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Masemola says Mchunu did not consult before disbanding the political killings task team - The Mail & Guardian

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    50% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    38% Somewhat Right

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Masemola said the team was set up to "address the complex nature of political violence, ensuring interventions are coordinated, targeted and responsive to evolving challenges to both KZN and later Eastern Cape".
32% : President Cyril Ramaphosa established the Madlanga commission after KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made explosive allegations regarding corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system, implicating Mchunu.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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