SAPS has become a breeding ground for corruption: Kohler-Barnard

Procurement processes at the South African Police Service (SAPS) have become a breeding ground for corruption over the years.

That’s what DA MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard told the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system.

Kohler-Barnard testified before the Committee on Thursday, after she was accused of sharing classified information by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

She says the flouting of the SAPS procurement processes paved the way for the crime intelligence slush fund to be a cash cow in the SAPS.

“Certainly, in SAPS there are major issues along that line. Procurements is one of the major biggest ones. Certainly, the slush fund is a huge problem. Looking global its often handled differently to the way it’s handled here. Everyone has that sorts of slush fund in terms of where it’s needed for Crime Intelligence etc. But certainly, the handling of it has extremely difficult and anyone who has tried to control it or to get it under control has been sent out without a doubt. I have seen it happening over and over.”