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SABC News reports that trade union federation, Cosatu, has joined calls for an urgent, independent commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption involving senior police officials, members of the judiciary and members of correctional services.
This follows allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi implicating Police Minister, Senzo Mchunu and Deputy National Commissioner of Crime Detection, Shadrack Sibiya, among others in organised crime and political interference in police investigations. Cosatu parliamentary coordinator Mathew Parks said this matter needed to dealt with quickly. “We don’t think parliament is the best option. Parliament is a political institution. It doesn’t have the capacity to deal with issues of serious allegations and criminality and so forth. Our point of view is that the best option is a commission of inquiry led by a judge, appointed by the Constitutional Court or led by a retired judge. But somebody with expertise and the experience, with the capacity to go through evidence, to ask the right questions, to hear evidence and responses and to be grounded upon what does the law say, what does it not say. And to come with a clear recommendation of a way forward. But what we need is to have this matter dealt with quickly because you can’t afford for this to be hanging in the air,” Parks opined.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at SABC News
- Read too, SAHRC calls for a commission of inquiry after Mkhwanazi's revelations, at TimesLive
- And also, Mkhwanazi’s warning is that drug cartel, criminal syndicate infest SA law enforcement, at Daily Maverick
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