General Mkwanazi for Police MinisterSA Police Boss Drops Bombshell: Zanu PF Is An International Criminal OrganizationSouth African police boss General Nhlanhla Lucky Mkhwanazi has made explosive claims in an official report submitted to the President of South Africa, accusing Zimbabwe’s ruling party, Zanu PF, of operating as an “international criminal organization.”
General Mkhwanazi, who serves as the Provincial Police Commissioner for KwaZulu-Natal, stated in the report that high-ranking members of Zanu PF—including individuals said to be from the office of President Emmerson Mnangagwa—are working with senior officials in South Africa’s ruling party, the ANC, to engage in a web of illicit cross-border activities.
“Zanu PF has lost its status as a liberation movement. It is now an international criminal organization,” Mkhwanazi wrote.
According to the report, these activities include illegal transportation of money, minerals, and goods into South Africa, which are then exported to countries where Zanu PF officials are under international sanctions. In exchange, the report claims, Zimbabwe is supplying South Africa with “untraceable, military-trained gunmen,” allegedly involved in political violence, including the ongoing ANC factional killings in KwaZulu-Natal.
“We have concrete evidence that some of the individuals involved in violent political crimes in this province are not just South Africans,” Mkhwanazi noted. “They are trained members of the Zimbabwe National Army.”The police boss also detailed a large-scale money laundering operation, stating that dirty money from South Africa is being cleaned through Zimbabwe using channels connected to President Mnangagwa’s close allies.
“Zimbabwe is now a laundering zone,” Mkhwanazi said.
“This operation involves known associates of the Zimbabwean President—names like Wicknell Chivayo and Kudakwashe Tagwirei appear in the intelligence documents we have.”
Mkhwanazi recommended that the South African President raise the matter during the upcoming liberation movements summit, urging direct dialogue with President Mnangagwa.
“It is now extremely difficult for us to contain crime here in South Africa because we are dealing with military-trained professionals who are being deployed into our already fragile criminal environment,” he said. “This must be addressed at the highest level.”
He concluded by stating that Zanu PF has “mutated into a profit-driven syndicate,” no longer driven by any liberation mandate but rather by the personal enrichment of top officials in both Zanu PF and the ANC.
The revelations are expected to ignite intense debate within the region, particularly as both South Africa and Zimbabwe face increasing scrutiny over governance, corruption, and political violence.
