Police minister Mchunu, top cop Masemola will be arrested: Malema
'There is a power struggle there ... We want the truth to come out. What Mkhwanazi said must be repeated, backed by evidence in the ad hoc committee and in the commission of inquiry — and I'm going to sit in that committee. I'm not scared of police, soldiers or anyone, including drug cartels and criminals.'
President Cyril Ramaphosa responded to Mkhwanazi's allegations by placing Mchunu on special leave, appointing Wits professor Firoz Cachalia as acting police minister (effective from August 1) and establishing a judicial commission led by acting deputy chief justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga.
Mchunu denies the allegations, calling them 'wild and baseless'. Sibiya has also rejected the claims against him.
Malema believes Mchunu should have been fired but claimed 'Cyril and Mchunu are in the same faction'.
'If Mchunu loved Cyril he should've resigned. Now the president has to do something to look like he's doing nothing, Mchunu is [still] a minister.'
The DA and MK Party have filed criminal charges against Mchunu, with the public rallying behind Mkhwanazi.
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