Crime Intelligence head, Lt-Gen. Dumisani Khumalo has made claims alleging that nearly all members of the Gauteng police are working for a criminal cartel.
Testifying before Parliament’s ad hoc committee on Thursday, Khumalo said internal risk assessments and intelligence analysis revealed deep, systemic compromise within Gauteng SAPS operations.
He told MPs that highly trained uniformed combat teams were allegedly providing services to cartels outside official duty hours, sometimes encountering suspects who openly referenced prior “work” done together.
Here is a graphic that Lt-Gen. Dumisani Khumalo used to illustrate the three members of the cartel, whom he said he will not reveal at this stage due to ongoing investigations. Katiso Molefe and Vusimuzi Matlala are part of the Big Five cartel.
He described instances where operational secrecy collapsed almost immediately, with covert movements, police stations visited and even vehicle registration plates finding their way to criminal networks via social media.
Khumalo explained that sensitive intelligence had repeatedly leaked during ongoing operations.
As a result, specialised units deployed to dismantle cartel activity were forced to rely on officers from outside Gauteng, including members of the Special Task Force, to limit exposure and sabotage.
ActionSA MP Dereleen James pressed Khumalo to clarify whether his assessment meant that “almost the entire Gauteng SAPS” was compromised.
Khumalo responded that information flow patterns, resource tracking and operational breaches pointed to widespread infiltration rather than isolated misconduct.
“We say that because whatever we were doing now this covert operation will find its way to the very same cartel. That is from the resources. I think even the vehicles were all over social media.
“The vehicles with registration plates that were used by the team,” he said.
The testimony comes amid mounting public frustration over crime, poverty and institutional decay, with communities increasingly feeling abandoned by the government.
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