Overview
- SAPS said Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will stay as KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner on a new five-year contract.
- The province’s premier, Thamsanqa Ntuli, confirmed he gave formal concurrence after consultation with national leadership.
- Mkhwanazi said he had intended to step down after one term but chose to stay after Fannie Masemola urged continued service to the province.
- The decision keeps in place an intelligence-led strategy and a task team focused on political killings in a region hit by cash-in-transit heists, extortion and organised crime.
- Oversight pressure remains, with anti-corruption body Idac denying it targets SAPS leaders after summoning Masemola, as a commission still probes last year’s interference claims.