Former acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane has praised KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi for his persistence in exposing institutional rot in the police service.
Mkhwanazi went public on issues of national importance, Phahlane said as he explained why he salutes Mkhwanazi.
Phahlane was testifying before parliaments ad hoc committee investigating allegations of corruption in the criminal justice system.
