'Go get the popcorn factory ready', Gayton McKenzie ready to testify in inquiry over Mkhwanazi's corruption allegations
Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie said that he is willing to testify in the judicial commission of inquiry which will be established to investigate claims by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
This comes after Ramaphosa on Sunday announced the inquiry saying that South Africans were concerned about corruption and the rise of criminality in the country.
"These allegations, if proven true, threaten to undermine the confidence of South Africans in the ability of the South African Police Service to protect them and to effectively fight crime and corruption," he said.
Reacting to the announcement of the inquiry, McKenzie said the testimony which will come out of the inquiry will shock South Africans.
I'm also going to testify at the commission because I know things. If they call me, I'm going. There are these guns in the Western Cape that is killing our people," he said
"This is one is not get your popcorn ready, go get the popcorn factory ready because of the corruption that is going to come out of there. Every cartel boss of every gang in the world you always hear that they are arrested in South Africa, they are here," McKenzie added.
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