While admitting to his failure to consult before ordering the disbanding of a political killings task team, the suspended police minister denied any links to criminal syndicates
The anonymous witness said frequent interference in the investigation of murder suspect Katiso Molefe showed how far his influence reached in the police service
He contradicted the deputy national commissioner, who said he took the dockets from the task team because he ‘could not disobey an order from the minister
The witness, who has requested anonymity, told the Madlanga commission he was invited to parties with senior officials who wanted to influence his investigation of the Armand Swart murder case
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
Further details linking suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu to cartel figures emerged
National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said Khumalo was ‘in good spirits and taking health advice from his physician’
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 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 supply of water has been penetrated by organised crime
KZN Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has accused the minister of having ties to the criminal underworld
The Constitution Amendment Bill divests the National Prosecuting Authority of its power to institute criminal proceedings regarding corruption and organised crime and instead vests these powers in the proposed anti-corruption commission
How the 26s, 27s and 28s prison gangs got their name, and how street gangs usurped them
There is ‘growing concern’ about increasing levels of gangsterism and organised crime in the Western Cape
It is inevitable that alleged gang leader Ralph Stanfield will be replaced. The question is, by who?
But measures such as law enforcement authorities working together have resulted in a decline in the number of animals killed
Organised crime thrives in SA, experts say, after Israeli gangster with ties to mafia ‘godfather’ is held in Joburg police raid
Wildlife Justice Commission says law enforcement agencies must address it as transnational organised crime
Moazu Kromah, aka ‘Kampala Man’, ran a wildlife trafficking syndicate in Africa and law enforcement authorities knew it. Why did it take so long to bring him to justice and what about the rest of his network?
Twenty-three rhinos have been killed in 36 hours, according to a nonprofit organisation; the environment department says this figure is 24 since the beginning of December
Bukelwa Kwinana, who was expected to plead guilty to ‘business email compromise’ cyber fraud, disappeared moments before pleading
South Africa’s scores 4.5 out of 10 for human trafficking, the 2021 Global Organised Crime Index finds
The Hawks backtrack after saying four suspects arrested last week would be charged with murder; one of their own also arrested on charges of corruption
Kenyan farmers say theft of their crop is endemic – and they suspect collusion
The Hard Livings leader was fatally shot in apparent ambush outside his family home
The motive for the bomb at Radovan Krejcir’s shop in Bedfordview is murky, but the attack has unleashed fear in Joburg’s underworld
Fingers have been pointed at "corrupt" cops as the body count in gangland killings mount.
The UN has launched a campaign against illegal trade, which it says is worth more than six times the global aid budget and has a high human cost.