Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

South Africa’s Parliament will convene at Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre this week to hear testimony from incarcerated businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, a central figure in investigations into alleged criminal infiltration of the country’s justice system. The Ad Hoc Committee established to investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police head Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is scheduled […]

In the ongoing Parly police inquiry, tensions escalated on Wednesday night after Members of Parliament called for urgent action against forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan. Their demand follows an alleged threatening message sent to Cedric Nkabinde, chief of staff to Minister Senzo Mchunu, while he was testifying before the Ad Hoc committee established to examine allegations […]

The University of KwaZulu-Natal clarified Tuesday that violence monitor Mary de Haas holds no employment or professorial position at the institution, following her contentious testimony before a parliamentary committee investigating police corruption allegations. De Haas, who appeared before Parliament’s ad hoc committee Monday, is not an employee and is not a professor at UKZN, the […]

Cedric Nkabinde returns to parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating police corruption on Tuesday after lawmakers rejected his testimony last week over inconsistencies in his sworn statement and oral evidence. Nkabinde, chief of staff to suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, admitted to “thumb-sucking” dates regarding meetings between Mchunu and businessman Brown Mogotsi, prompting members of parliament […]

Controversial businessman, Brown Mogotsi has alleged before the Madlanga commission of inquiry that KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini were recruited by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Mogotsi told the commission on Tuesday that he had been informed by an intelligence source that “Gen Mkhwanazi and King Misuzulu were […]

The African National Congress granted suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu special leave from party duties on Tuesday, reversing an earlier decision to keep him in his organizational roles while corruption investigations continue. ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula announced at a media briefing that Mchunu will step away from the party’s National Executive Committee and National Working […]

South Africa’s National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi will testify before Parliament on Tuesday to answer allegations of interference against prosecutors and questions about operations at the country’s anti-corruption unit. Batohi, who has led the National Prosecuting Authority since 2019, faces scrutiny over claims that prosecutors have been compromised within the criminal justice system, […]

Suspended South African Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has voluntarily handed over his electronic devices to investigators probing corruption allegations against him, his spokesperson said on Thursday. Mchunu, 67, submitted the devices to South African Police Service investigators on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption and political interference in law enforcement, […]

The head of South Africa’s Crime Intelligence division told a judicial inquiry on Wednesday he was not consulted before suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu disbanded a unit investigating politically motivated killings. Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo said he learned about the decision to disband the Political Killing Task Team when Mchunu’s directive began circulating on social media […]

National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams said Thursday he will file criminal charges against suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya if allegations of receiving up to R1 million monthly in bribes prove true. The threat follows explosive testimony at the Madlanga Commission Wednesday where investigators played a recorded confession by attempted murder accused Vusimuzi […]