MEDIA STATEMENT
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE BY INDEPENDENT POLICE INVESTIGATIVE DIRECTORATE (IPID)
AND INVESTIGATING DIRECTORATE (ID).
28 May 2020
In response to media reports today, that IPID has recalled two of the six IPID investigators
assigned to work in the Security Sector focus area of the ID since October 2019, the two entities
make the following statement after a meeting to address these and other issues relevant to their
mutual cooperation:
Both the ID and IPID have overlapping mandates to investigate serious, high profile and
complex corruption matters perpetrated by members at the highest levels within the South
African Police Service (SAPS). To address this common objective the respective heads of the
two entities met in September 2019 and agreed that the ID would take over certain fraud and
corruption investigations involving senior SAPS officials, together with some of the personnel
assigned to those investigations from IPID. Those investigators were assigned to work in multidisciplinary teams with personnel from SARS, the DPCI and external forensic accounting firms.
Today’s meeting was convened to address; on the one hand, IPID’s constrained capacity to
deal with its increasing workload, exacerbated in part by the increase in cases against police
officers under COVID 19 lockdown restrictions; and on the other hand, the ID’s need to maintain
a skilled and stable team fully dedicated to making an impact on serious, high level and complex
corruption cases in Security Sector focus area.
The parties agreed to recommit their respective entities to working together to find constructive
and innovative solutions to the challenge of delivering on their respective mandates in the
context of almost debilitating resource constraints. The parties agreed to strengthen joint
mechanisms to identify the most pressing priority cases that need to be addressed to root out
corruption at the highest levels in the police and to ensure that human and other resources are
deployed effectively to address these priorities.
Both entities remain committed to tackling the scourge of corruption in the security sector and
restore the integrity of and respect for law enforcement in South Africa. They remain committed
to strengthen collaboration so that it is meaningful, mutually beneficial and most of all impactful
in the fight against corruption, even in these most challenging times.

Issued by Independent Police Investigative Directorate and Investigating Directorate.
Enquiries:
Mr Sontaga SEISA and Ms Bulelwa Makeke
Mobile: 079 433 2663 and 084 702 5617
Email: sseisa@ipid.gov.za and bmakeke@npa.gov.za