The Democratic Alliance DA has confirmed laying criminal charges against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu at the Cape Town Central Police Station.
This follows KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazis damning allegations against senior police officials including Mchunu.
Mkhwanazi has accused them of corruption, having links with criminal syndicates and interfering in police operations.
The DAs Deputy Chief Whip in Parliament, Baxolile Nodada, says Mchunu must be charged for lying to Parliament .
As the DA, were not going to sit idling by to watch ministers directly lying to Parliament, which is an accountability mechanism, and the only accountability mechanism South Africans have in the representatives of the people. So, we are out here today taking action on the Minister of Police by laying criminal charges. We have done this just nine days ago to the Minister of Higher Education and Training, which is now directly being investigated with the Hawks, which we actually met with this morning.