{"id":89036,"date":"2025-09-01T19:09:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics"},"modified":"2025-09-01T19:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:21:03","slug":"kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics","title":{"rendered":"KZN cop in hot water for &#8216;involvement in politics&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A KwaZulu-Natal police constable who was spotted publicly wearing MK Party regalia has been suspended pending an investigation into his involvement in party politics.<\/p>\n<p>The officer is attached to the Ntambanana police station under the King Cetshwayo district.<\/p>\n<p>KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said the constable has been seen wearing regalia of a political party and involved himself in the active political activities of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice officers are expected to be apolitical and neutral at all times. Any association with a political party by a police officer has the potential of bringing the name of the organisation into disrepute,\u201d said Mkhwanazi.<\/p>\n<p>He said the South African Police Service Act prohibits a police officer from publicly displaying or expressing support for or associating himself or herself with a political party, holding any post or office in a political party, wearing any insignia or identification mark in respect of a political party, or in any manner furthering or prejudicing party-political interest.<\/p>\n<p>Mkhwanazi had instructed the district commissioner to immediately suspend the officer pending an investigation into his alleged involvement in party politics.<\/p>\n<p>Mkhwanazi said he will also ask the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) to investigate allegations that the officer owns a security company that renders VIP protection services, among other security duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo police officer is allowed to be involved in security, alcohol or taxi industries. Community members are urged to report police officers who involve themselves in politics and dodgy businesses that compromise the integrity of the South African Police Service,\u201d said Mkhwanazi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. A KwaZulu-Natal police constable who was spotted publicly wearing MK Party regalia has been suspended pending an investigation into his involvement in party politics. The officer is attached to the Ntambanana police station under the King Cetshwayo district. KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said the constable has been seen wearing regalia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-89036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KZN cop in hot water for &#039;involvement in politics&#039; - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A KwaZulu-Natal police constable who was spotted publicly wearing MK Party regalia has been suspended pending an investi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KZN cop in hot water for &#039;involvement in politics&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A KwaZulu-Natal police constable who was spotted publicly wearing MK Party regalia has been suspended pending an investi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-01T19:09:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-01T19:21:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1756741841.884757.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"KZN cop in hot water for &#8216;involvement in politics&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-01T19:09:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-01T19:21:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics\"},\"wordCount\":277,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1756741841.884757.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-cop-in-hot-water-for-involvement-in-politics\",\"name\":\"KZN cop in hot water for 'involvement in politics' - 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