SAPS Crime Intelligence Head, Lt-Gen. Dumisani Khumalo, told the Madlanga Commission that political interference played a role in the removal of Lt-Gen. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as acting National Commissioner back in 2012.
Testifying in Pretoria, Khumalo rejected suggestions that Mkhwanazi stepped down voluntarily. “He decided to move, but not out of free will,” Khumalo said, adding that every acting head trying to tackle corruption was sidelined before real progress could be made.
Khumalo himself is not free of controversy. His testimony comes while he faces ongoing legal battles, including fraud and corruption charges following his arrest in June. Despite this, he detailed his 34-year career, pointing to persistent institutional and political pressure within Crime Intelligence.
Mkhwanazi previously told the commission that after his removal, he returned to work as “just a police official.”
Khumalo, who currently leads both the Crime Intelligence Division and the Political Killings Task Team, is expected to continue testifying as the inquiry digs deeper into corruption and interference within the police service.