc on police corruption, MPs sidestepped the suspended minister’s role in the infiltration of the criminal justice system by cartels
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said Mkhwanazi told the parliament committee that several officers who served in the task team on political killings had since been arrested for corruption and other crimes
Mogotsi has confirmed receiving an invitation to respond to allegations against him made at the Madlanga commission
The North West businessman said he would tell his side of the story at the Madlanga commission investigating corruption
The committee was forced to adjourn after the EFF leader objected to the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner submitting the same statement given to the Madlanga commission
Further details linking suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu to cartel figures emerged
Neither the presidency nor the department of international relations has given much detail after the ambassador’s body was found at a hotel in Paris
National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said Khumalo was ‘in good spirits and taking health advice from his physician’
Mthethwa died before he could clear his name after Mkhwanazi’s allegations
The Madlanga commission heard testimony about text messages between Mokgotsi and Matlala that detailed payments to the suspended police minister, manipulation of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate and the sharing of classified information
Crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo told the Madlanga commission that text messages from cartel leader Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala exposed links to ANC politics and police interference.
He said organised crime thrived through police infiltration and political interference behind the disbandment of the political killings task team
The inquiry heard this happened when the team closed in on syndicates tied to murder suspects
The testimonies of KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and national police boss Fannie Masemola suggest the rot is deep in the police service
Radical transparency and careful reputation rebuilding are crucial for detoxification
The national police commissioner concluded his testimony on Tuesday linking murder suspects Katiso Molefe and Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala to the police minister
The national police commissioner said the political killings task team is still in operation with no clarity on its disbandment
Masemola told the Madlanga commission the disbandment process was ‘by design’ and had begun while he was on leave
Masemola was questioned about whether a police commissioner could refuse directives from the police minister and initially said it depended on the nature of the directive
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner told the Madlanga commission that people implicated in the scandal still hold senior post
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said his testimony would deal with political interference by parliamentarians and the national executive
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said the order to disband the team was irrational and irregular
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said his testimony will first deal with the disbanding of political killings task team in the province and then the influence of criminal syndicates in the police service
The Economic Freedom Fighters said the postponement of the probe proves President Cyril Ramaphosa never intended to investigate implicated suspended police minister
The MK party had gone to the apex court to challenge Ramaphosa’s handling of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s suspension, accusing him of shielding allies
The party argued that the president’s placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave and appointing Firoz Cachalia, who was not a member of the cabinet, as acting minister was unconstitutional
The police minister has said that the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner’s statements about him took him by surprise