JACQUES DOMMISSE POLICE officers were ordered in an official memo late last year to not even use rubber bullets except as a “last resort” in controlling public protests – in stark contrast to the live rounds used by officers in the Lonmin mine bloodbath. The memo’s instructions raise further questions about the level of the… Read More »

When the Hawks raided crime intelligence boss Lieutenant General Richard Mdluli’s office last year, they found “lost” police dockets gathering dust in a safe. One of the dockets related to the murder investigation into slain Cosatu activist and corruption whistleblower, Moss Phakoe. This is the latest allegation being leveled against the beleaguered Mdluli, who is… Read More »

JACQUES PAUW A senior officer in Crime Intelligence holds the key to anysuccessful prosecution of his boss, Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli, and his confidantes for allegedly looting the division’s secret fund. The officer, who revealed details of alleged fraud, theft and nepotism to Hawks investigators, has been placed in a a witness protection programme since spilling… Read More »

by JACQUES PAUW and ADRIAAN BASSON R5 million. That’s how much it cost the police’s embattled crime intelligence unit to employ family members of unit head Lieutenant General Richard Mdluli and supply them with luxury vehicles. Seven of Mdluli’s family members were registered as secret agents in crime intelligence, less than a year after his… Read More »

THE crime intelligence unit ( CIU) has used secret state funds to buy a holiday resort on the Kwazulu- Natal North Coast for the exclusive use of the unit’s top officers. These and other shocking facts about the misuse of CIU funds have emerged in statements to Hawks investigators and a secret report to acting… Read More »

ADRIAAN BASSON, PADDY HARPER AND JACQUES PAUW Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa lied to you. City Press can today publish a detailed account of how state funds was used to upgrade Mthethwa’s private residence in KwaZulu-Natal. This after Mthethwa publicly rubbished our reports last week that he had benefited from a crime intelligence “slush fund” to… Read More »

JACQUES PAUW, ADRIAAN BASSON AND PADDY HARPER The security wall around his property may explain why Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa is determined to shut down a Hawks investigation into a crime intelligence “slush fund”. City Press can reveal the Hawks were investigating damaging claims that almost R200 000 for renovations to Mthethwa’s house in KwaMbonambi,… Read More »