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Madlanga: 'Johannesburg hitman detective killed the wrong person, believed to be a whistleblower', Witness A says - The Mail & Guardian

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    82% Very Right

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "In my mind, I would not imagine a civilian doing what was done to a police official.
45% : An anonymous police investigator -- identified only as Witness A -- has implicated the Johannesburg central police station in involvement in organised crime.
45% : " The commission, chaired by retired judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga, was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa after KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mhwanazi made allegations of political interference and collusion with criminal syndicates in the criminal justice system, implicating Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who has since been placed on special leave.
29% : The witness told the Madlanga commission inquiry into political interference in policing on Monday that an investigation into the murder of Armand Swart, an engineer believed to be a whistleblower on overpriced tender irregularities at state-owned entity Transnet, had uncovered a wider network of corruption at the police station.
29% : The witness told the Madlanga commission inquiry into political interference in policing on Monday that an investigation into the murder of Armand Swart, an engineer believed to be a whistleblower on overpriced tender irregularities at state-owned entity Transnet, had uncovered a wider network of corruption at the police station.

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