Johannesburg – South African President Cyril Ramposa has suspended his police minister, as there were explosive allegations after explosive allegations of organized crime relations against him.

Ramposa announced Nation special address On Sunday night, it was also announced that he was setting up an independent inquiry commission of claims.

“The Commission will investigate the role of current or former senior officers in some institutions who have assisted or abandoned alleged criminal activity in some institutions,” said Ramposa.

“To effectively execute his tasks for the Commission, I have decided to put Police Minister Mr. Senjo McHunu on the leave of absence with immediate effect,” he said.

67 -year -old Machunu has denied the allegations. He was an ally of Ramposa in the African National Congress (ANC) party, which was considered untouched by corruption, and considered a possible successor to the President.

But earlier this month, Quazulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nahlanhala Makhwani made his own grip with the protocol Press conference The weekend has received payment from a corruption suspect in the weekend before claiming MCHunu. He also accused his boss of investigating political murders after the police work team was pressurized outside.

In his address, Ramfosa said that Makhwaji had “made public serious allegations about the existence and operation of a sophisticated criminal syndicate, which allegedly infiltrated law enforcement and intelligence structures in South Africa.”

File – South African Police Minister Senzo McHunu, the center, visits a abandoned gold mine, where the miners are saved from the ground below on Stilfontin, South Africa, 14 January 2025.

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Ramposa, who came to the office, promised to end the spatial corruption affecting the South African government, said the Commission of inquiry would present its initial conclusions within three months. The allegation is the latest blow for a delicate government of National Integration (GNU), was formed a year ago. ANC lost its parliamentary majority For the first time after the arrival of democracy in 1994.

Other political parties were in a hurry to criticize the President, which are often considered slow to make firm decisions on divisive issues that can lead to more and more groups within already divided ANC.

“These allegations gave the President an opportunity to show bold and firm leadership,” Democratic allianceSaid in a statement.

“Instead, he has once again outsourced the executive responsibility for a commission, and South African people have increased the condemn of shops, work teams and commissions, which they see as buying time and avoiding accountability.”

Daily mavric The newspaper on Monday also accused the chairman of the “Commission of Inquiry”, given what he said that the deer was fond of passing for expensive inquiries, whose recommendations are not done then.