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Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. (SAPS/X)

Mkhwanazi tipped to lead Hawks in police reset

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has recommended KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as the new national head of the Hawks.

Lt Shadrack Sibiya. Image supplied/instagram

Sibiya accuses Madlanga task team of orchestrating arrest

Suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has claimed in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court that the task team investigating him abused its power and trumped up…

More woes: After months of allegations against him before the Madlanga commission and Parliament, suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya found himself in trouble yet again. This time for alleged sexual grooming, human trafficking and rape. Photo: Armand Hough/Independent Newspapers

Rot of the top cops

The arrest of suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya and explosive testimonies at the Madlanga Commission have exposed the deep-seated corruption and…

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

More woes for Mchunu as police seize cellphone at his KZN family home for the second time

Police have executed a search and seizure warrant at the KwaZulu-Natal residence of on-leave Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, confiscating a cellphone amid escalating investigations.

Mchunu link battle splits police inquiry

Parliament's police ad hoc committee is divided along party lines over allegations linking suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu to alleged cartel kingpin Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala…

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Ad hoc committee at loggerheads over Mchunu’s alleged links to cartels

Parliament's ad hoc committee is divided along party lines over suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu's decision to disband the Political Killings Task Team and his alleged…

No honour among them: Big Five leaders, Katiso “KT” Molefe, Steve Motsumi, Andrew “King Nyambose” Mthethwa, Ignatius Mothakathi and Jotham
“King Mswazi” Msibi.

Former Hawks head denies knowing Big Five cartel

Former Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya has told the Madlanga Commission that he had no knowledge of the 'Big Five' cartel or its leaders, denying allegations of improper interference…

KZN Hawks boss says Mchunu put pressure on him to implicate Mkhwanazi in police shootings

KZN Hawks head Deenadayalan Govender testified before the Madlanga commission that suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu pressured him to implicate provincial police…

Matlala denies improper links to former KZN Hawks head Senona

Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that his relationship with former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Lesetja Senona was strictly 'brotherly',…

Cat Matlala admits connection to Hangwani Maumela

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has admitted to the Madlanga Commission that he partnered with Hangwani Morgan Maumela, a key figure in the R820m Tembisa Hospital procurement scandal, to…

Sweetheart deal: Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala agreed to be called by the  state to testify in subsequent cases, including against his co-accused. Photo: File

Matlala remains mum on police connections

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has refused to answer questions regarding his ties to top SAPS officials and pending IDAC investigations, asserting his right against self-incrimination.

How the commission nailed Adams

National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams has denied that suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu influenced his decision to lay fraud and corruption charges against crime…

Adams accuses Mkhwanazi and Khumalo of abusing power

National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams told the Madlanga Commission that his role in reporting allegations involving Crime Intelligence was limited to that of a complainant…

Matlala denies knowing Mchunu, says he hates alleged fixer Mogotsi

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala denies ever meeting suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu, refuting claims that Mchunu disbanded the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) at his request.…

Matlala refuses to answer Medicare24 questions at Madlanga Commission

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala asserted privilege over the R360 million Medicare24 contract and denied any connection with suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu and deputy crime…

Fannie Masemola, the national police commissioner, has denied receiving financial gratification from businessman  Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s contract.

Idac investigated Masemola without a complaint referral

The Madlanga commission has heard that the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) investigated national police commissioner Fannie Masemola in the Medicare24 matter…

Conflicted: Andrea
Johnson, head of
the Investigating
Directorate Against
Corruption (IDAC).
Photo: Parliament of RSA

Johnson quits Idac to dodge fitness inquiry but can’t avoid Madlanga

Andrea Johnson, head of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (Idac), has resigned to avoid a costly inquiry into her fitness to hold office. Her resignation, accepted…

Johnson admits misleading parliament

Head of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) Andrea Johnson has conceded that her office received a complaint from National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams,…

Khumalo was not arrested because of his role in the PKTT, says Johnson 

Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo was not arrested because of his role in the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), the head of the Investigating Directorate Against…

Authorisation: Idac investigator Brian Padayachee said the decision to probe Lt Gen Dumisani Khumalo had been taken by an internal evaluation committee. Photo: Timothy Bernard/IO

Idac charged Khumalo on sparse facts

The Madlanga Commission has heard that Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo was arrested and charged with fraud and corruption in June 2024, despite…