Political parties are rallying behind KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi who on Sunday made damning allegations against police minister Senzo Mchunu and other top cops.

The EFF has called for the immediate suspension of Mchunu and deputy national police commissioner for crime detection Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya, after explosive revelations by Mkhwanazi.

The party has praised Mkhwanazi for what they called his bravery in speaking out, and has called for an urgent parliamentary inquiry to ensure accountability from all parties involved.

“Mkhwanazi exposed a criminal syndicate embedded in the police, judiciary and political leadership, shielding drug cartels, sabotaging investigations and using SAPS contracts to fund ANC political campaigns. Over 120 case dockets were removed and the political killings task team was compromised on orders linked to Mchunu and enacted by Sibiya.

“Since 2018 the task team successfully prosecuted political killings, securing 120 convictions and 1,800 years in jail time until their work began exposing high-level corruption,” said the EFF.

Mkhwanazi came out guns blazing, alleging that there was political interference in some cases the police were working on.