KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi returned to Parliament on Wednesday for a dramatic re-examination before the Ad Hoc Committee, delivering fresh allegations, clarifications and politically charged claims as the inquiry nears its conclusion. Mkhwanazi, the Committee’s final witness, took the oath and faced questioning in what is expected to be one of the most consequential sessions before the committee wraps up its work at the end of March. Political parties are expected to submit their closing remarks later on…

KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Lt General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has successfully interdicted controversial Durban-based and ANC-linked businessman Calvin Mathibeli from making defamatory statements against him on social media. The Durban High Court has ordered Mathibeli to immediately delete and retract the comments on all his social media platforms. Additionally, Mathibeli has to go back to all the news channels where he made the allegations and retract them. Mkhwanazi made the application on an urgent basis earlier this week after Mathibeli accused…

The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal has given his full nod to have the contract of the province’s police commissioner, Lt General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, renewed. Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli gave the nod during his meeting with General Fannie Masemola, the National Police Commissioner, where they discussed Mkhwanazi’s future as his five year contract comes to an end in March this year. In a statement, Ntuli’s office said the National Commissioner is required, subject to the concurrence of the provincial executive (the Premier), to…

North West businessman Brown Mogotsi delivered a series of startling claims when he testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on Tuesday. Mogotsi told the commission that he has long operated as an agent for the country’s Crime Intelligence and that he was first recruited in 1991. He said his work as an intelligence operative for the South African Police Service relied on the use of active informants to gather information and support investigations. During his testimony, Mogotsi…

Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya on Monday appeared before the ad hoc parliamentary committee investigating the alleged capture of police and politicians, facing tough questions from Chief Evidence Leader Norman Arendse SC about his role in the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team and his links to controversial figures. The hearing, which started later than planned, was marked by sharp exchanges, political jabs, and tense moments that revealed the deep divisions within the committee itself. Sibiya had…

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) today conducted a high-profile raid on a luxury property linked to businessman Hangwani Morgan Maumela, the alleged kingpin behind the multibillion-rand corruption scandal at Tembisa Hospital. The swoop, which took place in Sandton, marks one of the most significant moves yet in the ongoing investigation into the hospital tender syndicate that has rocked South Africa’s public health sector. SIU investigators, supported by members of the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), seized luxury cars, art pieces, furniture,…

It said that the crime prevention wardens, officially referred to as the Gauteng Traffic Wardens (GTWs), were lawfully established and designated as peace officers under national law. The Gauteng Provincial Government has hit back at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, following his explosive claim that Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s Crime Prevention Wardens, popularly known as AmaPanyaza, are “illegal” and “should not exist under current laws.” Speaking before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of police corruption, Mkhwanazi said he…

Parliament has confirmed that the Ad Hoc Committee established to investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will begin its hearings on Tuesday, with Mkhwanazi himself set to take the stand as the committee’s first witness. The hearings are expected to attract national attention, as Mkhwanazi prepares to expand on a series of explosive claims he made earlier this year about alleged criminal infiltration within South Africa’s justice system, including the police service, prosecution authorities, and…

Day two of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into political killings and corruption in KwaZulu-Natal delivered explosive testimony that left the chamber stunned. KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, named several high-profile individuals whom he accused of benefitting from illegal privileges, interfering with crime intelligence operations, and fueling a climate of lawlessness within the criminal justice system. At the center of his testimony was alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, who, Mkhwanazi claimed, enjoyed extraordinary protection and privileges…

Day two of the Madlanga Commission into political killings in KwaZulu-Natal once again placed the country’s criminal justice system under the spotlight, as provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi continued his explosive testimony. Mkhwanazi, who first shook the political establishment in July with allegations of entrenched corruption within the police and links between senior politicians and crime syndicates, told the commission chaired by Justice Madlanga that political interference in policing was not a thing of the past. “Commissioner, there…