The Democratic Alliance (DA) alleges that the South African Police Services (SAPS) has either lost the docket on former communications minister, Dina Pule, or is failing to investigate the allegations of corruption against the former minister.
Shadow minister of communications for the official opposition, Marian Shinn, says SAPS has failed to give adequate feedback on exactly what it has been doing since she was informed in June that the case has been escalated.
"I will today again write to the Western Cape provincial commissioner, Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer, requesting that the police inspectorate within his office investigate this failure of SAPS to investigate," she says in a statement.
The DA submitted an affidavit to SAPS at the Cape Town Central Police Station in May this year, requesting that it investigate the possible criminal activities of Pule, her alleged boyfriend Phosane Mngqibisa, the suspended CFO of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Gugu Duda and the group CEO of the SABC, Lulama Mokhobo.
"SAPS agreed to investigate the allegations, and in June 2013, Cape Town SAPS Colonel Mkhuzo confirmed that witnesses had come forward and the case had been escalated to the anti-corruption unit, the Hawks, in Cape Town," says Shinn.
A response from the Hawks in the Western Cape revealed that they have no record of the corresponding case number and that the specific case is not being investigated by the Hawks, says Shinn.
"I approached Lieutenant General Lamoer and the National Head of the Hawks, Lieutenant General Anwa Dramat, two weeks ago to clarify who is handling the case and to give a progress report. Both have failed to respond."
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