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Two cops accused of ‘destroying evidence, removing files’ from murder scene (opens the original)
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A former head of police crime intelligence, Maj-Gen Mulangi Mphego, is accused of ordering the destruction of digital evidence at the murder scene of Lt-Gen Sindile “Pitso” Mfazi at his home in July 2021. Mphego and Sgt Ishmail Phungu are accused of having personally authorised the removal of investigative files without any chain of custody, no SAPS 13 receipt acknowledging evidence has been taken, or an entry in a pocketbook. An explosive affidavit supplied to the police by a former associate o
The files that vanished after SAPS general’s murder (opens the original)
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Two SAPS officers — one of them a former head of crime intelligence — have been raided by police in connection with allegations that they removed sensitive files, including those linked to an investigation into the Phala Phala case, from a murder scene. Former top cop Mulangi Mphego and Sgt Ishmail Phungu are alleged to have personally authorised the removal of investigative files without any chain of custody, there was no SAPS 13 receipt acknowledging evidence has been taken or an entry in a po
WATCH | Forensics firm rejects claims of murder links (opens the original)
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A forensic technology company named in the pocketbook and diary of the late Lt-Gen Sindile “Pitso” Mfazi has denied accusations on social media that it was responsible for his death in 2021, which police are now treating as a murder investigation. It was initially announced that Mfazi, who was the deputy national commissioner for crime detection, died of a Covid-19-related illness. However, his wife had his body exhumed, and toxicology tests established the presence of poison. WATCH | "There’s n
WATCH | Forensics firm rejects claims of murder links (opens the original)
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A forensic technology company named in the pocketbook and diary of the late Lt-Gen Sindile “Pitso” Mfazi has denied accusations on social media that it was responsible for his death in 2021, which police are now treating as a murder investigation. It was initially announced that Mfazi, who was the deputy national commissioner for crime detection, died of a Covid-19-related illness. However, his wife had his body exhumed, and toxicology tests established the presence of poison. WATCH | "There’s n
Murdered general’s secret Phala Phala probe (opens the original)
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Protected disclosure documents submitted to parliament reveal that the late deputy national commissioner for crime detection Lt-Gen Sindile Mfazi, whose death is now being treated as a murder, was quietly probing the fallout of the February 2020 burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm before his death. Crucially, Mfazi was not investigating the theft of the foreign currency. Instead, Mfazi’s inquiry focused on allegations that crime intelligence funds and state resources were un
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