The Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu has dismissed claims made by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi labelling them as wild allegations lacking evidence.
Mchunu was in Vryheid, KZN on a campaign trail in his capacity as a member of the National Executive Committee NEC of the African National Congress ANC ahead of the by-elections when he was made aware of Mkhwanazis utterances during a SAPS media briefing.
The Minister has been engaging a number of community groupings, including Izinduna, community organisations and commercial farmers, discussing measures aimed at tackling the rampant crime affecting them, inclusive of stock theft, when the allegations were made against him.
The Minister, in a statement released on Sunday, says he will never allow his integrity, that of the Ministry or the SAPS at large to be undermined by insinuations made without evidence or due processes, from anyone, including General Mkhwanazi.
We will be reviewing the Provincial Commissioner's statements and consider appropriate action. All these statements made by him in public require an urgent, thorough and transparent investigation, on a proper platform, Mchunu says in a statement.