KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says he wore camouflage and members of his team displayed firearms at his 6 July media briefing to face people who want to take over government.
Some parliamentarians, analysts and observers criticised the optics of brandishing heavy weaponry at a South African Police Service SAPS media briefing, arguing that it could send a wrong militarisation message to society.
Mkhwanazi on people who want to take over governmentOn his third day of testimony at the Madlanga commission of inquiry on Friday 19 September, Mkhwanazi was asked to explain why he and his team were dressed that way.