Ramaphosa's family meeting: What’s next for Police Minister Senzo Mchunu?
President Cyril Ramaphosa called a family meeting on Sunday to decide Senzo Mchunu's fate.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a family meeting on Sunday to address allegations that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and senior police leadership are linked to a criminal syndicate with ties to drug cartels.
This comes as the DA, uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP), and the EFF on Thursday lodged criminal complaints against Mchunu, accusing him of misleading Parliament and being linked to individuals allegedly involved in the capture of the SAPS.
The allegations that recently rocked the country were made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who claimed that Mchunu was working with businessmen Brown Mogotsi and Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala.
Mkhwanazi said Mchunu ordered the unilateral disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team in KZN and transferred 121 politically sensitive dockets to Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya's office, where they have since been allegedly "neutralised".
The DA lodged a criminal complaint at Cape Town Central police station, as the MKP opened a case against Mchunu and Sibiya at the Brooklyn police station, and the EFF lodged a complaint with the Ethics Committee of Parliament against Mchunu, accusing him of interfering with the KwaZulu-Natal branch of the SAPS and violating the Constitution and the Executive Members' Ethics Act.
The DA said it expected Ramaphosa to act against Mchunu.
MKP party spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, said “we refuse to stand idle in the face of injustice and remain dedicated to upholding the course of the law”, while EFF MP Nontando Nolutshungu said Mchunu's actions were a clear breach of the law and parliamentary ethics.
Ramaphosa's televised address, scheduled for 7pm, will provide clarity on the claims made by Mkhwanazi.
According to a statement from the Presidency, Ramaphosa will “take the nation into his confidence” following engagements.
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