{"id":95146,"date":"2026-02-01T10:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:23:20","slug":"when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu","title":{"rendered":"When will Ramaphosa act against Mchunu?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu\u2019s fate will only be determined after the Madlanga commission has concluded its work.<\/p>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said while the president had the prerogative to dismiss Mchunu at any time, he wants to act fairly towards him by allowing the minister space to respond to the allegations before the commission.\u201cAt an appropriate time, the president will act on minister Mchunu,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that time, politically and procedurally, the question of fairness&#8230; will be a moot point. He is not under any legal obligation to act fairly \u2014 he can dismiss a minister at will \u2014 but the president wants to act fairly,\u201d Magwenya said.Ramaphosa has already faced criticism for sidelining rather than dismissing Mchunu after explosive claims by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi at a press conference in July 2025 of corruption in the top echelons of the police.<\/p>\n<p>Mkhwanazi accused Mchunu of wrongfully disbanding the police\u2019s political killings task team (PKTT).<\/p>\n<p>Mchunu told the commission he disbanded the team, allegedly with Ramaphosa\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence presented to the inquiry, however, suggests the unit was closed down to benefit criminal syndicates that had infiltrated the SAPS.<\/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. Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu\u2019s fate will only be determined after the Madlanga commission has concluded its work. President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said while the president had the prerogative to dismiss Mchunu at any time, he wants to act fairly towards him by allowing the minister space to respond to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-95146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","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>When will Ramaphosa act against Mchunu? - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu\u2019s fate will only be determined after the Madlanga commission has concluded its wo ...\" \/>\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\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When will Ramaphosa act against Mchunu?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu\u2019s fate will only be determined after the Madlanga commission has concluded its wo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu\" \/>\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=\"2026-02-01T10:18:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-01T10:23:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1769928716.375923.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\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\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"When will Ramaphosa act against Mchunu?\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-01T10:18:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-01T10:23:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu\"},\"wordCount\":215,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1769928716.375923.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/when-will-ramaphosa-act-against-mchunu\",\"name\":\"When will Ramaphosa act against Mchunu? 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