Ramaphosa suspends police minister amid syndicate collusion probe.

President Cyril Ramaphosa placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on immediate leave and established a judicial commission to investigate allegations that he and Deputy Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya colluded with criminal syndicates and disrupted politically sensitive investigations. The action followed claims by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi that the ministerial duo disbanded a crime unit probing repeated politically motivated killings after uncovering links between syndicates, politicians, law enforcement, and the judiciary. Law professor Firoz Cachalia was named acting minister of police while opposition parties decried the use of a drawn-out inquiry instead of outright dismissal.

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