Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo
Source: Africa Publicity
The head of the South African police criminal intelligence unit, Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo, has been arrested for alleged fraud and corruption.
He was arrested on Thursday evening, June 26, 2025 and made his first court appearance on Friday, June 27, 2025.
Khumalo was arrested by members of anti-corruption unit after arriving at the main international Airport in Johannesburg.
He appeared in court in the capital, Pretoria, on Friday, alongside six co-accused, all senior police officers.
According to their lawyer, they intended to plead not guilty to any charges laid against them.
Details of the charges are not yet clear. But according to local media, Gen Khumalo and the other six had been linked to an ongoing investigation into alleged abuse of intelligence funds and potentially unlawful appointments within the South African Police Service (SAPS).
It marks the second wave of arrests within two weeks targeting the SAPS’ Crime Intelligence unit.
Three other top officials are facing corruption and other charges.
The arrests have raised questions about the integrity of the unit, which is meant to be actively preventing crime and cracking down on criminals.
The Democratic Alliance, the second-biggest party in the coalition government, welcomed the arrests, saying it was a right “step in rescuing an organisation on the brink of collapse”.
“This points to yet another serious breach of trust within a critical state institution tasked with performing our nation’s policing functions and mandate,” the party said in a statement.
The Economic Freedom Fighters party says the arrest of Gen Khumalo was not an isolated scandal, but the “latest symptom of a sick, and hollowed-out policing system, which urgently requires structural overhaul”.
Gen Khumalo became the head of the Crime Intelligence unit in 2022.
Up until then, he had served in different police units for more than two decades.
Numerous corruption cases against senior police officers over the years have tainted their reputation in the country.
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