Eight SAPS members, including a former Lieutenant-General, as well as six “citizens”, have been arrested in a dramatic pre-dawn raid in Gauteng. The arrests mark the first significant swoop on corrupt high-flyers who have thrived within SAPS ranks.
The arrests, effected by a Special Anti-Corruption Task Team led by Brigadier Tony Perumal and supported by a prosecution team from the NPA’s Investigative Directorate, headed by Hermione Cronje, come after an extensive investigation initiated in 2017 by National Commissioner Khehla Sitole.
The arrests follow a recent North Gauteng High Court judgment freezing the bank accounts of several companies implicated in aThat judgment was delivered on 15 May by Judge AJ Barnard in an application brought by the National Director of Public Prosecutions for the civil forfeiture of property in terms of Chapter 6 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.
Prior to his exit as head of IPID, Robert McBride spearheaded another key investigation into an attempt by Crime Intelligence to illegally procure a listening device – known as a grabber – for R45-million, days before the ANC’s elective conference in Nasrec in 2017. Those present included then crime intelligence acting head General King Bhoyi Ngcobo, former Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula’s adviser, Bongani “Bo” Mbindwane, National Commissioner Sitole, Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection and former Provincial Commissioner of the Free State, Lieutenant-General Lebeoana Tsumane, and Deputy National Commissioner of Management Advisory Services, Major-General Francinah Ntombenhle Vuma.
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