Cedrick Nkabinde Publicly Blames National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola for Potential Harm
- Cedrick Nkabinde, the Chief of Staff to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, was the target of a raid by the police officers on 8 October 2025
- Nkabinde made allegations against National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, claiming he was being targeted
- The Chief of Staff's name has been mentioned numerous times during Parliament's Ad Hoc Committee hearings
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GAUTENG - Cedrick Nkabinde, the Chief of Staff to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, claims that he is being targeted following a raid at home.
During a press briefing in Sandton on Thursday, 09 October 2025, Nkabinde made startling claims against National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola. Nkabinde also spoke about the raid on his home, where law enforcement officers allegedly assaulted his brother.
Nkabinde stated that he believed the officers mistook his brother for him, which led to the assault. The raid resulted in officers seizing electronic devices as part of their ongoing investigations.
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Nkabinde makes a startling allegation about Masemola
Towards the end of his press briefing, Nkabinde shared his frustration with Masemola, said he would be making those frustrations known through his lawyer. He then made a startling accusation.
"Should anything happen to me, National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola will be responsible," he declared.
Nkabinde's name has been brought up numerous times by Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi during his testimony at the hearings in Parliament.
What did Mkhwanazi say about Nkabinde?
During his testimony, the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner said that Nkabinde told him that Brown Mogotsi was “very close” to Mchunu.
He added that he didn’t know who Mogotsi was when the businessman first contacted him in October 2024 and asked Nkabinde for clarity.
“I phoned Nkabinde to ask him. He told me that Mogotsi is very close with the Minister. But he said he’s not working for the department. He’s the person who told me who Mogotsi was.”
Mkhwanazi also noted that his relationship with Nkabinde began to deteriorate slowly, and that they no longer chat. He said that he started becoming uncomfortable with Nkabinde’s growing political behaviour.
“I started monitoring his social media and WhatsApp statuses. He talks about politics, and he displays T-shirts of political parties, rallies, and all those things, which is now far from what a Chief of Staff is supposed to do. That’s when I started realising that maybe what I was hearing about his involvement in interfering with police work might be true,” the KZN Police Commissioner said.
Other allegations made by Mkhwanazi
Briefly News reported that General Mkhwanazi made several claims during his two-day testimony at the parliamentary hearings.
- Mkhwanazi alleged that State money was used to build a wall around Nathi Mthethwa’s house.
- General Mkhwanazi revealed that Police Minister Mchunu allegedly destroyed evidence.
- Mkhwanazi warned that there were bad apples within the Crime Intelligence unit that listened in on conversations.
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