The Citizen reports that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation’s (DPCI, or Hawks) anti-corruption task team unit head, Zinhle Mnonopi, was suspended on Thursday afternoon.
She was implicated last week by former deputy minister of finance Mcebisi Jonas in evidence before the Zondo commission investigating state capture. Jonas told Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo that Mnonopi tried to force him to sign a false statement to ‘kill’ an investigation related to him accusing the Gupta family and former president Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane of having tried to bribe him with R600 million and a ministerial post. Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya confirmed late last week that Mnonopi had been served with a notice of suspension on Thursday, based on allegations that she "interfered with the investigations and acted without impartiality". On Sunday, Parliament’s police portfolio committee welcomed the announcement by Lebeya on the appointment of a team to fast-track investigations regarding allegations of state capture. The proactive steps taken by Lebeya were necessary and appropriate, committee chairman Francois Beukman said.
- Read this report in full at The Citizen
- Read too, State capture inquiry claims first scalp, as top Hawks official suspended, at News24
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