Johnathan Paoli
Former Mpumalanga provincial Police Commissioner, Thulani Ntobela, has permanently been appointed as the Head of the City Integrity and Investigation Unit (CIIU) on Monday.
Ntobela’s predecessor, Musa Ngcobo, who Ntobela had replaced in the interim following the latter’s resignation, is renowned for being the chief whistle-blower in the R320m corruption case against ex-mayor Zandile Gumede.
Ngcobo has survived three assassination attempts in the past, including a shooting in 2018, an armed attack at his Inanda home in which his laptop and cellphone were stolen in 2020 and a mysterious car accident in April of this year.
This follows on his submitting of evidence in the case against Gumede in which the ex-mayor was pointed as an alleged kingpin of a racketeering enterprise.
Ntobela is well-experienced in investigation matters, having, in his role as police commissioner from 2009 to 2014, taken the province of Mpumalanga from the worst performing
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