An affidavit by a senior Crime Intelligence (CI) officer contains damning allegations, including that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s emails were hacked, state vehicles went missing due to lack of record-keeping, resources were abused, and theft had occurred within crime intelligence structures.
The affidavit by Brigadier Tiyani Hlungwani formed part of the dossier given to the Zondo Commission in 2019, but was never discussed during the Commission.
Hlungwani is a chartered accountant, but has been transferred to another unit where he is redundant.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said the SAPS was aware of the affidavit, but it was the subject of an ongoing investigation.
Hlungwani’s affidavit implicated Police Minister Bheki Cele in interfering with police operations.
A previous affidavit of Hlungwani’s was crucial in uncovering the plan to spend R45 million on a “grabber” communication surveillance device during the ANC’s elective conference in December 2017.
CI officials without the requisite skills were deliberately appointed to positions of authority to loot, as well as to do the bidding of factions of the ANC.
Hlungwani said that the more he came up against dubious invoices, the more he initiated investigations.
The affidavit included:
- Officials owned safe houses that were rented to the SAPS at inflated prices;
- CI funds were used to unlawfully interfere with a probe of former acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane;
- Police officers created clandestine projects that benefited factions within the ANC;
- There were thefts of printer toner cartridges worth over R100 000;
- Over 100 state vehicles went missing and weren’t located due to poor record-keeping at CI;
- Informants were paid for information of no value to the police;
- Intelligence had been illegally gathered;
- #FeesMustFall protests were used to loot CI property; and
- Dubious claims were made for accommodation at hotels.