# Acting minister of Police Firoz Cachalia told the Parliament’s ad hoc committee that KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s July media briefing was not appropriate. The committee was set up after Mkhwanazi’s claims of corruption, criminal infiltration, and political interference in the police. Cachalia acknowledged that while senior officials should show courage when systems fail, public statements of this kind risk undermining authority:
Cachalia says Mkhwanazi’s July media briefing was inappropriate [SOUND]
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