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KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

Some arrested police officers are feeding information to MPs, Mkhwanazi tells ad hoc committee

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

  • Eyaaz
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Dumisani Khumalo identified the “Big 5” cartel as a sophisticated organised crime groups. Khumalo showing comminications seized. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Testimony at Madlanga inquiry points to a compromised police service infiltrated by criminal cartels

Further details linking suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu to cartel figures emerged

  • Eyaaz
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Crime intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo. (Screenshot from Madlanga Commission)

Madlanga inquiry adjourns early as crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo falls ill

National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said Khumalo was ‘in good spirits and taking health advice from his physician’

  • Eyaaz
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Crime intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo. (Screenshot from Madlanga Commission)

Khumalo says Mchunu associate Mokgotsi acted as middleman for dodgy payments

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

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Crime intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo. (Screenshot from Madlanga Commission)

Khumalo: ‘Big 5’ cartel paid ANC delegates and drove task team’s disbandment

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.

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Mchunu disbanded task team to protect the drug cartels

The inquiry heard this happened when the team closed in on syndicates tied to murder suspects

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
National Police Commissioner Fanie Masemola.

Masemola: Mchunu disbanded political killings task team after Matlala arrest

The national police commissioner concluded his testimony on Tuesday linking murder suspects Katiso Molefe and Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala to the police minister

  • Eyaaz
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Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu.

Masemola testifies that Mchunu believed political killings only happened before 1994

The national police commissioner said the political killings task team is still in operation with no clarity on its disbandment

  • Eyaaz
5 min read