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Kelly Khumalo's tight concert security raises eyebrows amid allegations by former Meyiwa trial advocate
Amid ongoing allegations in the Senzo Meyiwa case, Kelly Khumalo's heightened security at Dundee July raises eyebrows and concerns among fans. Image: Instagram Singer Kelly Khumalo's security beef-up leaves netizens wondering what's happening. The songstress was recently seen performing at the Dundee July event in KwaZulu-Natal, where her bodyguard was keeping a close eye on her. Khumalo has never shied away from controversy, including her connection to the unclear death of former Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa, and her self-proclaimed role as a healer. Recently, the songstress, known for her powerful vocals and captivating stage presence, was seen performing one of her gospel hits, 'Esphambanweni', with a male figure dressed in all black keeping a close eye on her. An unseen attendee threw a can of alcohol at her while she was performing, and her bodyguard reacted swiftly by kicking the can off stage before Khumalo could step on it. While some fans assumed the added security measure was due to concerns about her safety after new claims made by Advocate Malesela Teffo, a former trial defence advocate for the Meyiwa murder case. Khumalo's history with controversy, including her connection to the tragic death of former Meyiwa, has kept her in the limelight for quite some years. This incident has also had a lasting impact on her career. The circumstances surrounding Meyiwa's death, which occurred at Khumalo's Vosloorus home with the singer present, led to widespread speculation and many people questioning her involvement. Additionally, the security beef-up comes after Teffo went on a podcast tour to reveal some eyebrow-raising details about Khumalo's involvement in Meyiwa's death. He was recently a guest on Mac G's Podcast and Chill show, as well as the Moya podcast, where he touched on her alleged involvement in the murder. Teffo made shocking claims about Khumalo on the Podcast and Chill show, alleging that the singer shot and killed Meyiwa, with whom she also shares a child. Meyiwa was murdered at Khumalo's home in 2014, in an incident initially thought to be a botched robbery. However, Teffo disputed this narrative during a podcast interview. 'If they say it was a robbery gone wrong, how can that be when the people coming to rob you have an intention? If they shoot, you can't say it was culpable homicide. If they shoot to kill, the result can't be culpable murder; it would be murder,' he said. Khumalo has been linked to Meyiwa's murder case multiple times, and Advocate Teffo's recent allegations on Podcast and Chill have reignited speculation around her involvement. Since then, she has come out to defend herself multiple times, debunking the allegations as baseless. The singer came out once again to address Tefo in response to all the claims he made about her during his podcast tour revelations. Khumalo posted a video on Instagram, citing that she's not intimidated by anyone and challenged those who think she's guilty to take action against her or 'back off'. The singer captioned the video: 'From being dragged in that dirty court to sketchy podcasts? You never cease to amaze me. It's quite simple, though. If you strongly believe that I am capable of what you are accusing me of, come and get me and stop playing games! Till then, back off.'
The Citizen
16-07-2025
- The Citizen
Mpumalanga court sentences man who killed school guard in crime spree
The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court has sentenced 41-year-old Nkosinathi Fazo Khumalo to life imprisonment for a string of violent crimes that left a community in shock. According to Mpumalanga News, Khumalo was convicted on five charges – including murder, housebreaking with intent to commit robbery, and three counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances – following a crime spree that began on June 18, 2020. NPA provincial spokesperson Monica Nyuswa said Khumalo shot and killed Amos Mathabathela Mgwenya, a former security guard at Mthayiza Primary School in Bhuga Trust, Nsikazi District. He then broke into the school's computer lab, stealing computers and other electronic equipment. 'In a separate incident, Khumalo, along with unidentified accomplices, robbed employees at the Mhala Post Office at gunpoint, stealing cash and cellphones,' Nyuswa said. Khumalo was later arrested in connection with an unrelated matter. Forensic evidence subsequently linked him to both the school shooting and the armed robbery. Although Khumalo pleaded not guilty, state Advocate Senzo Zindela led compelling evidence that resulted in a conviction. A post-mortem confirmed that Mgwenya had died from multiple gunshot wounds. 