JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance will lay criminal charges against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu in Cape Town.
The DA accuses Mchunu of misleading Parliament after he told the Police Portfolio Committee earlier this year that he did not know Brown Mogotsi.
The North West businessman is implicated in alleged political interference in police operations.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the minister backtracked, now admitting four months later that he does know Mogotsi and describing him as just a comrade.
His admission comes in the wake of explosive claims by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
He alleges that the minister and other senior police officials are linked to criminal syndicates.