Politics

The word “immediately” included in embattled police minister Senzo Mchunu’s December 31 letter ordering the disbanding of the political killings task team (PKTT) took centre stage in the parliamentary ad hoc committee on Wednesday. The committee is investigating allegations of corruption in the criminal justice system made by KZN police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

The Pretoria high court has ordered former president Jacob Zuma to pay the state attorney R28.9m, with interest, for money advanced for his legal fees in his personal capacity. These are all the monies disbursed by the state towards Zuma’s legal costs relating to a criminal prosecution and ancillary litigation instituted against him in his personal capacity.

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu has denied allegations made against him by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi that he is interfering in police investigations. On July 6, Mkhwanazi held a media briefing in which he accused senior law enforcement officials, including Mchunu, of interfering in police investigations.

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu is back before parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi about corruption in the criminal justice system. TimesLIVE (http://www.timeslive.co.za)

Parliament’s joint standing committee on defence chairperson Malusi Gigaba has called for those found to have entered South Africa illegally to be prosecuted. This comes after the recent bus crash on the N1 near Louis Trichardt in Limpopo that claimed 42 lives. Gigaba said it was worrying that some of the 91 passengers had no identification documents, including passports.

International relations and co-operation minister Ronald Lamola conceded in London during the Financial Times Africa summit that the US-China trade war has put South Africa in a difficult position, balancing between its two biggest trade partners. “It’s a difficult balancing act, but historically we have continued to be guided by the Bandung principles of non-alignment,” he said.

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu has backpedalled on his claims that KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi threatened to “fight back” if he did not withdraw the letter to disband the police killings task team (PKTT). On Friday, Mchunu told the parliamentary ad hoc committee that his chief of staff, Cedrick Nkabinde, had informed him about Mkhwanazi’s threats.

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu’s chief of staff position was not advertised externally; rather, it was an internal process where Cedrick Nkabinde was chosen by Mchunu. Mchunu made his third appearance on Tuesday before parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations of corruption in the criminal justice system.

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu is back before the parliamentary ad hoc committee to address allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi regarding criminality within the justice system. TimesLIVE 

The Madlanga commission of inquiry is expected to hear testimony from witnesses A, B and C on Tuesday. The commission is investigating allegations of criminality, corruption and political interference in the justice system. TimesLIVE  

The “police wars”, highlighted in testimony before the Madlanga Commission, are symptomatic of a deeper moral fracture that has penetrated the soul of the ANC. This is the view of Eastern Cape premier and the party’s provincial chair, Oscar Mabuyane, who said the conflict within the SAPS was “a tragic reminder that the decay we once confronted as external, now resides within our own ranks”.

The DA has filed an ethics complaint against social development minister Sisisi Tolashe for allegedly misleading parliament regarding the term of employment for the director-general of her department. According to the party, it believes that she lied to parliament, potentially committing an offence and that Tolashe has proven herself unfit to serve South Africa’s most vulnerable citizens.

Afrika Mayibuye Movement deputy president Nolubabalo Mcinga has denied rumours she is leaving to start her own party. Mcinga, known as Queen Khazeka, described the claims as "misleading". She is the estranged wife of AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo and was appointed deputy president by the party's president, Floyd Shivambu.

There was no need to discuss the disbandment of the political killings task team (PKTT) with relevant key players. This is according to suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu in his testimony before parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating allegations of corruption in the criminal justice system.

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu will on Friday appear at the parliamentary ad hoc committee inquiry into alleged corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system at Good Hope Chambers in Cape Town. The inquiry was set up to probe alleged political interference, leadership failures and internal dysfunction in the SA Police Service, with a particular focus on allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi about interference within the ...