The Dialogue - Is IDAC facing an institutional crisis?
The Clement Manyathela Show · 16 July 2026 · 39m
Speaker 1: The dialogue with Clement Mari Tela. Speaker 2: It's not just another roundtable discussion. Speaker 3: Let's walk the talk on save A. Notes to what should we do with IDAC? Speaker 3: What do you think needs to happen to this important institution? Is IDEC facing an Speaker 3: institutional crisis? That's really the question I'm asking you this morning. As you know, IDEC, Speaker 3: which was toasked with investigating and prosecuting the country's most complex corruption cases, now finds Speaker 3: itself under intense scrutiny. Its head advocate, Andrea Johnson, faces allegations at the Malana Commission Speaker 3: that she interfered in investigations involving suspended Crime Intelligence official Major General Phiroz Khan. The Speaker 3: allegation stems from an assault and intimidation case that was opened back in twenty eighteen Speaker 3: against then suspended Crime Intelligence Major General Firoz Khan by another police officer. So Johnson, Speaker 3: then a senior prosecutor, is accused of interfering in the investigation because she tipped off Speaker 3: Phiroz Khan and sent him through an intermediary some documents even like the complainants information Speaker 3: and details, even before Firoz Khan was approached for his own statement. And he asked Speaker 3: that middle person to even delete the email, but apparently that email was never deleted. Speaker 3: So that's just one part. And then you've got the Majana Commission hearing allegations that Speaker 3: Johnson instructed investigators not to pursue certain aspects of the case. The Commission has also Speaker 3: had evidence on idec's conduct and its handling of investigations linked to crime intelligence, and Speaker 3: they've questioned whether legal requirements for IDEC to take the cases on the case of Speaker 3: Domisani Kumalo and other top crime intelligence officers, whether the…
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