Mkhwanazi's home on guard following death threats
National police commissioner General Fannie Masemola confirmed that KZN's top cop has been receiving death threats.
Masemola said, 'We have beefed up his security, but there will be no persecution of any SAPS member.'
Mkhwananzi held an intensive media briefing on Sunday, 6 July 2025, where he allegedly accused Mchunu of disbanding the Political Killings Task Team. Earlier this year, the Deputy National Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, withdrew all 121 case dockets from the Task Team to his office following orders made by Mchunu.
Businessman and entrepreneur, Vusumuzi 'Cat' Matlala and Brown Mogotsi's names were also called out by Mkhwanazi. Both, together with Mchunu, are allegedly linked to a criminal syndicate controlled by a drug cartel that reportedly involves politicians, police officers, prosecutors, judicial figures and prominent businesspeople.
Matlala's company, Medicare24 Tshwane District, received a R360 million tender from the South African Police Service (SAPS) health services.
Mchunu denied knowing Matlala and said that he had never interacted with him. However, Mchunu's spokesperson, Kamogelo Mogotsi, mentioned that the minister initiated a review of the SAPS tender awarded to him following suspicions.
Mkhwanazi also alleged that Mchunu had ties with Brown Mogotsi, a businessman from North West, who regularly influenced his decisions.
Initially, Mchunu denied knowing Mogotsi in parliament but later changed his statement and said that he only knows him as just 'a comrade'.
'Whilst the minister knows and has met Mr. Brown Mogotsi, he is just a comrade and not an associate of the minister,' said Mogotsi, the minister's spokesperson.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured that he will deal with those proven to have done wrong following allegations made by Commissioner Mkhwanazi.
Speaking at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the president said that this was a matter that needed urgent attention.
'Obviously, it is a matter that I will be dealing with when I get home. I will need to look at it more closely and have a thorough, going discussion with a number of people, and thereafter, there will be a clear way forward. This is not a matter that we should not give attention to.'
'The police play a critical role at enhancing our law, the safety of South Africans, and that those who have done wrong should be dealt with thoroughly in terms of our constitution and our laws,' Ramaphosa said.
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