{"id":342098,"date":"2026-10-30T07:12:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T05:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=342098"},"modified":"2026-10-30T07:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T05:12:24","slug":"mafiastaat-status-kruip-nog-nader-corruption-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/mafiastaat-status-kruip-nog-nader-corruption-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Mafiastaat-status kruip n\u00f3g nader \u2013 Corruption Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEk dink ons is amper daar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S\u00f3 waarsku Lebogang Ramafoko, die direkteur van Corruption Watch, oor Suid-Afrika se gevaarlike nabyheid aan \u2019n sogenaamde mafia\u00adstaat waarin die polisie eerder die onderw\u00eareld as gewone burgers dien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoewel Ramafoko beklemtoon dat Suid-Afrika nog nie \u2019n mafiastaat is nie, skets die getuienis voor die Madlanga-\u00adkommissie, saam met ander korrupsie-ondersoeke en strafsake, volgens kenners \u2019n ontstellende prentjie van moontlike magsmisbruik, georganiseerde misdaad en gebrekkige toesig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die groter vraag is nie meer bloot wie by \u2019n bepaalde korrupsiesaak betrokke was nie, maar of die staat steeds die vermo\u00eb het om sy eie instellings doeltreffend te ondersoek en aanspreeklikheid op hulle af te dwing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramafoko s\u00ea die kommissie illustreer hoe gemeenskappe se klagtes oor probleme binne die polisie in die praktyk manifesteer. \u201cOns siening is dat ons nog nie die vermo\u00eb het om korrupsie op te spoor en summier op te tree nie. Dit maak nie saak in watter sektor jy is nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-wanneer-die-polisie-self-onder-verdenking-kom\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wanneer die polisie self onder verdenking kom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Willem Els, \u2019n voormalige polisieman en \u00admisdaadkenner verbonde aan die Security Initiative for Africa (SIA), meen die probleem strek verder as enkele korrupte amptenare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnbevoegdheid is baie wyd\u00adverspreid in die polisie, maar ek dink die verdwyning van spesifieke ho\u00ebprofieldossiere is byna altyd doelbewuste sabotasie \u2013 teen \u2019n prys,\u201d s\u00ea Els.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sy groter waarskuwing is egter dat korrupsie binne kritieke dele van misdaadintelligensie ondersoeke kan ondermyn, inligting kan laat uitlek en korrupte belange kan beskerm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs jy na misdaadintelligensie kyk, is dit tans so gekaap dat hulle misdadigers beskerm in plaas van om hulle te jag,\u201d s\u00ea Els.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volgens hom het strategiese dele van misdaadintelligensie oor die afgelope dekade slag\u00adoffers van politieke faksiegevegte en die beskerming van korrupte belange geword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hy voer aan intelligensie word soms \u00adgebruik om politieke binnegevegte te voer, of om dossiere teen ho\u00ebprofielfigure te versmoor of op te bou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WillemEls_57384-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Willem Els, \u2019n voormalige polisieman en \u00admisdaadkenner verbonde aan die Security Initiative for Africa (SIA)\" class=\"wp-image-342029\" style=\"width:294px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WillemEls_57384-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WillemEls_57384-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WillemEls_57384-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WillemEls_57384-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WillemEls_57384-120x120.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/WillemEls_57384.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willem Els, \u2019n voormalige polisieman en \u00admisdaadkenner verbonde aan die Security Initiative for Africa (SIA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-taxibase-se-rol\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taxibase se rol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hy waarsku verder dat \u00adsekere taxibase se private sekuri\u00adteits\u00adnetwerke, volgens sy beoorde\u00adling, polisiekantore en provinsiale kommissarisse finansieel kan be\u00efnvloed.<br>In die uiterste gevalle tree die polisie nie meer as \u2019n onafhanklike wetstoepasser op nie, maar as \u2019n private mag wat kartelbelange beskerm, s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hy beklemtoon dat nie alle polisielede korrup is nie, maar voer aan dat probleme op leiers\u00advlak die instelling se vermo\u00eb om georganiseerde misdaad te beveg, ernstig kan verswak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDie gewone konstabel op straat voel verraai,\u201d s\u00ea Els.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hy beskryf \u2019n situasie waarin lede onder moeilike omstandig\u00adhede met gebrekkige voertuie en toerusting moet werk, terwyl hulle beweerde korrupsie en misbruik op senior vlak sien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramafoko waarsku eweneens teen die gevaar om die polisie as \u2019n verlore saak af te skryf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daar is volgens haar steeds bekwame, professionele mense binne die diens wat onder\u00adsteuning nodig het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die sleutel l\u00ea in leierskap, deursigtige aanstellings en \u00adsterker meganismes vir aan\u00adspreeklikheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LebogangRamafoko_64145-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LebogangRamafoko_64145-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LebogangRamafoko_64145-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LebogangRamafoko_64145-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LebogangRamafoko_64145-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LebogangRamafoko_64145-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/LebogangRamafoko_64145.