{"id":98951,"date":"2025-07-08T14:14:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=98951"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:14:44","slug":"rot-at-the-top-paul-osullivan-demands-judicial-inquiry-into-saps-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/rot-at-the-top-paul-osullivan-demands-judicial-inquiry-into-saps-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Rot at the Top: Paul O\u2019Sullivan Demands Judicial Inquiry into SAPS Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za<\/a>
\n3-minute read
\n08 July 2025 | 10:58 CAT<\/em><\/p>\n

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Rot at the Top: Calls Grow for SAPS Cleanup.” Paul O\u2019Sullivan slams police leadership, demands judicial inquiry into corruption, and urges ethical reform across the ranks.<\/p><\/div>\n

Corruption watchdog and forensic investigator Paul O\u2019Sullivan has thrown down the gauntlet, calling for an urgent judicial inquiry and the suspension of South Africa\u2019s top police officials. His comments come after KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, accused Police Minister Bheki Cele and others of foul play claims and O\u2019Sullivan is not buying.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt smacks of arrogance and threatening behaviour,\u201d said O\u2019Sullivan, referring to Mkhwanazi\u2019s press briefing where he appeared flanked by heavily armed officers in combat uniform. \u201cHe’s not task force. That was a staged performance to intimidate.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan slammed the contents of Mkhwanazi\u2019s presentation, which was circulated to media, labelling it \u201criddled with intentional factual errors.\u201d He insists the public is being misled, adding that this behaviour recalls the scandal-ridden era of former police chief Jackie Selebi, convicted of corruption in 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan warned. \u201cWe\u2019re staring down another Selebi-Scorpions disaster if this rot isn’t cleaned out immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t stop there. O\u2019Sullivan accused both Mkhwanazi and National Commissioner Fannie Masemola of unethical conduct dating back over a decade. \u201cIn 2012, Masemola, then acting head of Crime Intelligence, bypassed procurement processes to spend R35 million on luxury vehicles\u2014with Mkhwanazi\u2019s approval,\u201d he said. The scandal was swept under the rug, he added, with no accountability.<\/p>\n

More recently, the pair reportedly returned from an overseas trip with Louis Vuitton handbags for their wives, allegedly gifted by a police supplier now facing corruption charges. \u201cAre we seriously okay with top brass receiving gifts from suppliers under investigation?\u201d he questioned. \u201cWe need to ask: Did they declare customs? Did they breach the law?\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Sullivan argues the SAPS needs structural cleansing: \u201cIf we can’t trust our cops, who the hell can we trust?\u201d He asserts that good officers do exist, but are being held back by unethical leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need professional policing, not political policing,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s time to stop the slush fund wars and restore ethics to the police service. South Africans deserve better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen<\/strong> to the full interview on The Daily Round-Up<\/em> <\/a>with Moulana Junaid Kharsany and Corruption watchdog and forensic investigator Paul O\u2019Sullivan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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