KZN Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi addressing a media briefing on Sunday at the SAPS KZN Headquarters. A large body of research material confirms that the Political Killings Task Team makes malicious arrests, covering for politically connected hitmen and tenderpreneurs, says the writer.
For generations, the South African Police Service badge has represented protection, justice and the promise that the law stands above criminals.
One year later, that promise lies under its darkest cloud.
When KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi stepped before the cameras on July 6 last year, he did not merely expose alleged corruption. He detonated one of the biggest crises of confidence in the democratic era, accusing senior police leaders of corruption, political interference and allowing organised crime to penetrate the country's top law enforcement structures.
His allegations forced South Africans to confront an alarming question. What happens when those entrusted with fighting organised crime are themselves accused of helping to protect it?
