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
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
The Madlanga Commission was told that the investigation into a cartel-linked Hawks officer was ongoing
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
EFF leader Julius Malema faces a major setback in his presidential ambitions after he was convicted on firearm charges, threatening his
political future
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 inquiry heard this happened when the team closed in on syndicates tied to murder suspects
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
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
In recent months, there has been a spate of abductions, assaults, arrests and murders, the victims all being opponents or critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government
In December, it will be a year since Nhlalayenza Ndlovu was gunned down in front of his wife and children
A total of 131 assassinations in 2023 were related to organised crime, the minibus taxi industry, political assassinations and personal killings
Umlazi branch secretary Thulani Shusha was gunned down on his way home from an ANC meeting on Saturday
The governing party will call off political activities in areas of KwaZulu-Natal where threats are detected ahead of time