South Africa’s president placed the nation’s police minister, who’s been accused of sabotaging a probe into political killings in the crime-ridden country, on leave.
The suspension of Senzo Mchunu signals a push for accountability by President Cyril Ramaphosa, who’s faced growing criticism by the opposition and parties within his coalition government for failing to act against officials accused of wrongdoing. It also shows an intent to restore public trust in the nation’s law-enforcement agencies and fulfill an election pledge to clamp down on state corruption.
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