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lebogang Ramafoko.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-die-politieke-verbindingsvraag\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Die politieke verbindingsvraag<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die ondersoek het die verhouding tussen georganiseerde misdaad, private belange en politieke mag verder onder die soeklig geplaas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dinsdag, 27 Oktober, het die Madlanga-kommissie \u2019n kennisgewing ingevolge re\u00ebl 10.6 aan dr. Bejani Chauke, \u2019n ANC-NUK-lid en voormalige politieke adviseur van pres. Cyril Ramaphosa, beteken. Die kommissie wil antwoorde h\u00ea oor sy verhouding met die oorlede Mpumalanga-taksibaas Jotham \u201cKing Mswazi\u201d Msibi en WhatsApp-gesprekke tussen hulle uit 2022 en 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volgens berigte handel die ondersoek onder meer oor gesprekke wat na bewering staatsveiligheidsinligting en sakebelange raak. Chauke het tien dae gekry om op die kennisgewing te reageer. Die betekenis van die gesprekke en enige moontlike onregmatigheid moet nog vasgestel word. Die kennisgewing is nie op sigself \u2019n bevinding van skuld nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die politieke dimensie strek ook terug na die Staatsveiligheidsagentskap (SVA). In \u2019n afsonderlike strafsaak oor die beweerde Project Mayibuye-operasie het \u2019n hof op 22 Oktober toegang vir die media en publiek tot verrigtinge herstel, onderhewig aan beskerming van sensitiewe intelligensie-inligting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die saak behels bewerings dat R12 miljoen aan SVA-fondse in 2015 vir \u2019n geheime operasie misbruik is om die EFF te infiltreer en politieke opposisie te ondermyn. Thulani Dlomo en Patrick Mshothola, voormalige SVA-amptenare staan tereg op aanklagte wat onder meer bedrog, vervalsing en diefstal insluit. Die bewerings moet in die hof betwis word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die EFF het die onthullings veroordeel en die ANC daarvan beskuldig dat staatsinstellings vir partypolitieke doeleindes aangewend is. Die party het aangekondig dat hy strafregtelike klagte en verdere ondersoeke sal aanvra. Dit is die EFF se standpunt; die hof moet bepaal wat die getuienis uiteindelik bewys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-arrestasies-is-nie-die-eindstreep-nie\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arrestasies is nie die eindstreep nie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genl. Fannie Masemola, nasionale polisiekommissaris se aanklagte in verband met die Medicare24-tender is in September teruggetrek nadat die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag (NVG) bevind het dat daar nie \u2019n redelike vooruitsig op \u2019n suksesvolle vervolging was nie. Dit is nie \u2019n skuldigbevinding of bewys dat korrupsie plaasgevind het nie; dit beklemtoon eerder waarom vervolgingsbesluite op voldoende, toelaatbare getuienis moet berus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intussen is sakeman Suliman Carrim Woensdag, 28 Oktober, in Pretoria op borgtog van R100 000 vrygelaat in \u2019n saak wat verband hou met sy versuim om voor die Madlanga-kommissie te verskyn. Streng voorwaardes is opgel\u00ea, waaronder die inhandiging van sy paspoort en gereelde aanmelding by die polisie. Hy bly ook met \u2019n afsonderlike saak in Musina verbind. Borgtog is nie \u2019n uitspraak oor skuld nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Carrim.jpg\" alt=\"Suliman Carrim. Foto: X\/Yusuf Abramjee\" class=\"wp-image-340237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Carrim.jpg 588w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Carrim-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Suliman Carrim. Foto: X\/Yusuf Abramjee <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaizer Kganyago, nasionale woordvoerder van die NVG, s\u00ea die vervolgingsgesag se benadering is om sake op grond van bewyse te bou en onafhanklik op te tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDie uiteindelike maatstaf vir die NVG se sukses sal sy vermo\u00eb wees om individue aanspreeklik te hou, ongeag status, invloed of posisie, waar die getuienis vervolging regverdig.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hy beklemtoon dat getuienis voor die kommissie nie outomaties \u2019n hofgereed strafsaak oplewer nie. Ondersoekers moet bewyse insamel, bevestig en bewaar voordat \u2019n saak suksesvol vervolg kan word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-die-werklike-toets-le-nog-voor\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Die werklike toets l\u00ea nog voor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeremy Michaels, woordvoerder van die Madlanga-kommissie, s\u00ea die ondersoek het reeds tot arrestasies, vervolgings, skorsings en bedankings gelei. Die kommissie ondersoek egter ook die doeltreffendheid van toesigmeganismes en of bestaande wetgewing en institusionele re\u00eblings voldoende beskerming teen misdaadnetwerke bied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die finale verslag moet teen 25 Januarie 2027 aan pres. Ramaphosa voorgel\u00ea word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vir Ramafoko l\u00ea die oplossing nie slegs in vervolging nie, maar ook in hervorming: beter beskerming vir fluitjieblasers, deursigtige aanstellings, sterker toesig oor staatsverkryging en voldoende hulpbronne vir onafhanklike ondersoek- en vervolgingsinstellings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEk dink ons is amper daar.\u201d S\u00f3 waarsku Lebogang Ramafoko, die direkteur van Corruption Watch, oor Suid-Afrika se gevaarlike nabyheid aan \u2019n sogenaamde mafia\u00adstaat waarin die polisie eerder die onderw\u00eareld as gewone burgers dien. 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