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Badge of the South African Police Service.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will facilitate the swearing in of Professor Firoz Cachalia as acting police minister this morning.
The ceremony will take place at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Ramaphosa appointed Cachalia after placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave.
The move followed KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegation that senior police officials, including Mchunu, are corrupt and have ties to criminal syndicates.
Meanwhile, Cachalia says he will approach his assignment with an open mind.
He says part of his work as a police minister will be to focus on the effectiveness of crime intelligence.
Cachalia says he will set his key priorities once he has met with the National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola.
“I do not want to make any pronouncements on this matter now, because I haven’t had an opportunity to meet with the Police Commissioner. I think I need to do that before I come to any conclusions, in engaging with him.”
Cachalia previously served as Gauteng MEC for Community Safety and Economic Development from 2004 to 2010.
Ramaphosa appointed him to chair the anti-corruption Advisory Council in 2022.
