Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations

If any investigations into secret/ slush fund abuse happened prior to IDAC's establishment in 2019, they would have been referred to the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI).

“Any of those matters then would have happened before the advent of the ID in 2019, if there were such matters, they would have gone to the DPCI, the Director of Priority Crimes Investigations, to deal with those matters.”

Colonel Roe Loofse was a member of the South African Police Service attached to the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (Hawks) and retired on 31 January 2025.

“I was a member of the South African Police Service, SAPS, with the rank of Colonel, attached to the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations, commonly known as the DPCI, and also known as the Hawks. I retired on the 31st of January 025.”

Specialised units under Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) and Division Forensic Services may keep separate SAP13 property registers to record exhibits, with Divisional Commissioner or Head DPCI consent.

“Specialised units resorting under the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations, DPCI, and the Division Forensic Services may, with the consent of the Divisional Commissioner or Head, DPCI, keeps separate SAP13 property register to record exhibits”

MAJ-GEN SENONA was not previously aware that the DPCI with the approval of the Head can store exhibits at a designated facility, but acknowledges it after seeing the National Instruction document.

“I was not aware ... I am seeing it and then I am taking note of it”

There is a National Instruction that the DPCI, with the approval of the Head, can store exhibits in a facility that is South African National Standards (SONS).

“in relation to the storage there, I think there is a National Instruction that the DPCI, with the approval of the head, can store these things ... at a facility that is South African SONS”

Specialized units under the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) and the Division Forensic Services may keep separate SAP 13 registers to record exhibits with divisional approval.

“S p e c i a l i z e d u n i t s r e s o r t i n g u n d e r t h e D i r e c t o r a t e o f P r i o r i t y C r i m e I n v e s t i g a t i o n s , D P C I , a n d t h e D i v i s i o n F o r e n s i c S e r v i c e s m a y , w i t h t h e c o n s e n t o f t h e D i v i s i o n a l C o m m i s s i o n e r o r H e a d , D P C I , k e e p s e p a r a t e S A P 1 3 r e g i s t e r s t o r e c o r d e x h i b i t s”

The Port Shepstone DPCI office is a specialized service unit under the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations as contemplated by SAP 13 sub 1.

“t h e r e i s d e a l t w i t h b y e x p e r t s ” , a n d I a m i n t e r e s t e d i n s u b 1 o f t h a t p a r a g r a p h . I t r e a d s : “ S p e c i a l i z e d u n i t s r e s o r t i n g u n d e r t h e D i r e c t o r a t e o f P r i o r i t y C r i m e I n v e s t i g a t i o n s , D P C I , a n d t h e D i v i s i o n F o r e n s i c S e r v i c e s m a y , w i t h t h e c o n s e n t o f t h e D i v i s i o n a l C o m m i s s i o n e r o r H e a d , D P C I , k e e p s e p a r a t e S A P 1 3 r e g i s t e r s t o r e c o r d e x h i b i t s”