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Khumalo to Testify at Madlanga Commission as Evidence Team Shifts

The crime intelligence chief’s scheduled testimony tests a commission working under new evidence leadership on a tight reporting clock.

Illustrative image, from left: Arrested SA Crime Intelligence boss Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo. (Photo: SAPS Facebook) | Police Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. (Photo: Gallo Images / Beeld / Deaan Vivier)
Advocate Matthew Chaskalson. (Photo: Gallo Images / Phill Magakoe)
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Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, chair of the judicial commission of inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system. Picture: Nigel Sibanda/The Citizen

Overview

  • Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo is set to appear in Pretoria on Monday at 9:30am, with the commission indicating his evidence will focus on SAPS operational and administrative matters.
  • He was arrested in June after landing at OR Tambo with several senior officers and faces fraud and corruption charges tied to alleged abuse of intelligence funds and contested appointments.
  • Recent witnesses, including KZN commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and national commissioner Fannie Masemola, described an allegedly unlawful directive to disband the Political Killings Task Team and detailed interference that stalled investigations.
  • Staffing is in flux as multiple outlets report chief evidence leader Terry Motau sought to leave; Daily Maverick says he has quit and that Matthew Chaskalson has taken over, with an expanded senior counsel team planned.
  • Public pressure has intensified after former president Thabo Mbeki praised Mkhwanazi for speaking out, while the inquiry faces firm deadlines for an interim report in three months and a final report in six.