One key test will be Ramaphosa's reaction to the investigations triggered by regional police chief General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi alleging in July that a criminal syndicate had infiltrated the government and the police and was responsible for fuelling the country's ubiquitous corruption (AC Vol 66 No 15 Unity government shaken as police chief blows the whistle)...
In July he suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu after KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Police Chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused him of shielding criminals and colluding with a drug cartel (AC Vol 66 No 15 Unity government shaken as police chief blows the whistle)...
Vol 66 No 15 |
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On 6 July KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya of colluding with criminal elements to suppress 121 investigations led by a special unit probing political killings...
PATRICE MOTSEPE – RISING STAR IN LEADERSHIP STAKES Analysts say President Cyril Ramaphosa's response to Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's allegations and the removal of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu could reshape the ANC's leadership race ahead of its December 2027 elective conference...
HOW ASSASSINATIONS AND CRIMINAL CARTELS ARE UNPICKING THE GOVERNMENT Dressed in military fatigues and flanked by masked officers in assault gear Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made his televised revelations on 6 July while President Cyril Ramaphosa was at the BRICS summit in Brazil...
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Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi complaining that senior police officers who oppose his appointment were ‘conspiring’ against him because he was seen to be a ‘Zuma man’...