Do you still trust the police ?
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has linked him to rogue elements, and political interference in police operations.
Following these bombshell allegations, do you still trust the police? That's what we want to know on the South African Morning soapbox.
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