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
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 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 commission is yet to secure premises, finalise rules and consult witnesses for the six-month inquiry into criminality and political interference in the criminal justice system
The reluctance not only to deploy private counsel but to follow their advice has proved a recurring theme in state capture cases
Thembi Simelane has come under scrutiny for taking a loan from a company embroiled in the scandal that triggered the bank’s collapse
Acting for the MK party, Dali Mpofu said the ANC was only challenging the registration of the party because Jacob Zuma was campaigning for it
The Economic Freedom Fighters deputy president failed to declare money transferred to him from a company owned by his brother, known as a VBS Mutual Bank beneficiary
The party’s deputy secretary general said the step-aside resolution must be applied without deviation
Former ANC youth leader Kabelo Matsepe set to protest his innocence after arrest by the Hawks
Danny Msiza and Kabelo Matsepe will become the first politicians to be face charges for alleged complicity in the scandal
Phillip Truter, the former chief financial officer of the defunct mutual bank who pleaded guilty to fraud and other charges, will work with authorities on how the alleged heist took place
Top cop says more big players will be added to the list of accused as the state prepares to go to court
The flow of money from VBS Bank would seem to suggest that the EFF’s second-in-command was an ultimate beneficiary of proceeds of a crime
The water and sanitation minister has detailed her department’s moves to combat corruption, but failed to address corruption claims her top adviser
R80-million left the CSOS in two tranches under the pretext of being an investment
Florence Radzilani is claiming R38-million for defamation, loss of income and reputational damage
When Paul Magula testified this week about malfeasance, he should have recalled what he reportedly told the VBS investigators
Community schemes service says money meant for VBS went into an FNB account
The CSOS has been asked to lay attempted theft charges against a service provider who deposited the agency’s funds into his own company’s account
A forensic report has found the Community Scheme Ombud Service investment was reckless
Reserve Bank court papers on looting at the mutual bank implicate more Limpopo officials
Vhembe district mayor Florence Radzilani has resigned with immediate effect over the VBS saga
The ‘Great Bank Heist’ report found that R1.9-billion had been looted from the mutual bank, implicating him along with at least 50 other individuals
It has emerged that several North West municipalities invested R314-million in the bank
Transfers were made from Brian Shivambu’s company for the property in Fourways
The Reserve Bank placed VBS under curatorship in March this year after the mutual bank had experienced what had then appeared to be a liquidity crisis