Police Watchdog Investigators are reportedly doing a Lifestyle Audit on the National Police Commissioner, focussing on a fleet of luxury cars registered in his name.
The Lifestyle Audit on Commissioner Khomotso Phalane comes amid questions being asked about his relationship to police service providers. The cars‚ which  include a Land Rover Discovery‚  a Toyota Hilux bakkie, a Range Rover Sport‚ and a VW Amarok bakkie‚ have all drawn keen interest of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate. Investigators attention to Phahlane’s sources of wealth was driven by how‚ on his salary‚ he could afford the four vehicles registered in his name. “There is a lot of interest in a number of his very expensive assets‚ particularly given that he has been able to pay them off so quickly.”

The interest follows a raid by Directorate Investigators on Phahlane's multimillion rand home in Pretoria last week. In that raid‚ investigators were searching for an R80,000 sound system. Phahlane has insisted that he bought and paid for the sound system himself. Investigators‚ however‚ believe it may be related to a tender that was give while he headed up the police forensic science laboratory.
Directorate spokesman Moses Dlamini‚ when asked whether their investigators were looking into Phahlane's vehicles and how they were financed‚ declined to comment.

“Our investigations are still on-going.”
National police spokesman Brigadier Sally de Beer said the allegations‚ which were unlawfully leaked to the media‚ were factually inaccurate and seem to be an attempt to defame, and humiliate Phahlane. She said court proceedings would soon take place where all would be revealed.
“As in the instance where it was widely and inaccurately reported that Phahlane had received a sound system as a corrupt gift‚ the fact was that he had paid for it himself‚ these leaked allegations relating to vehicles are also misleading and false.”

Africa Team