{"id":964,"date":"2026-07-26T21:57:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/idac-head-andrea-johnson-resigns-requesting-immediate-release-amid-allegations\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T21:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:57:50","slug":"idac-head-andrea-johnson-resigns-requesting-immediate-release-amid-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/inhloko-ye-idac-u-andrea-johnson-wesula-esikhundleni-ecela-ukukhululwa-ngokushesha-ngenxa-yezinsolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Inhloko ye-IDAC u-Andrea Johnson Usula Ehhovisi Ecela Ukukhululwa Ngokushesha Phakathi Kwezinsolo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U-Andrea Johnson, inhloko ye-Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), wesulile esikhundleni sakhe ngokushesha ngomhlaka-26 Julayi, ecaphuna ukuhlaselwa okuqhubekayo komuntu siqu nokomsebenzi athi kuyingozi enkulu ku-IDAC kanye ne-National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), ngokusho kwencwadi yakhe yokwesula ngokusemthethweni kanye nemibiko esemthethweni yabezindaba.<\/p>\n<h4>Impikiswano Ezungezile Uphenyo Nobufakazi<\/h4>\n<p>Ukusula kukaJohnson kulandela ubufakazi bakhe phambi kweKhomishini Yophenyo YakwaMadlanga, lapho abhekene nemibuzo mayelana nophenyo lwe-IDAC ngezikhulu eziphezulu ze-Crime Intelligence kanye nokuziphatha kwakhe. Ngesikhathi evela, uJohnson wavuma ukuthi ugunyaze uphenyo ngaphandle kwesisekelo esanele futhi wenza izitatimende zomphakathi ezingalungile mayelana neziqu zezikhulu, njengoba kubikwe yi-Business Day.<\/p>\n<p>Usebenzise ilungelo lakhe elingokomthetho lokungazibophezeli ngesikhathi esifanayo, kulandela izinsolo ezivela ezinqubweni kanye nokulandisa kofakazi bokuzibonela ukuthi wavuza idokodo lamaphoyisa ephoyiseni le-Crime Intelligence. I-uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party yayikade icele ukuthi uJohnson amiswe ngokushesha, ikhuluma ngokukhathazeka kokuphazamiseka kophenyo lobugebengu, ngokusho kwesitatimende esibikwe yi-Eyewitness News.<\/p>\n<h4>Ukufaneleka kukaJohnson kanye nomongo obanzi<\/h4>\n<p>Encwadini yakhe yokwesula emsebenzini, uJohnson ucele ukuhoxiswa kwesikhathi sakhe sesaziso sezinyanga ezintathu senkontileka, ethi ukuqhubeka nenkonzo kuzokhulisa umonakalo wedumela kuzo zombili izikhungo. Uchaze lesi simo njengesidala &quot;ukunakwa okukhulu kakhulu hhayi kimi kuphela, kodwa naku-IDAC kanye ne-NPA.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Echaza isinqumo sakhe, uJohnson wabhala, \u201cAngikwazi ukuba yimbangela yokuthi kube nokunakwa okungaka okubi kanye nengozi yodumo ku-IDAC kanye ne-NPA.\u201d Wanezela, \u201cI-NPA kanye ne-IDAC kumele futhi izohlala iza kuqala futhi ngikholwa ukuthi lokhu kwesula esikhundleni ngendlela ephakanyisiwe kuzosebenzela izikhungo kanye nezwe kangcono.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukwesula kukaJohnson kuphawula umvuthwandaba wezinyanga zokuhlolisiswa kobuholi bakhe kanye nokusebenza kwe-IDAC. Imibuzo ephathelene nokuphathwa kophenyo oludumile yi-Directorate, kanye nengcindezi yezepolitiki\u2014kufaka phakathi izimfuno ze-MK Party zokususwa kwakhe\u2014kuye kwaqinisa izingcingo zokuba sobala kanye nokuguqulwa kwezikhungo ezibhekene nokulwa nenkohlakalo.<\/p>\n<p>I-NPA kulindeleke ukuthi imemezele impendulo yayo esicelweni sikaJohnson sokukhululwa ngokushesha ezinsukwini ezizayo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U-Andrea Johnson usesulile esikhundleni sokuba yinhloko ye-IDAC, ecela ukukhululwa ngokushesha, kulandela izinsolo ezibhekiswe kubuholi bakhe kanye nokwanda kwengcindezi yezepolitiki.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[434,653,395,209,97,268,293],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sa-news","tag-andrea-johnson","tag-corruption-investigations","tag-idac","tag-madlanga-commission","tag-mk-party","tag-npa","tag-south-african-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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