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Madlanga Commission | IPID director says Aeroton drug-bust file went missing

Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Assistant Director of Investigations, Takalani Zelda Maphosho, says she discovered that Pretoria Directorate for Priority Crimes and Investigations (DPCI/Hawks) Lieutenant-Colonel, Lesley Maluleke, had opened an enquiry file linked to a suspected drug-carrying shipping container in July 2021. Maphoso resumed her testimony before the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday, where she revealed that she was later informed the file had gone missing after her enquiry into it. […]

todayJune 9, 2026 182

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Madlanga Commission | Khan ordered to appear before Commission in July

Suspended Deputy Crime Intelligence head Major-General, Feroz Khan, has been subpoenaed to appear before Madlanga Commission on 1 July. The Commission has also issued a Regulation 10(6) notice authorising the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) to grant access to Khan’s devices, saying the data stored on them is critical to its ongoing investigation. Khan approached the Johannesburg High Court on an urgent basis on 3 June, seeking an interdict to […]

todayJune 8, 2026 148

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Madlanga Commission | KZN Hawks officer says colleague refused to store seized cocaine at police station

Kwa Zulu-Natal Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigations (SOCI) Unit, Lieutenant-Colonel Kwazikwakhe Sibiya, has told the Madlanga Commission that Warrant Officer, Dan Perumel, refused to store 541 kilograms of cocaine seized at Durban Harbour's CHC Depot in June 2021, allegedly citing a lack of space at Isipingo Police Station. The cocaine, with an estimated street value of R200 million, was seized during a high-profile operation that remains under scrutiny following the […]

todayJune 5, 2026 173

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Shibiri fired, nine other cops suspended over Matlala links

Former SAPS Head of Organised Crime, Richard Shiburi, has been dismissed following a disciplinary hearing. Shiburi was found guilty of bringing the police service into disrepute over his alleged links to attempted murder accused, Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala. The senior police officer also faces allegations of interfering in several high-profile investigations, including the murder case of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart and the R300 million drug bust in Aeroton in 2021. The […]

todayJune 5, 2026 158

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SAPS ballistics expert to remain behind bars after bail application postponed

Disgraced Pretoria Forensic Sciences Laboratory (FSL) analyst, Captain Itumeleng Laurence Makgotloe (53), remains in custody at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility after the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court postponed his bail application to 9 June. Makgotloe faces charges of defeating the ends of justice, two counts of being an accessory after the fact to murder, and unlawful possession of ammunition. "Mr. Makgotloe we have to postpone the matter, as you have heard, […]

todayJune 4, 2026 157

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Madlanga Commission | Public rallies behind Warrant Officer Sander after emotional testimony

South Africa has demonstrated the spirit of Ubuntu by donating funds for KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Hawks Warrant Officer, Karl Sander, following his emotional testimony at the Madlanga Commission this week. Sander detailed his deteriorating relationship with suspended KZN Hawks boss, Major-General Lesetja Senona, saying he was falsely implicated for the alleged theft of cocaine exhibits with a street value of about R200 million while they were stored at the Port Shepstone […]

todayJune 3, 2026 268

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Madlanga Commission | Border Security captain explains DPCI role in controversial drug seizure

Border Security Crime Intelligence Captain, Lieutenant-Colonel Justice Duma, says he instructed Counter Narcotics Commander, Gavin Jacobs and Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigations (DPCI) Warrant Officer Livingstone Mpangase, to assist with the interception of a container suspected to be linked to drug trafficking at the CHC Depot, at the Durban Harbour on 22 June 2021. Duma testified in camera before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, where said police had been investigating […]

todayJune 2, 2026 263

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Madlanga Commission | Hawks officer calls for enhanced training in drug seizures

KwaZulu-Natal Hawks Warrant Officer, Karl Sander, says police officers are not adequately trained to handle drug seizures. Sander testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Monday, where he said many officers are not fully aware of the dangers associated with handling toxic substances. He told the commission that he heads a Directorate For Priority Crimes Investigations (DPCI)/Hawks narcotics training programme aimed at equipping selected officers with the skills needed […]

todayJune 1, 2026 183

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Court reserves judgment in Fannie Nkosi’s bail appeal

Judgment in the bail appeal of disgraced South African Police Service (SAPS) Organised Crime Sergeant, Fannie Nkosi, has been reserved by the Pretoria High Court. The Pretoria North Magistrate's Court denied Nkosi bail earlier this month, weeks after he was arrested in April during a search-and-seizure operation at his Pretoria North home, days after testifying before the Madlanga Commission. The defence spent most of Tuesday's proceedings presenting arguments in Nkosi’s […]

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