Businessman Calvin Mathibeli says officers entered his properties with a fake warrant
SALM TEAM 
Kwazulu-Natal Private security company owner Calvin Mathibeli has spoken up after law enforcement used, as he has confirmed, a fake warrant and invaded his properties in Durban and Gauteng.
Mathibeli said the properties were invaded by several police officers, some with covered faces, who surrounded his home, where his sister is living with her children, looking for him. Upon finding out he does not live in the property in La Lucia, they proceeded to his home in Durban North and are said to have verbally insulted his wife and the CEO of the Calvin And Family Group, Sma Mathibeli.
“There, they stopped, intimidated, and verbally abused her as she was exiting the premises. She was subjected to insults and derogatory language, including being called “ukhumula amasimba”, despite explaining that her husband was in Gauteng,” his statement reads.
Later the same day, SAPS members are said to have attended another family residence at Umhlanga, where security personnel were questioned about his whereabouts.
According to Mathibeli’s representative, who compiled a statement, “In addition, SAPS Alberton officers attended our Chairman’s offices in Alberton, stating that they had been instructed to arrest him. These officers alleged that they were acting on instructions from a certain Colonel Smith.”
The representative went on to say, the officers are accusing him of being involved in a case opened in Edenvale, Gauteng, which he denies having any knowledge of.
“Subsequent investigations revealed that the case number relied upon does not relate to our Chairman. It is an Edenvale maUer in which a suspect has already been arrested and appeared in court.”
He believes he has been targeted for years.
“We have further been reliably informed that there existed a preconceived narrative to be advanced, namely that if our Chairman were confronted, it would be alleged that he resisted arrest and fired first at police officers (“udubule kuqala abhekise emaphoyiseni”). This points to a premeditated attempt to justify the unlawful use of lethal force to fabricate events to shield SAPS members from accountability,” he statement further noted.
Mathibeli has instituted a R200 million civil claim against the South African Police Service, “rendering him particularly vulnerable to retaliation and abuse of power.”
“There was no instruction issued by DPCI to arrest him, and the DPCI has no officer known as “Colonel Smith” involved in this matter, Mathibeli added.
He has also formally demanded a written response from SAPS addressing the following questions and concerns, including certified proof of the authenticity and validity of the alleged J165 warrant and case number.
He described the incident as an “unlawful rogue police operation” aimed at his downfall.
“These attacks are not new. They have been occurring silently over the past six years, culminating in the civil action already instituted by Calvin and Family Group against SAPS in KwaZulu-Natal,” his statement reads.
