By Johnathan Paoli
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on Tuesday mounted a strong defence against damning allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, telling Parliament’s ad hoc committee that the claims against him were “twisted”, “inaccurate”, and “politically motivated”.
The inquiry resumed with evidence leader and senior counsel Norman Arendse completing his main examination of Mchunu’s evidence before members of parliament began questioning him.
Mchunu used the session to dismantle what he described as “manipulative and inconsistent” testimony from Mkhwanazi, who has accused him of interfering with police investigations, protecting criminal syndicates, and lying about his association with controversial figures such as Brown Mogotsi and alleged crime boss Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala.
“I have never seen him with my naked eye,” Mchunu said of Matlala, adding that any affidavit by Matlala denying a relationship was obtained through his lawyers “at their own initiative” after he expressed a wish to clarify
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