Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has ordered a massive shake-up at the crime intelligence division of the South African Police Service (SAPS). Business Day has seen a directive Mbalula sent on September 12 to newly appointed acting head of crime intelligence Major-General King Ngcobo that institutes sweeping changes, tightens his grip on the division and beefs up its capacity to spy on citizens. The directive imposes tighter ministerial controls on the division’s R700m slush fund that regularly faces allegations of being looted or used to fight factional political battles. Sources at crime intelligence who cannot be named because they are not authorised to talk to the media said the spy division’s top brass met this week to implement the changes. These actions included suspending slush fund chief Major-General Obed Nemutanzhela on Monday and rescinding the promotion of Colonel Feroze Khan, who had allegedly been upgraded irregularly to the rank of major-general in charge of surveillan...
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