Former deputy national police commissioner Lt-Gen Francinah Vuma has alleged that national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola and former police minister Bheki Cele were central to her “occupational detriment”.
Vuma was testifying before parliament’s ad hoc committee on Wednesday. The committee is investigating allegations of corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system.
She was appointed deputy national police commissioner in 2017 but was suspended in 2022. She remained suspended until her retirement in January.
While the official grounds for her suspension involved allegations that she — alongside former national commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole — breached the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) Act by withholding information, Vuma maintains this was a retaliatory move.
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