Top cop exposes alleged Ipid manipulation by crime kingpins

Crime Intelligence boss Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo further opened the police corruption can of worms at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry yesterday.

- Vhahangwele Nemakonde

Khumalo suggested that accused criminal kingpins Brown Mogotsi and Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala attempted to use their Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) connections to open an assault case against members of the Gauteng counterintelligence unit.

This was after the Hawks raided Matlala's home in Tshwane in December, amid allegations of tender fraud at Tembisa Hospital.

At the time, the raid was marred by allegations of harassment. Matlala tried to open a case of assault against the officers.

Yesterday, Khumalo analysed text messages from Mogotsi and Matlala, which he said revealed their use of Ipid, payments to police, the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team and access to "on leave" police minister Senzo Mchunu.