Time to fix SA's justice system

South Africa's state security is once again in turmoil.

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The suspension last week of intelligence inspector general Imtiaz Fazel by President Cyril Ramaphosa is the latest in a series of skirmishes that have hamstrung the country's security apparatus.

And the timing couldn't have been worse. Since that July press briefing by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, allegations of the capture of the security and justice system by criminals working closely with rogue top cops and crooked politicians have kept citizens on the edges of their seats.

The testimony at the Madlanga commission and at the ad hoc committee in parliament, both probing the capture of the police service by criminals, is frightening.