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National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Fannie Masemola.
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- Police operations will continue, despite allegations that the police minister, Senzo Mchunu, has ties to the underworld and corrupt police officers, the national police commissioner says.
- Over the weekend, KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi registered a criminal investigation against the minister.
- National police commissioner General Fannie Masemola says policing is not affected by the development.
“Normal day-to-day policing at stations and other SAPS service points continues”, despite allegations that the police minister has been behind political interference in investigations, says national police commissioner General Fannie Masemola.
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, registered a criminal investigation against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu over the weekend.
This followed claims of political interference in work a task team into political killings had carried out.
Masemola said he would update the media on ongoing police operations.
He added that “other issues in the public domain will also be discussed”.
No date has been set for the briefing.
“The mandate and work of the police which is to prevent, combat and investigate crime, to maintain public order, to protect and secure the inhabitants of the republic and their property, and to uphold and enforce the law is not affected in any way. The men and women in blue remain hard at work at every corner of this country to serve and protect all people living in South Africa,” he added.
Masemola said he would announce the appointment of an acting divisional commissioner for Crime Intelligence this week.
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News24 previously reported that Mkhwanazi said that in March, a total of 121 case dockets were taken away from the task team, as directed by the deputy national commissioner of crime detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, acting on the instruction of Mchunu to disband the task team.
In December, Mchunu issued a directive for national police commissioner Lieutenant General Masemola to disband the task team.
At the time, Mchunu claimed it was no longer necessary because it was not adding value to policing in the province. He also instructed Masemola to halt all processes to fill positions in Crime Intelligence nationally and provincially.
However, Mkhwanazi claimed that there were no developments in those cases.
Mkhwanazi also mentioned Mchunu’s alleged ties to the underworld and corrupt police officers, including tenderpreneur and criminally accused businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala.
