By Johnathan Paoli
Acting Minister of Police Feroz Cachalia has sought to strike a careful balance between acknowledging deep-seated problems within South African policing and rejecting what he described as an exaggerated narrative of institutional collapse, as he reflected on the work of the Madlanga Commission and the leadership of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
Speaking during a festive-season oversight visit in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, Cachalia said the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into policing presented an important but challenging mirror for the South African Police Service (SAPS).
He emphasised that the commission’s findings should not be read as proof that policing in South Africa was “in a crisis,” but rather as an opportunity to confront uncomfortable truths and implement long-term reforms.
“The picture that emerges from the Madlanga Commission about policing in South Africa is important because it’s going to tell us a story that is perhaps difficult to
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