# Corruption charges dropped against South Africa's police intelligence boss

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- BBC News, 2026-08-21 14:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rd1pkdky8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> South African prosecutors have withdrawn fraud and corruption charges against crime intelligence chief Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo and six other police officers. They had been arrested over the allegedly unlawful appointment of a civilian to a senior intelligence post; the case was formally dropped at a court in Pretoria.