Accusations of Power Struggle within Police Service
Deputy national commissioner for crime detection, Shadrack Sibiya, has made allegations against KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
Sibiya claims that Mkhwanazi is using corruption allegations as part of a succession battle to prevent him from becoming the national police commissioner.
Mkhwanazi wants to block me from becoming national police commissioner
Sibiya testified before parliament’s ad hoc committee on police corruption, stating that Mkhwanazi’s media briefing in July was motivated by a "battle for power in the police" rather than a genuine attempt to expose wrongdoing.
- Controversy surrounds the removal of 121 dockets from a task team investigating political murders in KwaZulu-Natal.
- Sibiya believes that this controversy is being used to discredit him.
Author's summary: Sibiya accuses Mkhwanazi of power struggle.