Phahlane says charges against him over SAPS contract were fabricated
Speaking to the SABC after IDAC provisionally withdrew the charges, Phahlane says he was targeted
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Former Acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane says the fraud and corruption charges against him were concocted. The charges relate to a 2016 contract to supply emergency warning equipment to the South African Police Service (SAPS) worth over R190-million.
EXCLUSIVE | Former acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane maintains that his hands are clean, insisting that his signature does not appear on any documents related to the 2016 SAPS emergency warning equipment contract. https://t.co/TAQeqi4viI
— SABC News (@SABCNews) October 5, 2026
Speaking to the SABC after the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) provisionally withdrew the charges, Phahlane maintained that he had been targeted.
“The fact of the matter is that I had to be removed from the South African Police Service. I had to be removed as an accounting officer. They had to find ways of getting me out of the system and all these charges were concocted. I challenge you, IDAC or anyone who is at least literate to peruse the docket, which is there, it’s over 500 affidavits. None of them will point the finger at me.”
