{"id":29548,"date":"2025-06-28T06:16:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29548"},"modified":"2025-06-28T06:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:16:04","slug":"south-africas-police-intelligence-chief-arrested-over-fraud-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/06\/28\/south-africas-police-intelligence-chief-arrested-over-fraud-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s police intelligence chief arrested over fraud allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">South Africa&#8217;s criminal intelligence chief Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo has been arrested and has appeared in court on allegations of fraud and corruption.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Gen Khumalo was picked up on Thursday evening after landing at the main international airport in Johannesburg by members of anti-corruption unit, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He made his court appearance in the capital, Pretoria, on Friday, alongside six co-accused, all senior police officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Their lawyer said they intended to plead not guilty to any charges laid against them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Details of the charges are not yet clear but local media say Gen Khumalo and the other six had been linked to an ongoing investigation into alleged abuse of intelligence funds and potentially unlawful appointments within the South African Police Service (SAPS).<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-h5qd1q-ListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0k36ge21jxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Town safety fears force parents to seek former white-only schools<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It marks the second wave of arrests within two weeks targeting the SAPS&#8217; Crime Intelligence unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Three other top officials are facing corruption and other charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The arrests have raised questions about the integrity of the unit, which is meant to be actively preventing crime and cracking down on criminals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Democratic Alliance, the second-biggest party in the coalition government, welcomed the arrests, saying it was a right &#8220;step in rescuing an organisation on the brink of collapse&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This points to yet another serious breach of trust within a critical state institution tasked with performing our nation&#8217;s policing functions and mandate,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.da.org.za\/2025\/06\/da-welcomes-arrest-of-top-saps-officials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the party said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Economic Freedom Fighters party\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EFFSouthAfrica\/status\/1938552864961331303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said the arrest of Gen Khumalo was not an isolated scandal<\/a> but the &#8220;latest symptom of a sick, and hollowed-out policing system, which urgently requires structural overhaul&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Gen Khumalo became the head of the Crime Intelligence unit in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Up until then, he had served in different police units for more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Numerous corruption cases against senior police officers over the years have tainted their reputation in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c78nj7np6d8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">South Africa&#8217;s criminal intelligence chief Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo has been arrested and has appeared in court on allegations of fraud and corruption. 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