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Manipulation of SAPS security vetting processes
High-ranking police officials allegedly manipulated security vetting processes to unduly benefit civilians, including the irregular vetting application for Mrs. Mokwele. Brigadier Ncube misrepresented that Mokwele had applied on the e-Vetting system, and instructed her to submit a vetting application before receiving a conditional appointment letter, violating the proper process.
Described by 3 witnesses
Advocate Johnsonday 144, day 146, day 148, day 149Brian Padayachee (Senior Investigator, IDAC;day 141Advocate Ramsamyday 151
Each of these people gave first-hand evidence about this event. Several accounts of the same event is a property of the record — it is not verification, and witnesses can be mistaken together.
67 claims from testimony
"manipulating security vetting processes to unduly benefit a civilian"
"manipulating security vetting processes to unduly benefit a civilian"
"you would have to establish what the facts behind saying that you are manipulating security vetting processes to unduly benefit a civilian"
"the Head of Vetting, Brigadier Ncube, was tasked to ensure that the matter would not be addressed or investigated"
"there is an issue about possible manipulation of vetting processes"
"The target of your investigation here as regards vetting and security clearance"
"Yes."
"It has got to do with vettings."
"it pertains to manipulation of security vetting processes"
"what Brigadier Ncube did is that she went and did it via how you appoint a service provider"
"wrote a letter to say it is done in the e-Vetting system"
"You know she could not have been on the e-Vetting platform according to you, because she does not have a Commander, she does not have a PERSAL number."
"At 8.11, you conclude: 'Ncube should not have done this as Mokwele was only supposed to apply for vetting after she received a letter of conditional appointment.'"
"In 8.9, Ncube compiled a letter, she misrepresented that Mokwele had applied on the e-Vetting system"
"Through Ncube's unlawful and intentional action, Mokwele's application was registered to trigger the vetting process"
"the fact that of the manipulating of the vetting process of the application and the letter that is there, that it prejudiced, I put there that it prejudiced the SAPS"
"Misrepresentations were also made by the accused with regards to the vetting application by accused number 7, Ms Mokwele, resulting in her getting a security clearance she was not qualified to get"
"25.2 The bypassing of vetting processes, which, among others, manifested itself in the failure to apply for and get top -secret clearances where required, a stand ard requirement for Crime Intelligence Unit personnel, especially senior appointments;"
"The allegation related to a certain high-ranking police official being involved in manipulating and manipulating promotional and security vetting processes to unduly benefit a civilian person who worked for BMW South Africa"
"A certain high-ranking police officials being involved in manipulating promotional and security vetting processes to unduly benefit a civilian person"
"speaks to manipulation, of manipulating promotional and security vetting processes to unduly benefit a civilian"
"I might have to look as well, Commissioners, in detail, if there are, and I assume there would be, standing orders with regards to vetting"
"We know that it is in the 27"
"unlawful issuing of security clearances in favour of certain persons within Crime Intelligence"
"in the Mokwele matter, there is a complaint about manipulation of security vetting processes"
"recruitment and employment and manipulation in respect of other people besides Brigadier Mokwele"
"This investigation pertains to manipulation of security vetting processes, which resulted in the unlawful issuing of security clearances in favour of personnel within the division Crime Intelligence of the South African Service."
"unlawful issuing of security clearances"
"in respect of all the ranks he has held, starting with the Brigadier, Major General and Lieutenant General"
"This investigation pertains to manipulation of security vetting processes, which resulted in the unlawful issuing of security clearances."
"which resulted in the unlawful issuing of security clearances"
"An allegation of sorts."
"part of the investigation relates to the manipulation of the security vetting"
"in our investigation we have identified what is required and from whom"
"There was a basis"
"To request those documents to determine whether or not in fact there was a manipulation of the security vetting processes"
"you were satisfied that there is sufficient information that casts doubt on his security vetting for all those three positions"
"That is correct, Chair"
"would there be a legal basis for them investigating their vetting and security clearances at all four levels or at three, at the level of a Colonel, Brigadier and Major General?"
"it would depend on what else they did have access to at the time because they would have had to have access to the additional A1 statements that were taken and not just this"
"Then the investigation is problematic. Whatever follows is problematic."
"Short of a proper detailed explanation from the investigators and if an explanation is given and one that is not accepted by the Commission, then that investigation falls away."
"It has to be a legitimate investigation. It has to be supported by documentation."
"the manipulation of their own security clearances , is the allegation"
"they are charged and accused of manipulating other people's security vetting"
"the person put in false affidavits about material requirements towards vetting"
"Their own vetting"
"one of them misrepresented certain information to the other and the other did whatever they did to approve the vetting"
"Khumalo's vetting processes were allegedly fast-tracked by Masemola"
"I suspect that the vetting processes were manipulated in favour of Khumalo as well."
"So if a National Commissioner fast-tracks the vetting of one of his Generals, what crime is committed there?"
"it cannot happen in three days. There is checks, there is, you have got to go and do background checks, financial checks, there is quite a few things that must happen."
"the bypassing of the vetting would be a contravention then in terms of the intelligence services."
"it relates to the vetting issue of General Madondo"
"the fraud related to that vetting"
"not the vetting"
"that logic does follow"
"it does deal with appointments and vetting"
"what is set out in paragraph 5 does not relate to vetting"
"It was the issue of the vetting."
"Does IDAC investigate whether somebody's vetting is correct or not? Is that IDAC's mandate?"
"On the one that was flighted, although vetting is mentioned, it is in a different context, and no mention is made of a polygraph test"
"In paragraph 1.3 of the draft, I referred to the allegations of unlawful actions regarding the vetting and polygraph testing perpetuated by Crime Intelligence officials"
"allegations of unlawful actions regarding the vetting and polygraph testing perpetuated by Crime Intelligence officials"
"The allegations of unlawful actions regarding vetting and polygraph testing is not contained in the flighted section 27 referral"
"unlawful actions regarding the vetting and polygraph testing perpetuated by officials of Crime Intelligence"
"manipulation of vetting standards and processes (gratification) for specific senior managers of the SAPS"