Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo, the Divisional Commissioner of Crime Intelligence in the South African Police Service (SAPS), has been honoured with a special commemorative insignia coin by Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.

The award was presented on Tuesday, 14 April 2026, during the official launch of the National Centre for Intelligence Coordination (NCIC). Khumalo was recognised as one of the key leaders responsible for driving South Africa’s new unified intelligence efforts.

Khumalo rose to prominence after testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in 2025. As the former head of the Political Killings Task Team in KwaZulu-Natal, he exposed how criminal syndicates had infiltrated policing, politics, and other state institutions.

He famously revealed the activities of the so-called “Big Five” cartel — a powerful Gauteng-based network allegedly involved in drug trafficking, contract killings, cross-border vehicle hijackings, tender fraud, and extortion. He publicly named Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and Katiso “KT” Molefe as key figures with high-level political connections.

The commemorative coins, which carry the NCIC insignia, were also awarded to other senior officials: Dr N Sifolo (Acting Coordinator for Intelligence), Ambassador T Msimanga (Acting Director-General of the State Security Agency), and Lieutenant-General T Mxakato (Chief of Defence Intelligence).Receiving the coin is not just symbolic — it represents a serious responsibility to deliver timely, coordinated intelligence from across crime, defence, domestic, and foreign streams.

The NCIC was established under Section 4 of the National Strategic Intelligence Act of 1994 to reduce fragmentation between intelligence agencies and better support government decision-making on national security threats.

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