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ActionSA calls on the NPA to urgently conclude its probe into the 2017 charges against Paul O’Sullivan linked to the alleged impersonation of IPID investigators, and to determine whether these charges should be reinstated, particularly following testimony before the Ad Hoc Committee that points to serious allegations of misconduct which must be tested before a court of law.

Having allowed a matter of this seriousness to go unresolved for nearly a decade is entirely indefensible and undermines confidence in our criminal justice system, particularly as the widespread infiltration of these institutions continues to be exposed through both the Madlanga Commission and the Ad Hoc Committee. 

While both the Commission and the Committee’s respective probes continue, ActionSA believes that we have barely scratched the surface of the criminality and undue influence that has infested nearly every aspect of our criminal justice system. 

Based on what has already emerged, our institutions appear to have been hijacked by individuals more invested in advancing criminal interests or personal agendas than in protecting South Africans from crime.

The reality is that the only antidote to this crisis will be the fight of good law enforcement officials to protect our institutions and, more importantly, to rid the system of those who have betrayed their responsibilities by pursuing every implicated individual and ensuring they face the full consequences of the law.

Issued by ActionSA Member of Parliament Dereleen James