# Saps Fannie Masemola's suspension is lifted

An episode of [The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1074292047), 16 Oct 2026, 2:41.

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Mandy Wiener speaks to EWN Reporter, Karinda Jagmohan National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola's return to head the South African Police Service next week. President Cyril Ramaphosa lifted the precautionary suspension that kept the nation's top police officer out of action for six months after he appeared in court on Public Finance Management Act-related charges. The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener is 702 and CapeTalk’s flagship news show, your hour of essential news radio. The show is podcasted every weekday, allowing you to catch up with a 60-minute weekday wrap of the day's main news. It's packed with fast-paced interviews with the day’s newsmakers, as well as those who can make sense of the news and explain what's happening in your world. All the interviews are podcasted for you to catch up and listen to. Thank you for listening to this podcast of The Midday Report Listen live on weekdays between 12:00 and 13:00 (SA Time) to The Midday Report broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from The Midday Report go to https://buff.ly/BTGmL9H and find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/LcbDdFI Subscribe to the 702 and CapeTalk daily and weekly newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: The National Police Commissioner, Fani Masimola, will return to work
[0:03] Speaker 1: on Monday. Remember, he was on special leave because of
[0:08] Speaker 1: the charges against him, which have subsequently been dropped. Corinda Jagmohan,
[0:12] Speaker 1: EWN reporter on that story for us. Corinda, good afternoon
[0:15] Speaker 1: to you. Tell us about this decision for Fani Masimola
[0:18] Speaker 1: to go back to work.
[0:20] Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Mandy. Well, it's been about a month in
[0:22] Speaker 2: the making because the charges, the criminal charges against Masimola
[0:26] Speaker 2: were withdrawn on the 22nd of September. He was charged
[0:30] Speaker 2: with contravening the Public Finance Management Act in relation to
[0:34] Speaker 2: Vusi Mbuensi Katmatlala's tender at the police. So essentially, the
[0:37] Speaker 2: claim was that he failed in his duties as the
[0:40] Speaker 2: oversight officer to prevent this fraud from happening. But the
[0:44] Speaker 2: charges were withdrawn on the 22nd of September. So it's
[0:47] Speaker 2: taken about a month for the president to consider the
[0:50] Speaker 2: next steps. And this is, of course, reinstating him. He
[0:52] Speaker 2: was placed on precautionary suspension in April when he first
[0:57] Speaker 2: faced those charges. So he'll get back to the office
[1:00] Speaker 2: on Monday.
[1:01] Speaker 1: And what are the police saying about this?
[1:04] Speaker 2: Well, the police, the acting police minister, of course, has
[1:07] Speaker 2: welcomed this. And this means that the acting police commissioner,
[1:12] Speaker 2: Buleng Dimpane, will then, of course, go back to her
[1:14] Speaker 2: role as the chief financial officer. But also, as we
[1:17] Speaker 2: talk about police matters, Mandy, you know, this is quite
[1:20] Speaker 2: a significant moment in the SAPS because we've had somewhat
[1:24] Speaker 2: of a troubled history with police commissioners in the past.
[1:27] Speaker 2: Almost every single person that has been in that position
[1:30] Speaker 2: has faced some accusations, and very few have actually finished
[1:34] Speaker 2: their term in office. So Masimola's term finishes next year
[1:38] Speaker 2: in March. That will be five years in office. And
[1:41] Speaker 2: then with him then returning to the office, you know,
[1:43] Speaker 2: the cloud of criminal charges now away from him, it
[1:46] Speaker 2: means that we might see a police commissioner actually finishing
[1:50] Speaker 2: his term with somewhat of a clean slate. But Mandy,
[1:53] Speaker 2: at the same time, he is still under scrutiny. A
[1:56] Speaker 2: lot of the allegations we see at the Madlanga Commission
[1:58] Speaker 2: relate to alleged criminal infiltration of the police that happened,
[2:02] Speaker 2: not just before his term in office, but also during,
[2:05] Speaker 2: and that's specifically regarding the PKTT disbandment order, which he
[2:09] Speaker 2: said he had to follow because it was a request
[2:11] Speaker 2: from the police minister at the time. So a lot
[2:13] Speaker 2: of discussions about maybe the year that was for Massey
[2:17] Speaker 2: Mola and how it's changed the trajectory of the police service.
[2:20] Speaker 2: Of course, as he enters into the police office, he
[2:22] Speaker 2: has a lot of work on his desk, because the
[2:25] Speaker 2: police now, you know, the country looking at them to
[2:27] Speaker 2: ensure that they get their office in order following the
[2:31] Speaker 2: allegations we've seen.
[2:32] Speaker 1: Corinda, thank you very much. Corinda Jagmohan, EWN reporter, giving
[2:36] Speaker 1: us an update there on the National Police Commissioner, Fani Masimola,
[2:39] Speaker 1: returning to office.

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