Case against crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo and six cops postponed to February
Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo and his co-accused appeared before the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court, where their corruption case was postponed to February 2026.
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The corruption case against South African Police Service (SAPS) Crime Intelligence boss Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo and six senior officers has been postponed to 13 February 2026.
The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court granted the postponement on Thursday as prosecutors finalise outstanding disclosures. Khumalo and two co-accused, however, remained before court in a separate bid to amend their bail conditions so they can return to work while awaiting trial.
Khumalo and his co-accused were arrested in June on fraud and corruption charges linked to the alleged irregular appointment of civilian Dineo Mokwele to a senior post within Crime Intelligence. The State claims Mokwele’s vetting and appointment bypassed security and recruitment procedures, implicating top management within the division.
Each accused was released on bail ranging between R10 000 and R20 000, with one of the key conditions being that they are barred from entering any Crime Intelligence premises across the country.
Khumalo’s lawyers argue this restriction is unreasonable and effectively suspends him from his duties as national head of the division. The defence says the bail terms have left the intelligence unit leaderless and unable to function properly.
The State has opposed the variation, insisting the conditions are necessary to prevent interference in the ongoing investigation and to protect witnesses.
At the previous appearance last month, what was meant to be a routine bail-variation hearing under a new presiding officer became tense when Advocate Malesela Teffo intervened and addressed the court.
Teffo, who previously made headlines in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, told the magistrate he was appearing amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) to warn that Khumalo and his co-accused were “very dangerous people” whose release from strict bail conditions “posed a risk to state security.”
The magistrate allowed Teffo to make his submissions.
Teffo began: “My name is advocate Malesela Teffo. What brought me here is that I want to bring an application for amicus curiae to be a friend of court in this matter. The reason is that I am informed that the accused are here to apply for the relaxation of their bail conditions.
“Firstly, I am also the accused in another case where your brother (another magistrate) is appearing. The basis for me to bring this application is the fact that the applicants are very dangerous people. I was in jail. They are part of sending me in jail. “When I was in jail, they were monitoring my communications in jail. Mr Khumalo, the divisional commissioner, appointed Brigadier Moyana …”
At that stage, counsel for Khumalo and others, advocate Zandile Mshololo, interjected, telling the court that Teffo was flouting court processes.
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