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City Press reports that the police watchdog has made a U-turn after the newspaper revealed that Police Minister Senzo Mchunu was behind a complaint of interference against KwaZulu-Natal's top cop, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
On Monday, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) issued a statement saying that a letter confirming an investigation into Mkhwanazi had mistakenly attributed the complaint to the minister. Ipid added that the complaint had been received from an anonymous source. The complaint related to claims that Mkhwanazi had interfered with the arrest of Nelly Ndlovu, the former Westville Maximum Prison head, on suspicion of running a drug cartel at the correctional service facility in Durban. The original story published by City Press was based on a letter dated 12 March 2025, signed by the acting national head of investigations, Thuso Keefelakae. The letter stated that the complainant was Mchunu. Ipid's statement on Monday indicated: “It should be noted that the letter written to Lt-General Mkhwanazi by the Ipid’s acting head of investigations that the police minister requested Ipid to investigate the provincial commissioner was erroneously written and that the probe was a result of an anonymous complaint from the public.” On Monday, Ipid spokesperson, Lizzy Suping could not explain how the error that the minister had lodged the complaint had been made and did not comment further on the implications of the supposed error.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sipho Mabena at City Press (subscription or trial registration required)
- Read too, 'I have not laid any complaint against Lt-Gen Mkhwanazi'- Police minister clarifies IPID investigation, at IOL News
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