Overview

• Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo, head of SAPS crime intelligence and national convener of the Political Killings Task Team, is scheduled to take the stand today.
• He is expected to support prior testimony from Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Gen Fannie Masemola that suspended minister Senzo Mchunu issued an unlawful instruction to close the task team.
• Mkhwanazi told the commission that Khumalo’s June arrest on corruption and fraud charges linked to the hiring of Dineo Mokwele was intended to halt a drug-syndicate probe.
• Khumalo is anticipated to outline threats and attempted bribes targeting a Gauteng counter-intelligence team investigating the 2024 assassination of Armand Swart, with the firearms tied to other cases including the killing of DJ Sumbody and the attempted murder of actor Tebogo Thobejane.
• Reports indicate chief evidence leader Terry Motau has asked to leave the commission, while officials declined to discuss staffing and underscored the inquiry’s focus on alleged criminal syndicate influence over law enforcement.