Opinion

Exactly a year ago, on 6 July 2025, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi addressed the media in a bombshell press briefing that sent shockwaves through South Africa’s criminal justice system.

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It has been a year since KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi exposed what he alleged was widespread corruption within South Africa’s criminal justice system.