Khumalo accuses all Gauteng SAPS members of working with crime cartels
Mapaballo Borotho
- Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo has accused all SAPS members in Gauteng of working with crime cartels.
- He made the claims before a Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee, echoing similar allegations raised during the 2025 Madlanga Commission.
- Crime activists warn the allegations suggest deep-rooted corruption within SAPS and the criminal justice system.
Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo has accused all members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Gauteng of working with crime cartels in the province.
Khumalo is not the first official to make such accusations, particularly in Gauteng. Similar claims surfaced in 2025 during the Madlanga Commission, where police officers and senior officials were accused of working with crime bosses for personal benefit.
Khumalo has been appearing before the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee, where he implicated all Gauteng police officers, alleging that they are part of criminal syndicates.
“During the analysis and threat and risk assessment, it had come out that almost the whole of SAPS Gauteng is working for the cartel,” Khumalo said.
There is this thing that is happening in Gauteng, where the highly trained combat members of SAPS are moonlighting for the cartels, in other words, working outside their official working hours. It happens, I think, on two occasions when they are moving with the combat team in Gauteng.
They get to a cartel member and then the member will ask, ‘What are you doing here? Because you were with me last night working for me?’” Khumalo said.
Crime activists say these are serious allegations that point to the capture of SAPS and the broader criminal justice system.
Khumalo is expected to conclude his testimony before members of Parliament on Friday.