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Charl Kinnear, in a report of more than 50 pages that he sent to Crime Intelligence director Peter Jacobs in December 2018, had warned that his life was in danger. (Photo: supplied)
Sources close to Kinnear have revealed that the detective, who was investigating a nationwide gun license trade involving SAPS officials and gangsters, was getting close to the ‘Gauteng Mafia’ and their illicit gold and diamond deals. .
A team sent to Cape Town by Police Minister Bheki Cele is investigating who in the South African Police Service (SAPS) gave the order to remove protection from the home of the murdered Anti-Gang Unit section chief Charl Kinnear.
Cele, visiting Kinnear’s widow, Nicolette, and her children, Carlisle and Casleigh, after Kinnear’s murder outside his home in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town, on September 18 pledged to investigate the decision. Kinnear was killed by a lone gunman who had waited for him to return home.
Cele has acknowledged that the SAPS had failed Kinnear and said “heads will roll.”
Kinnear had guards posted outside his home in November 2019 after two suspects with a hand grenade were arrested on Gearing Street, where he lived. The security detachment was withdrawn on December 19, 2019.
Kinnear, in a more than 50-page report sent to Crime Intelligence Director Peter Jacobs in December 2018, had warned that his life was in danger and that he was being tracked and his phone being monitored.
While the Priority Crimes Investigation Directorate (the Falcons) has remained silent about the murder investigation, a suspect, former professional rugby player Zane Killian, was arrested in Springs, Gauteng, on September 20 and taken to City of Cabo, where he was charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and illegal interception of communications. The matter was postponed until October 5.
Killian, who owned a tracking business and was an employee of suspected underworld boss Nafiz Modack, is alleged to have monitored Kinnear’s phone since May 2020. The murdered detective’s cell phone received calls 2,116 times.
Sources close to Kinnear have revealed that the detective, who was investigating a nationwide gun licensing fraud involving SAPS officials and gang leaders and members, was reaching out to the “Gauteng Mafia” and their illicit business of gold and diamonds.
A Rogue citizen The investigation had revealed that some of the Gauteng SAPS members who were arrested along with Modack on June 16, 2020 on the gun fraud charges allegedly have ties to the Gauteng mob.
High-ranking police officers, Modack and other suspects are charged with collusion with SAPS members in the Central Firearms Registry to illegally obtain certificates of competence and licenses to possess firearms.
Two British-born Zimbabwean nationals, along with an Israeli businessman, are believed to be in command of the Gauteng scam which, in addition to controlling illicit smuggled diamond rings and rough gold, is also implicated in human trafficking and drugs, and the hijacking of cigarette trucks.
The group also allegedly controls the provision of security to wealthy Gauteng residents. Her alleged hitmen include a South African national and another Israeli.
This new information about Kinnear’s investigation has come to the fore since his assassination.
The detective had just returned to Cape Town from Springs with two files linking a Cape Town underworld boss to an extortion ring in Gauteng.
Two brigadistas are expected to be arrested soon as a result of Kinnear’s groundwork.
“Some of the policemen arrested in Gauteng as a result of the Kinnear investigation are on the payroll of the mafia. They make sure that operations run smoothly. One of the arrested officers was bribed by one of the hitmen so that his luxurious car would not be confiscated.
At a memorial service in Belhar on September 30, Western Cape Provincial Commissioner Lt. Gen. Yolisa Matakata said Kinnear’s death was “a tragedy with irreversible implications.”
“If Kinnear had been given the opportunity to conclude his arms trafficking investigation, he would have revealed this connection,” said a trusted source. Rogue citizen.
The source added that the licensing of weapons to security companies should be investigated.
Further information after Kinnear’s murder is that a Cape Town underworld figure has been implicated in the murder of former Kaizer Chiefs forward Marc Batchelor, who was “removed” in July 2019.
Batchelor was shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle as his BMW SUV approached his home in Olivedale, Gauteng.
A recorded telephone conversation that will be part of the investigation indicates that a Cape Town underworld figure had invested 1 million rand in gold operations in Gauteng. Batchelor is alleged to have taken R400,000 from the “investment”, while an alleged Isreali hitman took R600,000.
The conversation revealed that a Cape Town underworld boss had asked for the former soccer star’s money to be recovered “and that’s why Batchelor is gone.”
From this, it appears that Kinnear was about to open up and expose a national criminal network that implicated top underworld cops, politicians and thugs.
At a memorial service in Belhar on September 30, Western Cape Provincial Commissioner Lt. Gen. Yolisa Matakata said Kinnear’s death was “a tragedy with irreversible implications.”
Kinnear will be buried on Saturday, October 3. MC
