DURBAN - Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has questioned the motive behind a raid at his KwaZulu-Natal home.
SAPS officials carried out the operation on Monday and seized electronic devices during the search.
Mchunu was placed on special leave in July last year after allegations emerged linking him to organised crime networks, claims he has disputed.
His spokesperson, Sthembiso Mshengu, says Mchunu believes the latest developments are part of a broader effort to damage him politically.
“There are processes that we are waiting for,” Mshengu said.
He said Mchunu would address South Africans once those processes had been completed and explain why he believes the events surrounding him are not accidental.
Mshengu said the suspended minister believes the actions against him were planned and had a specific objective, including what he described as an attempt to destroy Mchunu politically and otherwise.
“These things are planned somewhere, and they have a particular objective, and they are aimed at the end of destroying him politically and otherwise,” Mshengu added.
The spokesperson said Mchunu would speak publicly in the coming weeks about a range of issues stemming from the accusations first raised at Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s 6 July 2025 press briefing and developments since then.
According to KZN police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda, the search and seizure operation forms part of what he called "a normal Investigative process" on cases of defeating the ends of justice and fraud, among other charges that were opened in 2025 at Durban Central police station.
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