By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) has rejected reports that the South African Police Services (SAPS) criminal intelligence chief Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo has been arrested in Tshwane on Thursday afternoon.
Fullview understands IDAC had instructed Khumalo to report at the Brooklyn Police Station.
IDAC holds full police powers and employs a dedicated team of investigators and forensic experts to conduct criminal investigations.
Details of the charges are not yet clear but it is understood his arrest is linked to the intelligence report suggesting that IDAC is fighting back over rumours of the impending arrest of its head Adv Andrea Johnson.
However in a brief statement to Fullview, IDAC spokesperson Henry Mamothame said, “IDAC take note of the media reports on the arrest of the head of crime intelligence general Dumisani Khumalo.”
“We wish to set the record straight that General Khumalo has not been arrested nor anyone else from the Crime Intelligence, said Mamothame.”
Khumalo was previously arrested alongside six of his colleagues, over unlawful senior appointments, several other controversial issues have cropped up before in relation to his name.
The six colleagues charged alongside him are: Crime Intelligence’s chief financial officer, Major General Philani Lushaba; the component head of intelligence, analysis and coordination, Major General Nosipho Precious Madondo; Gauteng’s Crime Intelligence boss, Major General Josias Lekalakala; technical management services officer, Major General Zwelithini Gabela; the section head of personnel vetting, Brigadier Phindile Ncube; and senior technical support services member Brigadier Dineo Mokwele.
Khumalo became the head of Crime Intelligence in December 2022.
Khumalo’s arrest is yet another clear indication that South Africa’s critical Crime Intelligence arena remains in trouble — controversy, infighting and accusations of criminality have dogged it for years.