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Phala Phala Farm entrance
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has recommended that disciplinary action be taken against two senior SAPS members linked to the Phala Phala farm matter.
The IPID report has identified Major General Wally Rhoode and Constable Hulani Rekhoto as central figures in alleged misconduct.
It found evidence that the theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm in February 2020 was not reported through official police channels.
Investigators say state resources were used to conduct an unauthorised investigation into the incident.
IPID has now directed the SAPS to institute disciplinary proceedings against the two officials and report the outcome.
Meanwhile, ActionSA’s Michael Beaumont says, “So what the report found is that Major General Wally Rhoode and members of the protection unit of the President’s office operated outside of the law in conducting an investigation that was not disclosed to the National Police Commissioner and it was an unauthorised, unlawful investigation.”
“It indicates that they interrogated suspects without giving them their constitutional rights as suspects defined in our Constitution and critically, they operated by falsifying documents to create the impression that they were doing ordinary work of the President’s protection unit when in fact they were conducting an unlawful investigation.”
“The Phala Phala Report makes serious findings against members of the Presidential Protection Unit (PPU).
Yet, PPU Head Major General Wally Rhoode remains in his position without having been held accountable for clear wrongdoing.” – @ME_Beaumont
— ActionSA (@Action4SA) April 10, 2026
