Mkhwanazi cops stole my Rolex watches, Gauteng mom

She claims she was nabbed so she would give up her brother

- By Mzwandile kaBizokwakhe

Members of KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's Political Killings Task Team have been accused of theft and torture.

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The wife of a Mozambican businessman and suspected kidnapper has stated in her affidavit to the Hawks that rogue cops working with KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi stole her six expensive Rolex watches, other jewellery items and R50000 cash during a raid on her Gauteng home last year.

Nazia Nangy, the wife of one of the suspects who were arrested and allegedly tortured by Mkhwanazi and his slew of cops, believed to be members of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT), over the kidnapping of a KwaZulu-Natal businessman Zakariyya Desai, also alleged that she was locked up in jail for four days without being allowed to bath and change undergarments.

Nangy was allegedly tortured and subjected to other violations after the cops instructed her to give them incriminating information about her husband Esmael Nangy's involvement in Desai's kidnapping and the businessman's whereabouts. They believed Esmael and her brother Setefane Brites, among other suspects, had kidnapped Desai and demanded a R35-million ransom.

In an affidavit to Hawks investigator Maj-Gen Mmeli Makinyane, which she deposed to on July 23, Nangy stated that when she was arrested on November 27, 2024, and taken to KwaDukuza Police Station, where she remained for four days, police ransacked her home and committed grand theft.