Whistle-blower Patricia Mashale launches defamation lawsuit against Crime Intelligence head

Whistle-blower Patricia Mashale launches defamation lawsuit against Crime Intelligence head

Patricia Mashale denies she played any role in Senzo Mchunu's decision to disband PKTT

Patricia Mashale told Parliament's Ad Hoc Committee that she did not influence Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu's decision to disband the PKTT in 2024.

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Former SAPS employee Patricia Mashale has denied claims that she had influenced Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s decision to disband the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). She appeared before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system. Committee member, ANC MP Thokozile Sokanyile informed Mashale that two witnesses who testified before the committe…

Patricia Mashale uses ad hoc committee to legitimise her Facebook posts

Self-styled whistleblower and former South African Police Services (SAPS) employee Patricia Mashale was at the Ad Hoc committee probing allegations of corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system. She gave “evidence”, most of which was not contained in her written statement submitted to the committee. From implicating people such as Deputy Minister of Intelligence Zizi Kodwa and ex-Free State premier Ace Magashule from he…

Whistleblower tells Parliament of alleged SAPS cover-ups and retaliatory prosecutions

By Johnathan Paoli Whistleblower and former SAPS administrative clerk Patricia Mashale has levelled sweeping allegations of systemic corruption, cover-ups and retaliatory action by senior police and state officials, telling MPs that her 16-year record of disclosures exposed firearm-diversion syndicates, irregular citizenship of a senior SAPS general and a pattern of punitive charges aimed at neutralising her. Testifying before Parliament in a se…

Mashale: SAPS corruption runs deep

Mashale: SAPS corruption runs deep Vusi.Bafetane Tue, 02/03/2026 - 16:54 Patricia Mashale CAPE TOWN - Whistleblower and former police official Patricia Mashale says cartels have been infiltrating SAPS for years.Mashale has been testifying before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee.               READ: Mkhwanazi to testify at Parliament's ad hoc committee againShe claims she and her husband were targeted and dismissed after exposing alleged syndicate…