'Zindela emphasised that Khumalo showed no remorse and had brutally murdered a man who was serving his community,' Nyuswa added. Victim impact statements presented in court detailed the psychological and emotional trauma experienced by Mgwenya's wife and children. Delivering the sentence, Judge Johannes Hendrickus Roelofse said communities have a right to live in safety and security, and found no compelling reason to depart from the prescribed minimum sentence. Khumalo received the following sentences: Life imprisonment for murder; five years for housebreaking with intent to commit robbery; and 15 years for each of the three counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances. All sentences are to run concurrently with the life term. Khumalo was also declared unfit to possess a firearm. His application for leave to appeal both the conviction and sentence was dismissed following the state's objection. Breaking news at your fingertips… Follow Caxton Network News on Facebook and join our WhatsApp channel. Nuus wat saakmaak. Volg Caxton Netwerk-nuus op Facebook en sluit aan by ons WhatsApp-kanaal. Read original story on At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
IOL News
11-07-2025
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Criminal activities of bank officials under scrutiny after bank employee arrested in drug and firearms bust
Senior bank manager Raed Cupido Image: Supplied The criminal dealings of bank officials are under the spotlight once again after Standard Bank suspended a marketing manager following his arrest in connection with a major drug and firearms bust. Raed Cupido, 40, was arrested on June 10 at a storage unit in Roeland Street, Cape Town, where police allegedly discovered 15 bricks of cocaine worth R18 million, an AK-47 rifle, five 9mm pistols, and a stash of ammunition in his possession. Cupido's case has reignited attention on a series of incidents involving bank employees implicated in serious crimes. In July 2024, two former Absa bank employees in the Eastern Cape were sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for fraud and money laundering involving more than R1 million. Florika Shenay Owusu, 31, and Abongile Tyusha, 30, were sentenced by the Gqeberha Specialised Commercial Crimes Court for offences committed between November 2019 and June 2021 while working at Absa. The two received five years for fraud and theft, and 10 years for money laundering, with four years suspended for five years on condition they do not violate the Prevention of Organised Crime Act during that period. On August 8, 2024, former bank employee Mziwakhe Khumalo was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Gqeberha New Law Court for fraud, money laundering, and contravention of the Electronic Communication and Transactions Act, Act 25 of 2002. Khumalo and his co-accused were arrested by the Hawks' Gqeberha Serious Commercial Investigation team on September 29, 2021. Their crimes occurred between 2017 and 2018, when Khumalo unlawfully accessed a bank account belonging to a German client, changed the contact and signing authority details, and granted access to his co-accused. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Next Stay Close ✕ He then opened a fraudulent cheque account and transferred R400,000 from the victim's investment account. He also attempted to transfer an additional R4.8 million, but the transaction was unsuccessful. Most recently, the case of Dr Nomsa Praisy Masuku has returned to court. A former Standard Bank employee who served as Head of the CSI Programme for the "Adopt A School Trust," Masuku was arrested in June 2024 for allegedly embezzling funds intended for student scholarships. The Trust was established to provide scholarships, bursaries, and awards to learners from schools adopted by Standard Bank's programme, supporting those who qualify to further their studies at recognised institutions of higher learning. During her time at the bank, Dr Masuku was entrusted with managing the Corporate Social Investment programme. A Hawks investigation revealed that she allegedly bypassed proper procedures by awarding scholarships to friends and family through document manipulation without the approval of the trust's committee. Some of the funds, amounting to R1.2 million, were allegedly deposited directly into her personal bank account. Her case has been postponed until later in July 2025. Bail for Masuku, her nephew Ciniso Masuku, and co-accused Mark Phillip Roux has been extended. Weekend Argus
Daily Maverick
09-07-2025
- Daily Maverick
Western Cape Hawks boss appointed as acting Crime Intelligence commissioner
The appointment follows the arrest of the unit's commissioner, Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo, last month. There's been a change in the leadership of the Crime Intelligence division, with the appointment of Major General Mathipa Solomon Makgato as acting divisional commissioner of Crime Intelligence. This follows the arrest of the division's commissioner, Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo, last month on charges of fraud and corruption relating to the appointment of an unqualified civilian in a senior post within the SAPS. Before Khumalo's arrest on 26 June, the South African Police Service (SAPS) had warned that Khumalo was being targeted for cleaning up Crime Intelligence. According to the SAPS, the targeting involved ' fake news ' and accusations that Khumalo was appointing people aligned with him. Khumalo had been head of the unit since December 2022. Makgato was the head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (also known as the Hawks) in the Western Cape. