By Johnathan Paoli
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called for the immediate suspension of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu following damning allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
EFF spokesperson Sinawo Thambo expressed his party’s alarm at the growing crisis of accountability and transparency within the SA Police Service (SAPS), stressing the need to face the issue head on.
“The briefing lays bare the existence of a powerful, organised criminal syndicate operating at the highest levels of the South African state. The EFF remains firm in its commitment to eradicating corruption and confronting the criminal syndicates that now occupy the corridors of state power,”
This follows a media briefing on Sunday, in which Mkhwanazi claimed that an entrenched criminal syndicate with links to senior politicians, law enforcement officers, judiciary members and business elites, was actively sabotaging the criminal justice system in South Africa.
According to Mkhwanazi,
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