{"id":92580,"date":"2025-11-08T13:55:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death"},"modified":"2025-11-08T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:59:09","slug":"malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death","title":{"rendered":"Malema Praises Idac Head Johnson After Mandela&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>EFF leader Julius Malema has praised the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac), Andrea Johnson, for her bravery in parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson faced tough questions from MPs about her husband\u2019s possible influence on her work. Her husband works for crime intelligence under the leadership of crime intelligence boss Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo, who was arrested by Idac in June.<\/p>\n<p>During her testimony before parliament\u2019s ad hoc committee probing allegations of corruption in the criminal justice system, Johnson said she and her husband don\u2019t discuss anything work-related.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hold my oath of office and integrity importantly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWhen I was due to take up the position as head of Idac, it became a reality that at the time there were matters being investigated by Idac into criminal and corruption allegations in the South African Police Service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This sparked mixed reactions from MPs. Malema expressed support for Johnson, commending her bravery amid criticism.\u201cThe issue of your husband should never put you in a difficult situation where you start doubting your capabilities,\u201d Malema said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is quality leadership coming from a black woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou answer questions properly and give us information that is well articulated. There will be more challenges. They come inherently with being a female leader. We all have issues we might not have handled properly. It\u2019s part of growth and dealing with matters differently as you go forward. When you leave here, this should never be one of the issues that distract you from fighting crime and corruption.\u201cYou came here, and in hindsight, it says I\u2019m clever now. You should take it in that spirit and continue to fight. I thought Winnie [Madikizela-] Mandela died, but she has multiplied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malema said he understands Johnson\u2019s predicament, saying she and her husband may discuss light matters but may not go into detail about internal cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that as a married man myself. We never discuss the details of the EFF with my wife. We discuss the EFF but not who\u2019s going to which position, who took which file and all of that. We don\u2019t go to that extent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Johnson said, \u201cYou are correct. We discuss generalised law enforcement issues but not the specifics of crime intelligence. Thank you for providing that clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. EFF leader Julius Malema has praised the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac), Andrea Johnson, for her bravery in parliament. Johnson faced tough questions from MPs about her husband\u2019s possible influence on her work. Her husband works for crime intelligence under the leadership of crime intelligence boss Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-92580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malema Praises Idac Head Johnson After Mandela&#039;s Death - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"EFF leader Julius Malema has praised the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac), Andrea Johnson ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malema Praises Idac Head Johnson After Mandela&#039;s Death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EFF leader Julius Malema has praised the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac), Andrea Johnson ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-08T13:55:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-08T13:59:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1762597720.005678.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Malema Praises Idac Head Johnson After Mandela&#8217;s Death\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-08T13:55:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-08T13:59:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death\"},\"wordCount\":405,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/11\/sm_1762597720.005678.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/malema-praises-idac-head-johnson-after-mandelas-death\",\"name\":\"Malema Praises Idac Head Johnson After Mandela's Death - 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