The whole system is compromised — Mkhwanazi

KWAZULU-NATAL'S police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, ignited a firestorm of controversy this week as he made several high-profile requests to Parliament.

- MAYIBONGWE MAGHINA.

During a two-day testimony at a parliamentary inquiry, he urged for investigations into critical matters concerning the integrity of the Crime Intelligence unit and alleged misconduct within the judiciary.

In a dramatic series of allegations made during the inquiry, Mkhwanazi accused various state bodies, including the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), among others.

He specifically charged that the judiciary appears to be complicit in major criminal activities, expressing frustration over a magistrate’s ruling that barred Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo from entering the intelligence offices, saying it did not make sense. “I believe in this case that bail condition that was imposed was not coincidental,” he said.