“Show Me Evidence”: Mchunu Hits Back At Mkhwanazi Claims

Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu has called on KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to back up his explosive corruption allegations with concrete evidence.

Mchunu criticised Mkhwanazi for making serious claims without proof and accused him of shifting his narrative over time.

“Mkhwanazi presents no proof whatsoever in support of any of these serious allegations presented at public platforms. Further, he introduces additional new allegations and changes his statements in different appearances,” he said.

The remarks follow Mkhwanazi’s appearance as the final witness before Parliament’s police ad hoc committee this week.

Political Killings Task Team Row Deepens

A key point of contention remains the disbandment of the political killings task team (PKTT), which Mkhwanazi has strongly criticised.

“Mkhwanazi this week focused on Mchunu’s letter that ordered the disbandment of the political killings task team (PKTT). “I believe Mchunu was captured to write that letter,” he said. While he owns it and typed it himself, the document contains an electronic signature placed there by a secretary before being distributed by chief of staff Cedrick Nkabinde.”

Mkhwanazi also questioned why the directive was circulated to multiple official police email accounts along with a private email address.

Responding to this, Mchunu clarified the matter, stating: “I also want to take this opportunity to clarify a matter that has been mentioned on a number of occasions by different witnesses regarding a private email to which the chief of staff sent the letter of directives. I want to confirm that the private email is mine as I indicated before.”

Claims Shift as New Allegations About Mchunu Surface

Mchunu further argued that the accusations against him have evolved over time, saying he was initially labelled corrupt before being accused of failing to protect the organisation and now being described as enabling criminal activity.

Another explosive claim raised by Mkhwanazi involves a letter allegedly written by a fellow inmate of Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. According to Mkhwanazi, the letter contains allegations that Matlala’s lawyer participated in a conference call with Mchunu and former national director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi.

He said the call was intended to persuade Matlala to sign an affidavit denying any links to Mchunu, and further alleged that the letter claims Matlala paid Mchunu between R4 million and R5 million.

Mchunu firmly rejected the claims: “I state here that these allegations are untrue, unfounded and deliberately intended to tarnish my reputation. I reject these allegations totally. I would like to reiterate that I am not part of any criminal syndicate of any kind. I am part of those who are fighting against corruption in the country and my record in government speaks for itself,” he said.

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Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied authorising the disbandment of the political killings task team.

Ramaphosa said he was not consulted on the decision and made it clear that such a move should have been taken by national police commissioner Fannie Masemola.

“I conveyed my dissatisfaction at not having been consulted prior to this decision being taken. I further indicated that, in my view, this was a decision for the national commissioner to make,” he said.