Ngomhla ziyisi-6 kuNhlaba wezi-2025, uKhomishana wamaPhoyisa KwaZulu-Natal uLieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi uzwakalise ukukhathazeka okukhulu ngokwehla kwesilinganiso samaphoyisa, exwayisa ngokuthi kuyingozi enkulu ekuphepheni komphakathi. Ekhuluma esithangamini saseThekwini, uveze ukuthi ukwanda kwesibalo sabantu esifundazweni kudlula umbutho wamaphoyisa onciphayo, okwenza kube nezinselelo ezinkulu ekunqandeni ubugebengu ngendlela efanele.
UMkhwanazi ubalule ukuthi phezu kwemiphumela ekhuthazayo yokulwa nobugebengu ngo-2024 kodwa kuyabonakala ukuthi izinsiza kusebenza ziyashoda. Phakathi kuka-Ephreli noDisemba 2024, amaphoyisa adubulana izikhathi ezingu-38 nabasolwa, kwashona abasolwa abangu-105, okubonisa ingcindezi enkulu kumaphoyisa.
UMkhwanazi, okumanje uphenywa yi-Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) ngezinsolo zokugxambukela ekuboshweni komuntu othile ngo-2023, uthola ukwesekwa okukhulu ngumphakathi. Okubhalwe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ku-X, okuthrendayo ngaphansi kwe-#HandsOffMkhwanazi, kukhombisa ukwesekwa ngabantu bantu abaningi, abasebenzisi bencoma ubuholi bakhe futhi becela izinsiza ezengeziwe kumaphoyisa.
Ugcizelele isidingo esiphuthumayo sokuthi kuqhashwe futhi kuqeqeshwe amaphoyisa engeziwe ukuze kubhekwane nesibalo esingafani nokugcinwa kwezokuphepha KwaZulu-Natal.