The DA is calling on the Police Minister instigate an investigation into reports that the Head of the Presidential Protection Service had allegedly received kick-backs.
According to a report Friday, Major-General Muzingaye MxolisiDladla, had allegedly received as much as R700 000 in kickbacks from Instrumentation for Traffic Law Enforcement (ITLE) towards buying a R3.2million house in the Blue Valley Golf Estate in Midrand, Gauteng.
The report, by the Daily Maverick’s investigative unit,Amabhungane, said that ITLE is an emergency lights and related products supplier to the PPS in the South African Police Services (SAPS).
It said that the Police Protection Service had ITLE listed as a supplier.
“It seems highly likely that the contract was irregularly awarded to ITLE and that Dladla is corrupt like the man he is mandated to protect,” said DA MP, Zakhele Mbhele.
“Dladla’s past seems littered with corruption. Reports have revealed that he seems to have lived in a property owned by a Gupta-linked firm and had tickets to the Maldives bought for him by another Gupta-linked firm,”he said.
Mbele said he would be writing to Police Minister, FikileMbalula, to request that he refer the matter to the Special Investigations Unit(SIU) for investigation.
“Corruption is the enemy of good governance and undermines the effectiveness of the police service by contributing to the under-resourcing and under-staffing of police stations which makes them unable to ensure safe homes and streets in our communities,” he said.
“The corrupt rot within the ANC government is being shown to have spread its tentacles to all areas, including the PPS,” Mbhele said.
