Police Committee Chair calls for urgent integrity probe into SAPS

By Johnathan Paoli

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police has expressed its deep alarm over recent revelations implicating senior police officials and politicians in systemic corruption and criminal syndicate activity.

Delivering his address during a joint sitting of the Security Cluster in Parliament, committee chairperson Ian Cameron said the allegations signaled a crisis not just within the South African Police Service (SAPS), but across the broader criminal justice system.

“The allegations are not only damning to a few individuals but allege a systematic weakening of the police to enable corruption and undermining of the rule of law. The revelations paint a picture of a weak system, corruption riddled institution, and a system that can be manipulated at the whims of a connected few,” he said.

Cameron’s remarks followed explosive claims by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who accused Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Deputy Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya of