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Mkhwanazi reveals how task team fought political killings in KZN and beyond [SOUND]

# KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says the political killings task team achieved unmatched success with high detection and conviction rates, and later expanded its operations to the Eastern Cape. Speaking at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria, Mkhwanazi explained that the unit was restructured in 2018 as a nationally integrated team, deploying 139 officers and funded through the national budget. He testified that political murders can often be linked to other crimes:

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