A Hardline Police Commissioner Wins Over Crime-Weary South Africans
'I will die for this badge,' Mkhwanazi, police commissioner for KwaZulu-Natal province, said in a hour-long televised press conference during which he alleged Police Minister Senzo Mchunu was shielding killers from justice. A spokesman for Mchunu characterized the allegations as baseless.
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