ANC's Radebe doesn't foresee repeat of 2021 unrest in KZN if anything happens to Mkhwanazi

JOHANNESBURG - African National Congress (ANC) KwaZulu-Natal convener, Jeff Radebe, said that there was no need to worry about any unrest in the country despite threats that some may protest if anything happened to KZN Police Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
 
Mkhwanazi's fate, much like those he named in an earth-shattering media briefing last week, will be made public by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday evening.
 
The decorated police officer accused some of his colleagues and the Police Minister Senzo Mchunu of undermining the rule of law, with Mchunu even accused of sabotaging some investigations.
 
South Africans who favour Mkhwanazi's brazen approach to crime fighting in his province have threatened to take it to the streets if he’s suspended or fired for breaking ranks last week.
 
But Radebe said he did not believe that scenes that rocked KZN in 2021 would be repeated.
 
"From where I sit, I don’t foresee any upheaval at the moment. This is just a normal press conference, even though it was dramatic."

Radebe said the ANC in KZN, like everyone else was deeply concerned about the allegations made by Mkhwanazi. 

“Immediately after that, if you recall, president was in Brazil, at the BRICS summit, he issued a statement that he has heard these serious allegations that have been levelled against the minister of police and he undertook, that he’s going to be dealing with these matters as a matter of urgency. 

I think all of us, including myself, as a convenor of the ANC in KwaZulu Natal, we going to be waiting to hear what the president is going to be telling us as the way forward."