US EditionMkhwanazi Accuses Police Minister of Ties to Crime Syndicate, Interfering with Investigations
- On Sunday, 6 July 2025 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of deliberately undermining vital crime-fighting efforts.
- On 6 July 2025, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of disbanding the Political Killings Task Team via a December 2024 letter to shield a criminal syndicate involved in political killings.
- Mkhwanazi presented WhatsApp messages and ballistic tests linking weapons to political killings since 2021, exposing alleged syndicate involvement at the highest levels of SAPS.
- Police Minister Mchunu's office pledges to review the allegations and consider action amid calls for urgent parliamentary debate, deepening the political crisis.
- Authorities have registered a criminal investigation into organized crime infiltration in KwaZulu-Natal police, with Minister Mchunu pledging a full review ahead of the 16 July by-elections.
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Mchunu denies disbanding political killings task team to shield politicians – The Mail & Guardian
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has denied allegations of interfering in police operations and misleading parliament. Mchunu’s denials come after KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said on Sunday at an explosive “special briefing” that the high profile political killings task team was disbanded because it was closing in on politicians and others who had been linked to a criminal syndicate in Gauteng. Dressed in Special …
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