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola announced Makgato's appointment at a press conference on Wednesday, 9 July. 'He brings to this position a wealth of experience and knowledge in the intelligence and detective space, with 36 years' service in both environments in SAPS. He holds a BTech degree in Policing as well as a National Diploma in Police Administration. 'We have full confidence in Major General Mokgato and we trust that his leadership will enhance sufficiency and maintain stability within crime intelligence,' said Masemola. Masemola said that Khumalo, along with the other six Crime Intelligence officers who were arrested last month, had been temporarily moved from the unit. 'Following the arrest of the Divisional Commissioner of Crime Intelligence, Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo, and six others, on Thursday, 26 June … the human resource division of the SAPS has processed the matter in line with the SAPS disciplinary regulations of 2016. 'All seven senior officers have been temporarily transferred out of the division of Crime Intelligence, pending more information which we have requested from Idac [Investigating Directorate Against Corruption], that will indicate to us as to what further course of action we can take,' said Masemola. 'Highly politicised and secretive' Underpinning Masemola's announcements were the remarkable revelations of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi on Sunday, which exposed serious divisions in South Africa's law-enforcing arena. Mkhwanazi inferred that the Crime Intelligence arrests had been intentionally driven by individuals keen to see the unit implode. The head of Justice and Violence Prevention at the Institute for Security Studies, Gareth Newham, told Daily Maverick the Crime Intelligence unit had become ' highly politicised ', largely because of its secretive nature and 'the vast resources' at its disposal. 'There's hard evidence, over many years, that that agency has largely been seen as a tool to support political agendas as opposed to actually tackling organised crime, and because of that, it hasn't been providing necessary intelligence to a range of different structures. 'Crime Intelligence has played an active and destabilising role in politics and policing for a long time,' he said. The division itself, Newham said, was very large, with an annual budget of nearly R4-billion. 'It operates with high levels of secrecy, and doesn't even report to the police portfolio committee [in Parliament] — it reports to the Standing Committee on Intelligence, whose meetings are closed and who hardly ever releases reports,' he said. Newham said what was needed to address the challenges in the Crime Intelligence area was a high-level review panel, similar to the one that was set up in 2018 and headed by former safety and security minister Sydney Mufamadi, to probe the organisational integrity of the State Security Agency. 'You would need quite a strong and well-protected structure, that has the necessary clearance and expertise, to do a deep, thorough drive over a period of time to find out exactly what it is doing and how those resources are being used, and then to make recommendations about whether we need such a single, massive, unaccountable division, or whether a large part of that should be decentralised to specific components,' he said. Newham said that, in an acting role, Makgato was essentially in the position to provide 'some kind of leadership stability'. 'It's highly unlikely that any one person can make much of a difference,' he said. DM
IOL News
09-07-2025
- IOL News
Phoenix brothers caught 'red handed' in 'Sizokthola' live television drug raid
A screenshot of Sizokthola shows brothers, Preneshen and Preshen Ramsagar, and the show's host, Xolani Khumalo (centre), during the drug raid. Image: Social media: Sizokthola AFTER appearing on a South African crime series, a Phoenix family claimed they endured police brutality during a live drug raid, leading to community backlash and severe emotional distress. Brothers Preneshen Ramsagar, of Umhlanga, and Preshen Ramsagar, of Phoenix, were charged with dealing in drugs, alleged to be rock and cocaine soon after the raid. They appeared in the Phoenix Magistrate's Court and were released on R5 000 and R3 000 bail respectively. The brothers and their father, Rajesh Ramsagar, featured in an episode of Sizokthola, a show hosted by Xolani Khumalo and aired on DStv in June. The show features notorious drug dens and alleged drug kingpins being raided in small communities across the country where drugs are rife. Video Player is loading. 