In a recent press conference, Mkhwanazi alleged that criminal syndicates have infiltrated the police and have influence over Mchunu.
 

Corruption within the police service continues to rear its ugly head, affecting the officers still serving.

The difficulties and challenges within SAPS seem to have become unbearable, weighing heavily on those who uphold the law.

Speaking exclusively to SABC, one officer revealed the corrupt activities that occur routinely during their daily duties, exposing the harsh realities faced on the front lines:

“One day when we were patrolling, we stopped a truck on the freeway. After we thoroughly checked it we discovered plastic bags inside the truck. those plastics had white powder-like items that looked like drugs to me. We told the driver that we were taking him to the police station so that we could call our dog unit to check if indeed these were not drugs. That driver made a call immediately. The person that picked up the call was a general from the police force who told me that I should leave the driver alone because he was working for him. I insisted to the general over the phone that I had to follow procedure and take this person to the police station. The question that was asked by the general was that ‘do you still love your job?’ We did not know where this police officer got our numbers from. We ended up releasing the truck to continue on its way. Who knows, maybe if I insisted I would be unemployed by now.”

--SABC--