By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) confirmed that warrants of arrest were issued against Crime Intelligence boss General Dumisani Khumalo and Major General Nosipho Madondo only and no one else from the South African Police Services (SAPS).
Fullview understands the pair are facing fraud charges over Madondo’s lack of security vetting.
“The IDAC can confirm that warrants of arrest were issued against General Dumisani Khumalo and Major General Nosipho Madondo only, and no one else from the SAPS. The two individuals were contacted by IDAC investigators to present themselves at the Brooklyn police station on 18 June 2026, “NPA spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said.
He said the decision to release Khumalo and Madondo was informed by their involvement in the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security cluster team that is assigned to prepare for the 30 June 2026 protests against illegal immigration.
“In the interest of ensuring synergy and efficiency in the work of that team, IDAC thus decided to suspend the execution of the warrants of arrest until the assignment of the two officers is completed. The two officers were subsequently contacted to no longer hand themselves over prior to their arrival at the Brooklyn police station,” he added.
Kganyago dispelled media reports of what he called “speculation and unrelated information” about the arrests as false.
On Thursday, Fullview reported that IDAC said it wished to set the record straight, adding that Khumalo, or anyone else from Crime Intelligence, had not been arrested.
Khumalo’s lawyer said his client was left “embarrassed” after reporting to the police station expecting to be arrested, only for IDAC officials not to arrive.
SAPS Head of Organised Crime Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi also arrived at the police station, saying he wanted to witness what was happening after receiving intelligence that IDAC was planning action against him and Khumalo.
The NPA has not disclosed the nature of the allegations underlying the warrants, nor has it indicated when the warrants will be executed following the completion of the officers’ assignment.
Meanwhile the Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Migration embarked on a visit to the Lindela Repatriation Centre in Gauteng.
The centre serves as a facility for undocumented migrants and foreign nationals awaiting either verification of their status or deportation from South Africa.
The IMC is led by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCOD) and constituted by various departments, including Home Affairs, the SA Police Service, Small Business Development, Department of Defence, International Relations (DIRCO), Employment and Labour, Basic Education and Higher Education and Training.
Chairperson Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi said the visit is part of work the IMC is doing to ensure that the reports received on illegal migration during IMC meetings correlate with the work on the ground.
“Visiting the facility was to check in terms of the facility and its status in terms of being able to cope with the capacity and to understand the demands, the needs and issues we needed to address.”
She added that government will be deepening collaboration between departments to ensure that the centre runs at a higher rate of efficiency.
Kubayi added that government, through DIRCO, has requested that those who are at the centre be included in the lists of those who are embarking on voluntary repatriation to their home countries.
“This is part of the work that we are doing. Lindela is the only centre in the country. Everyone is brought here and it is important to look at the capacity of the facility.”
“We are happy that now the facility belongs to Home Affairs and is no longer rented. But privately operated. So, it will give us an opportunity to be able to repurpose it properly to be able to meet the requirements,” she noted.
Turning to violent protests and intimidation of undocumented foreign nationals across the country, Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia was unequivocal about those taking the law into their own hands.
“The responsibility to enforce our immigration laws is the responsibility of the state. No-one has the legal right to take the law into their own hands to arrest or intimidate undocumented foreign nationals in the country.”
“We have seen very ugly incidents in our country where people do take the law into their own hands, assault people and even worse. It’s not acceptable and the message from the Ministry to the police service has been that they have to take action under the law against those who effectively are breaking the law.”