{"id":56868,"date":"2026-04-22T04:39:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=56868"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:39:45","slug":"gardee-family-urges-ramaphosa-empower-madlanga-commission-probe-manamela-claims-police-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/22\/gardee-family-urges-ramaphosa-empower-madlanga-commission-probe-manamela-claims-police-capture\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardee family urges Ramaphosa to empower Madlanga Commission to probe Manamela\u2019s claims of police capture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Manamela claimed police in Mpumalanga interfere in probes into political killings, illegal mining, extortion, and human trafficking.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lawyers for the family of Hillary Gardee, daughter of EFF deputy president Godrich Gardee, have written to President Cyril Ramaphosa to exercise executive authority to incorporate the allegations made by suspended Mpumalanga police commissioner Daphney Manamela into the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>The call follows Manamela\u2019s explosive media briefing on Sunday, where she accused colleagues and national police commissioner Fannie Masemola of presiding over a captured policing system.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-allegations\">Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>She alleged that politicians and business figures manipulate investigations, move dockets illegally, and bribe officers.<\/p>\n<p>Manamela further claimed police in Mpumalanga interfere in probes into political killings, illegal mining, extortion, and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ramaphosa-petitioned\">Ramaphosa petitioned<\/h3>\n<p>In a letter to Ramaphosa, the lawyers petitioned the president to \u201cexercise the requisite executive authority\u201d to enable a \u201cproper, comprehensive, and unhindered investigation of Manamela\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf singular and acute concern are those allegations which directly implicate the integrity of investigations into politically related killings, corrupt senior officers, as well as the handling of the Gardee matter, which bears immediate and substantial relevance to our clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring that said briefing, serious and far-reaching allegations were made concerning interference with investigations, obstruction of justice, and possible criminal conduct by senior members of the South African Police Service, specifically in relation to the murder of the late Hillary Gardee,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-deliberate-attempts\">\u2018Deliberate attempts\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>The Gardee family claims that there were deliberate attempts to \u201cundermine, stall, or prematurely close the investigation docket despite incriminating evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Gardee family\u2019s attorneys formally requested that the Commission summon Manamela to testify under oath and present her evidence, and summon other implicated individuals (Major General Dorah Xaba, Major General Botsotso Moukangwe, Colonel DJ Malope) to respond to the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>They also requested the production of the full investigation docket and forensic reports related to the Gardee case.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Gardee family\u2019s legal representatives have received confirmation from the Madlanga Commission following their formal written request to summon witnesses over alleged interference by Mpumalanga Saps in the investigation into the murder of Hillary Gardee.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hillary\">Hillary<\/h3>\n<p>Hillary Gardee went missing on 29 April 2022 near the Nelspruit Plaza taxi rank, metres from the police station.<\/p>\n<p>Her body was found on 3 May in a timber plantation outside Mbombela. Three suspects were arrested, but one, Rassie Nkune, remains at large.<\/p>\n<p>Manamela alleged Nkune was aided by a top official to evade arrest.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2023, charges against Nkune and three co\u2011accused were provisionally withdrawn after a key witness vanished.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p>Add The Citizen as a Preferred Source on Google and follow us on Google News to see more of our trusted reporting in Google News and Top Stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Gardee #family #urges #Ramaphosa #empower #Madlanga #Commission #probe #Manamelas #claims #police #capture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manamela claimed police in Mpumalanga interfere in probes into political killings, illegal mining, extortion, and human trafficking. 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