By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Caption: Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) head Andrea Johnson at the Good Hope Chamber in Cape Town on 6 November 2025. Picture: Gallo Images.
Crime Intelligence head Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo and Major-Gen Nozipho Madondo have formally a lodged a complaint with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD).
They were slapped with arrest warrants last week, which were later revoked.
Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) has confirmed it suspended the planned arrests of Khumalo and Madondo on Thursday, 18 June 2026.
IDAC was officially established under the NPA Amendment Act. Its mandate is specifically focused on investigating and prosecuting serious, high-profile, or complex corruption and related financial crimes, particularly those emerging from commissions of inquiry.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said the arrests had been called off because Khumalo and Madondo are part of the law enforcement team tasked with addressing the protests against illegal immigrants.
The NPA has also denied that IDAC obtained an arrest warrant against KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
Mkhwanazi declared that the SAPS was “at war” and that “blood will flow” after IDAC decided not to arrest two senior officers.
Their lawyers of the senior police officers have asked the Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi to look into whether IDAC has acted within its constitutional mandate.
They want to know why their warning statements were not taken and why they were instructed to report to the Brooklyn Police Station in Pretoria with clothing in preparation for detention, only for no arrest to take place.
The pair is also demanding that adequate notice be provided should authorities decide to proceed with arrests in the future.
Khumalo and Madondo have also written to IDAC head Andrea Johnson seeking explanations about the handling of the matter.
The officers maintained there is no prima facie case against them and argue that their prosecution stems from political infighting within the security cluster.
Kubayi has already requested an urgent report on the arrests of two senior police officers.
Fullview has also learnt that the minister has referred complaint to a judge for further review into abuse or procedural irregularities by IDAC.
Meanwhile minister of Police Firoz Cachalia lamented the fact that neither he nor the Justice Minister had been informed of the warrants.
“These two senior police officers play critical roles in law enforcement. I do expect to be informed when action of that nature is taken.
“We are in a situation where we are trying to deal with whatever may happen over the next week, and we have a great deal of work to do in the fight against organised crime.
“If IDAC was going to take such action, I believe it was important for them to inform me, and certainly to inform the Minister of Justice as well,” he added.
Cachalia said that while this does not mean senior Crime Intelligence officers are untouchable, their role in the government’s response to national security issues needs to be taken into account.