Overview
- Investigating Directorate Against Corruption prosecutors issued warrants for Lieutenant‑General Dumisani Khumalo and Major‑General Nozipho Madondo but did not carry out the arrests after asking them to present at Brooklyn Police Station on June 18.
- The NPA says the arrests were put on hold when investigators learned both officers were assigned to a Justice, Crime Prevention and Security cluster preparing for national‑security operations linked to planned June 30 protests.
- Khumalo, Madondo and their lawyers have filed formal complaints to ministers and the NDPP alleging procedural flaws, including that no warning statements were taken and that IDAC lacks proper jurisdiction in the case.
- The underlying prosecution concerns the contested appointment and security vetting of Brigadier Dineo Mokwele, with the state saying she was vetted via the iNkwazi system rather than e‑Vetting and the defence saying internal SAPS inquiries found no wrongdoing.
- Political leaders and parliamentary groups are demanding clearer recorded reasons for the suspension, coordinated protocols for arrests of senior officers, and possible intervention by the presidency or the NDPP to protect both national security operations and public confidence in justice institutions.