7 November 2025
Investigating Directorate against Corruption (IDAC) Head Adv Andrea Johnson says her life has changed since Crime Intelligence boss, Dumisani Khumalo’s arrest.
She testified before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations made by the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi during a media briefing in July.
Khumalo was arrested for fraud and corruption with other senior South African Police Service (SAPS) officials in June.
Johnson says she received a message directly to her cellphone telling her to get their bodies bags ready as she and her team had gone too far.
She outlines the role IDAC is playing in clamping down on matters relating to state capture and to refute what she says is a narrative that has been created, accusing the crime-fighting unit of involving itself in SAPS human resource matters.
Johnson rejects allegations that IDAC is acting out of bounds and says Khumalo’s arrest by her unit is in line with its mandate to investigate serious, high-profile or complex cases relating to corruption or financial matters.
She says Mkhwanazi’s assertions that the unit was being used to scupper political killings task team investigations are false.
Johnson says the National Coloured Congress leader and MP Fadiel Adams approached IDAC with information about Khumalo after he said he was ignored by the SAPS in the Western Cape and Gauteng when he laid charges relating to corruption against him and his team.
During the committee, it transpired that the SAPS had in fact tried to reach Adams to follow up on the matter but they were unable to get hold of him.
Source: Sabcnews
