Do we need deputy ministers if one of two couldn't take over police ministry?

The famous Mkhwanazi press briefing has left the nation with more than a mouthful to chew over the state of affairs in policing and the state of the criminal justice system. It has also exposed that there is more to chew on almost everywhere the nation dares to look.

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Two weeks ago today, KwaZulu-Natal commissioner of police Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi told a stunned nation through a media briefing that the hitherto trusted Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu was for all intents and purposes, in cahoots with the criminal underworld, and was even doing their bidding in some instances.

Mkhwanazi said he had evidence that suggested that the minister orchestrated the removal, without due process, of a crack team of sleuths that was fighting the never-ending political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. He went further to quote purported WhatsApp communication between a notorious thug, now awaiting trial for attempted murder and accused of a slew of other serious crimes.