The Democratic Alliance (DA) has revealed that former Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is now the subject of a criminal investigation by the South African Police Service (SAPS), adding yet another twist in the deepening crisis at the top of the country’s security leadership. DA Deputy Chief Whip Baxolile Nodada announced on Wednesday that a senior Lieutenant Colonel has been appointed to investigate charges laid by the party against Mchunu last week. The charges relate to allegations that Mchunu misled Parliament…

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is facing a political firestorm as three major political parties — the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, and the Democratic Alliance (DA) — simultaneously mount legal and parliamentary pressure following explosive allegations of corruption, political interference and dishonesty made against him. In a dramatic escalation of the scandal that has shaken South Africa’s policing and executive leadership, parties across the ideological spectrum have opened criminal cases, laid ethics complaints, and called for…

Parliament has directed three of its oversight committees to urgently investigate serious allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, implicating senior police officials and Police Minister Senzo Mchunu in political interference and corruption. On Wednesday, National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza confirmed that the Portfolio Committee on Police, the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, and the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence have been instructed to consider the claims and report back to the National Assembly. Didiza…

The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police in the National Assembly has revealed that despite the critical role they play in fighting crime, informers on gangs are not paid. Ian Cameron of the DA disclosed that members of the SAPS anti-gang units on the ground said they sometimes have to use their own money to pay informers for information. Cameron made these revelations on Monday when the safety and security cluster briefed the media in Cape Town. The…

Pressure is mounting on Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to take a leave of absence as political parties, civil society organisations, and ordinary South Africans rally behind calls for accountability following bombshell allegations of corruption and political interference in the South African Police Service (SAPS). KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi set the nation alight on Sunday, 6 July, when he accused Mchunu and Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya, of actively obstructing high-profile criminal investigations—most notably by…

South Africans have taken to social media to demand swift action from President Cyril Ramaphosa after KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, made explosive allegations implicating senior police officials in corruption and political interference. The bombshell claims, made during a media briefing on Sunday, 6 July 2025, have rocked the nation and triggered calls for immediate investigations and accountability at the highest levels of government. Mkhwanazi accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack…

The police in the notorious township of KwaNobuhle on the outskirts of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape, have launched a manhunt after two teenage girls were killed, their bodies burned and dumped on the side of a road. The grim discovery was made on Wednesday morning, and the local police were notified. According to Captain Andre Beetge, who speaks for the police in the province, detectives have since opened two cases of murder. “Kwanobuhle SAPS detectives have opened a double…

The Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, has promised that the South African Police Service (SAPS) will act swiftly against the water tanker mafia after it allegedly threatened the Gift of the Givers from providing humanitarian water services to the victims of the Eastern Cape floods in Mthatha. This was after, over the weekend, the OR Tambo district municipality reported that the local water tanker mafia allegedly wanted to force out the humanitarian organisation and take over the provision of emergency…

The police in the Eastern Cape have tabled an offer of R50 000 to members of the community to help nab a man suspected of committing gruesome murders in KwaZakhele in Gqeberha and Joza in Makhanda. Xabiso Mngcongo (34) is wanted for questioning, and the police believe that he could assist with their investigation in four murder cases. He allegedly committed the offences between November 2022 and June 2024 and he killed his victims while they were not even posing…

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has hailed the police for making swift arrests in the gruesome killing of its senior member and Member of Parliament (MP) Khethamabala Petros (KP) Sithole. Sithole, who is originally from Nkandla in northern KwaZulu-Natal, was gunned down in the hostel of Katlehong in Gauteng last week while he was attending a meeting with other party leaders like Alco Ngobese. Earlier today, the spokesperson of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Gauteng, Mavela Masondo, announced…