{"id":89899,"date":"2025-09-15T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/khumalos-bail-amendment-stalls-due-to-flooded-courtrooms"},"modified":"2025-09-15T14:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:01:21","slug":"khumalos-bail-amendment-stalls-due-to-flooded-courtrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/khumalos-bail-amendment-stalls-due-to-flooded-courtrooms","title":{"rendered":"Khumalo&#8217;s Bail Amendment Stalls Due to Flooded Courtrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The bail amendment matter involving crime intelligence boss Dumisani Khumalo has stalled in the Pretoria Magistrate&#8217;s court due to flooding in some courtrooms.<\/p>\n<p>The court was set to hand down judgment on an application brought by Khumalo and three co-accused.<\/p>\n<p>Khumalo and six others are facing fraud and corruption charges over the appointment of 30-year-old Dineo Mokwele to an executive position within Crime Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutors allege that she has no policing capabilities, knowledge or skills.<\/p>\n<p>But they have since been cleared of any wrongdoing in an internal SAPS process.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Khumalo and his co-accused being cleared of wrongdoing in an internal SAPS process, the investigating directorate is still pursuing them for fraud and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>One of their bail conditions in June was that they are prohibited from entering the premises of the Crime Intelligence Unit.<\/p>\n<p>Now that they have been cleared by SAPS, they have brought an application to court to challenge this condition.<\/p>\n<p>But the directorate&#8217;s Henry Mamothame said the matter cannot be heard on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, we couldn&#8217;t sit today. 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