GAUTENG. – Lt.genl. Dumisani Khumalo, nasionale afdelingskommissaris van misdaadintelligensie, het Vrydag saam met ses ander senior polisieoffisiere in die Pretoriase streekhof op aanklagte van bedrog en korrupsie verskyn. Hulle word daarvan beskuldig dat hulle betrokke was by die onregmatige aanstelling van ’n burgerlike in ’n senior pos binne die polisie, ten spyte daarvan dat die persoon glo nie vir die pos gekwalifiseer was nie. Die hofverskyning volg nadat hulle Donderdag deur die nasionale vervolgingsgesag se ondersoekdirektoraat teen korrupsie (IDAC) in hegtenis geneem is. Die saak is vir openbaarmaking tot 13 Augustus uitgestel.
Henry Mamothame, NVG-IDAC-woordvoerder, sê in ‘n verklaring aan Nuusflits Khumalo, genl.maj. Nosipho Precious Madondo, genl.maj. Josias Lekalakala, genl.maj. Zwelithini Gabela, brig. Phindile Ncube en brig. Dineo Mokwele is elk op R10 000 borgtog vrygelaat. Hulle is beveel om geen perseel van misdaadintelligensie te betree nie. Intussen sal genl.maj. Philani Lushaba in aanhouding bly, aangesien sy saak oor ’n skedule 6-misdaad is. Die hangende saak teen hom is nie in sy beëdigde verklaring vir borgtogaansoek vermeld nie.
Khumalo staan saam met Lushaba, die hoof finansiële beampte van misdaadintelligensie, Madondo, die komponenthoof van intelligensie-analise en -koördinering, Lekalakala, die Gautengse provinsiale hoof van misdaadintelligensie, Gabela van tegniese bestuursdienste, Ncube, die afdelingshoof van personeelveiligheid – sifting en Mokwele op die aanklagte tereg. Die aanklagte hou verband met Mokwele se onreëlmatige aanstelling in ’n senior posisie van brigadier in tegniese ondersteuningsdienste.
Daar word beweer dat Khumalo, in gemeenskaplike opset met sy medebeskuldigdes, betrokke was by die onreëlmatige aanstelling van Mokwele. Verder word beweer dat hulle die siftingproses, wat van kritieke belang is in die aanstelling van senior amptenare binne die SAPD – veral in die afdeling vir misdaadintelligensie wat met sensitiewe en vertroulike inligting werk – opsetlik omseil het. Hierdie saak vorm deel van IDAC se breër mandaat om bedrog en korrupsie binne staatsentiteite te ondersoek ten einde staatskaping deur hierdie sleutelentiteite te voorkom.
Ian Cameron, voorsitter vir die portfoliokomitee van die polisie, misdaadaktivis en lid van die parlement, het verskeie sosialemediaplasings oor die aangeleentheid geplaas. Hy sê: “Niks kortpaaie kan geneem word in die herstel van SAPD Misdaadintelligensie nie. Dit moet reg gedoen word – geen kosmetiese stappe, geen gerieflike herplasings nie. Skoon bestuur, integriteitstoetse, vaardigheidsbeoordelings en ’n gefokusde benadering tot waarom die eenheid bestaan, is van kardinale belang.”
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No Room for Shortcuts in Fixing SAPS Crime Intelligence
There’s no doubt that what’s currently unfolding in SAPS Crime Intelligence is one of the most serious leadership crises the unit has faced, although certainly not the first. The arrests of multiple senior members are deeply troubling, but what happens next is just as important, if not more so.
The immediate focus should be clear. Those implicated must be suspended to ensure that investigations can proceed thoroughly, independently, and fairly. It’s about protecting the integrity of the process, safeguarding sensitive systems, and maintaining public confidence. It’s a standard and necessary step in any organisation where trust is meant to be central to the work.
But suspension alone isn’t enough. This has to be paired with a proper, timely disciplinary process according to what the evidence warrants. One that doesn’t drag on for months or years. Either there’s enough evidence to remove someone from the service, or there isn’t. But SAPS cannot afford to have senior members sitting in limbo while dysfunction continues around them as essentialy it is ordinary South Africans who continue to suffer.
Then comes the harder part, getting CI back to what it’s supposed to be. And that starts with a full integrity audit. Every member needs to be checked: lifestyle audits, financial assessments, vetting updates. If someone’s assets, relationships, or unexplained income raise questions, that’s a conversation SAPS must have, urgently.
It’s also about a skills audit. Let’s be honest: for too long, the wrong people have been in the wrong roles. People without the technical skills, operational experience, or leadership capacity to run a modern intelligence unit/ division. You cannot fight organised crime, gangs, or syndicates with a structure that’s been weighed down by appointments made for reasons other than competence.
This moment also demands real care. When institutions are vulnerable, when leadership is in crisis, there’s always the risk that it becomes less about cleaning up and more about certain interests trying to position themselves. This clean-up must not become a quiet shuffle of power from one corner to another. It needs to be principled, transparent, and focused on restoring integrity, not shifting influence.
A ghost worker audit is just as critical. Allegations of ghost employees (people drawing salaries who don’t exist or don’t actually work) have plagued CI for years. This must be part of the clean-up. Every post, every person, every payment must be verified.
And throughout all of this, let’s remember why CI exists. It’s not about politics. It’s not about internal battles. CI exists to collect intelligence that helps prevent and solve crime, to keep communities safe and dismantle organised crime networks. If we lose sight of that, we lose the plot entirely.
This is an opportunity to fix it. But it has to be done properly. No shortcuts. No cosmetic moves. No convenient reshuffling. Clean governance, integrity checks, skills assessments, and absolute focus on why the unit exists.
Get it done right. IC
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