According to shocking revelations at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture,
about R4million was allegedly spent by Crime Intelligence to spy on the EFF and Fees Must
Fall activists.
These revelations have added pressure on Parliament, to speed-up the probe into the intelligence
slush fund.
According to The Sunday Independent, millions of rand from the intelligence slush fund were
used to pay informants who supplied information on the EFF and Fees Must Fall activists, including
their meetings, rallies and strategies.
On Friday 20 September 2019, the EFF threatened the National Assembly Speaker, Thandi Modise,
with a court action if she fails to expedite the establishment of the standing committee
on intelligence.
On Sunday 22 September 2019, the South African Police indicated, that a probe into those
who looted millions of rand from the Crime Intelligence slush fund over the years, is
at an advanced stage.
National police spokesperson, Vishnu Naidoo, said they would get to the bottom of those
behind the looting.
This comes after reports, that the slush fund was being looted by top police officials,
to pay for their personal expenses.
The Sunday Independent reported, that an internal report of Crime Intelligence had revealed
how top cops looted the slush fund of the division, under the pretext of using them
to help infiltrate the EFF and the Fees Must Fall campaign.
The money was, however, allegedly used to pay for luxury cars and hotel stays.
Naidoo said while he could not reveal the names of those who were being probed, the
investigation into their alleged activities by SAPS officers was at an advanced stage.
According to him, there are several investigations that are ongoing on this matter and, some
are about to be concluded, but he is not allowed to publicly reveal their names, because they
have not yet appeared in court.
According to the report, some of the purported informants in bogus crime intelligence projects,
who would “assist” in the infiltration, did not even exist.
More than R5m was allegedly looted from the account.
This comes after senior Hawks detective, Colonel Kobus Roelofse, testified before the Zondo
Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, on how senior officers had looted the slush
fund, with the police top brass refusing to declassify the documents, which were needed
to conduct a probe.
He also described the disgraced former Crime Intelligence boss, Richard Mdluli, as being
a law unto himself while at the helm of the division, with the slush fund plundered for
his personal and his family expenses.
These included a R90 000 settlement for his car instalment; payments of private flights
for Mdluli, his family, and other crime intelligence officials, amounting to more than R1.6m between
2010 and 2011.
Roelofse said he had started dealing with Mdluli’s case, while he was investigating
the killing of a police officer in Vosloorus, when he discovered that documents were being
deliberately classified, in a bid to hide criminal activity by top police officials.
Some of the money allegedly looted by Mdluli, was used for security upgrades of R190 000
to his Boksburg home; and for the purchase of luxury cars between 2009 and 2011 to the
tune of R3.15m.
According to The Sunday Independent, the looting of the funds continued even after Mdluli,
with Major-General Deena Moodley, and Colonel Preadhashni Govender, using it to cover the
costs of their 2016 stay at the Drakensberg Sun Resort, under the pretext of monitoring
an EFF meeting at the venue, regarding the party’s rally the following day, where there
was a plan to commit arson.
When this was exposed as lies, the two allegedly changed their story, and said they were at
the resort to meet an informant, who had information on how former President Jacob Zuma was being
poisoned.
Roelofse said apart from the R90 000 settlement on Mdluli’s car instalments, there was also
a settlement on a car, registered in the name of Sunday Times associate editor, Ranjeni
Munusamy.
An amount of R143 621 was paid to a Wesbank vehicle finance account on 30 July 2008, through
Atlantis Motors.
Tiso Blackstar, which owns the Sunday Times, said it had placed Munusamy on special leave,
while it investigated the matter.
Munusamy has indicated, that the allegations against her were baseless.
A senior official within Criminal Intelligence said new boss, Lieutenant-General Peter Jacobs,
was cleaning up all the mess left by Richard Mdluli, and rotten elements in the unit.
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