SAPS Crime Intelligence boss reinstated

The South African Police Service has reinstated General Dumisani Khumalo as head of the Crime Intelligence unit, according to multiple reports.

This comes after he was temporarily removed from the position after he was arrested at the end of June for alleged involvement in corrupt activities in the department.

Khumalo and six other high-ranking officials were arrested for allegedly appointing a civilian without the necessary training or knowledge of policing.

These included the Crime Intelligence CFO, the head of the unit’s vetting, the head of Gauteng Crime Intelligence, and three other officers.

The six, as well as the appointed officer in question, appeared before the Pretoria Regional Court in August on fraud and corruption charges.

News24 and EWN report that Khumalo has returned to work. However, he is barred from the Crime Intelligence offices as part of the bail conditions in his ongoing case.

In mid-August, Khumalo claimed that an internal SAPS investigation had cleared him of wrongdoing and allowed him to return to work and fulfil his duties.

As part of his testimony before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleged that Khumalo’s arrest was meant to disrupt investigations into criminal syndicates in Gauteng.

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to investigate the alleged capture of South Africa’s criminal justice system highlighted by Mkhwanazi, just days after Khumalo’s arrest.

A central part of Mkhwanazi’s allegations was that suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu improperly disbanded the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). Khumalo was the Project Leader of the PKTT.

Khumalo also appeared before the Commission, seconding Mkhwanazi’s allegations and detailing how the “Big Five Cartel” had infiltrated the political and criminal justice spheres.

During his testimony, he provided evidence in the form of WhatsApp logs from murder-accused tenderpreneur Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s cell phone that allegedly show collusion between cartel members and senior police officials.

However, he said that he would not be able to reveal more evidence as this would compromise intelligence sources and ongoing investigations