{"id":270682,"date":"2025-09-18T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/i-couldnt-keep-quiet-police-chief-mkhwanazi-after-explosive-police-corruption-allegations\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:34:06","slug":"i-couldnt-keep-quiet-police-chief-mkhwanazi-after-explosive-police-corruption-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/i-couldnt-keep-quiet-police-chief-mkhwanazi-after-explosive-police-corruption-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I couldn\u2019t keep quiet\u2019: Police chief Mkhwanazi after explosive police corruption allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, KwaZulu-Natal police chief, says he was aware that his 6 July press conference exposing alleged criminality and political interference would put him in the crosshairs \u2013 but he felt he \u201ccouldn\u2019t keep 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