EDITORIAL | Collapse of high - profile case exposes gaps in anti - corruption investigations

Friday marked the state’s unconditional withdrawal of corruption charges against head of South African Police Service crime intelligence Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo, Brig Dineo Mokwele and their co-accused in the Pretoria magistrate’s court. They faced fraud and corruption charges related to the alleged irregular appointment of Mokwele to a senior position in the crime intelligence unit without proper qualifications. The case is not merely the collapse of one prosecution. It raises fundamental questions about how the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) investigates, evaluates evidence and exercises the extraordinary powers entrusted to it.