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Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ During this episode, Khumalo and his team of security guards, and SAPS members raided Rajesh's home in Clayfield. They questioned him about the whereabouts of drugs, which they believed were being sold by both the brothers. After much hesitation, Rajesh pointed to a small quantity of drugs. When his sons came home, they were questioned by Khumalo and the police about where the drugs were being hidden. The footage of the show has gone viral on social media Image: Social media Preshen told Khumalo that they had 'left this game about three weeks ago', while Preneshen said 'I left this game a long time ago'. Khumalo said he had information that the brothers were dealing in hundreds of thousands of rand worth of drugs. A woman, who was not named in the video, said she had flushed the rock pieces down the toilet when the team arrived. During the show's filming, Preneshen and Preshen continued to point out areas where the drugs were stashed. They led the police to another house, where a woman named Shireen took cocaine pieces wrapped in a dress from the wardrobe and handed it to Khumalo. The last house they led police to was a friend's home, where they had stored their guns and other drugs. They subsequently handed close to R100 000 in rock and cocaine to Khumalo during the raid. In an interview with the POST, Preneshen accused police of gross brutality and claimed they were held against their will and tortured for several hours before they were taken to the Phoenix police station and charged. 'My brother and I were at the Rick Ross concert and we received calls from neighbours telling us that police had raided my father's house and they were breaking his hands. 'We arrived at the house at around 9.30pm. Police cable tied our hands and stripped us naked. They removed the cushions from the sofas and placed our heads inside the frame of the sofa. When we moved, they hit our heads. They took turns to hit us, while asking us for the drugs,' he said. Preneshen claimed police and security officers used 'torture tactics' to try to obtain information from them. Xolani Khumalo, host of Sizokthola, outside the Phoenix police station during the show's filming Image: Social media 'They turned us upside down. Our legs were in the air and our heads touched the ground. They then poured water down our nostrils. I felt like I was drowning and suffocating. They hit us with hockey sticks on our buttocks. We were hit in places we cannot openly show to the court. They also put a packet over our heads to suffocate us. 'They opened the packet when we started to froth. My father was hit so badly that two fingers on his left hand broke. His lips were bust and he was hit on his body with a hockey stick. The sofas at his home were torn, doors were damaged and valuables were missing during the raid,' he claimed. Preneshen also claimed that despite the suspicions of him and his family dealing in drugs, his human rights had been violated by the torture. 'They did not hit us during the filming. When the cameras were off, they assaulted us and forced us to tell them what they wanted us to say. They would then put the camera on and record us while we said what we were instructed to say. 'We were assaulted and taken to different locations to point out where substances were hidden until about 4am. We were implicated in other people's drug dealings. We agreed because we wanted the assault to stop. The beatings eventually stopped and at 5am. We were at the Phoenix police station and were placed under arrest,' he added. He said since the show aired, he and his family had been shunned by the community. 'People have recognised us and we cannot even leave home anymore. Because of the videos that are going around, people stare at us and make comments about us being drug dealers. It is very embarrassing. We had to close down our salon after the show's airing due to the fact that people thought we were drug dealers and stopped supporting us. 'Our human rights have been violated. The police, who are tasked to uphold the law, were present and turned on us, instead of protecting us. 'If we got caught with drugs, they should have taken us to the police station and arrested us, not torture us for hours. When we were released on bail, we could not walk properly, and had to be taken to hospital straight from court,' he alleged. KZN police spokesperson, Captain Ntathu Ndlovu, said the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) was investigating the matter. Umesh Jivan, former president of the KZN Law Society, said Sizokthola could not be faulted for the airing the drug raid. He said there was no 'innocence' involved in the episode, which featured the Ramsagar family, thereby dispelling their claims of not dealing in drugs. 'The show is the same as Checkpoint and The Devi Show, which shows crime in real time. The episode of Sizokthola showed that the searches resulted in finding drugs in various places, like highly priced vehicles. 'Police had reasonable grounds of suspicion and it was proved in the video. Ipid will investigate the claims of torture, but with regards to drug dealing, it is tough to deny. 'They took drugs from the bag, wardrobe and cars when they were asked about where the drugs were kept. You can complain if your privacy is violated if the accusations were false and you were not involved. 'It is hard to cry foul when the evidence is found in your house,' Jivan said. THE POST
