'There's a place for you in the EFF': Malema tells Mkhwanazi after SAPS corruption allegations
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The door is open for KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to join the EFF if he is fired from his position within the SAPS. That's the invitation made by the red berets' leader, Julius Malema, to the top cop.
Malema has thrown his support behind Mkhwanazi, who made damning allegations of corruption and collusion among senior SAPS officials, the judiciary, and criminal syndicates.
An ad hoc portfolio committee, which the EFF is part of, has been established in Parliament to investigate the claims.
This comes after Police Minister Senzo Mchunu was placed on special leave by President Cyril Ramaphosa, following the allegations made by Mkhwanazi that top police officials are involved in corruption.
Ramaphosa has since appointed Wits University law professor Firoz Cachalia as acting police minister, effective August 1, and established a judicial commission of inquiry into the allegations.
Addressing thousands of supporters at the party's 12th anniversary rally on Saturday at the Khayelitsha Rugby Stadium in the Western Cape, Malema hailed Mkhwanazi as a hero.
'We say to Mkhwanazi, do not be shaken, because if they fire you, there's a position for you in the EFF so that you can continue to fight corruption in South Africa,' said Malema.
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'General Mkhwanazi should know that there's only one hope for the fearless - and that hope is the EFF.'
Malema said the ad hoc committee must investigate all those implicated in the allegations.
'That ad hoc committee is going to investigate all the allegations levelled by Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, and every other relevant piece of information that exists in society must come to Parliament,' he said.
The red berets' leader also called on more police officials to fight crime syndicates and drugs in communities.
'We want the people of Mitchells Plain to come to Parliament and tell us who the drug lords are, and who is protecting them, because we need to start fighting drugs.'
Malema also called for action in communities grappling with gun violence.
'We want to know where the guns come from in the Cape Flats, in Khayelitsha. You, the people, know the truth. This is the time, this is the platform to expose the rot. Do not be scared,' he said.
'The killing of our children must be stopped now. Mkhwanazi opened the way, and we must join him to restore peace and order in South Africa.'
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