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BusinessDay reports that police crime intelligence boss Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo told the Madlanga commission on Wednesday that half of the country’s provinces have not had police intelligence bosses for months due to an impasse among SA Police Service (SAPS) top brass on a hiring panel.
His testimony at the commission on Wednesday focused on leadership dilemmas in SAPS crime intelligence, which is a crucial division to the commission’s probe into allegations of criminal infiltration and systematic weaknesses in the police. He told the commission that before Police Minister Senzo Mchunu issued a directive on 31 December 2024 for an immediate halt to the filling of key positions in crime intelligence, there had been a “stalemate” between him and Deputy National Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. Khumalo said he had disagreed with his immediate boss Sibiya about panels that would oversee the recruitment for the top posts. Khumalo and Sibiya suggested two different panels.
The posts were advertised last year but could not be filled. National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola was briefed about the stalemate issue, but there was no resolution. Without approved panels, SAPS human resources did not fill the posts prior Mchunu halting the recruitment in December 2024. From then, until President Cyril Ramaphosa placed Mchunu on leave of absence in July, the lock on the intelligence recruitment process remained in place.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sinesipho Schrieber at BusinessDay (subscriber access only)
- Read too, Tension between top cops left provinces without Crime Intel heads, at Cape Times
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