Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi Responds to Fadiel Adams: “Bring It On”

Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi Responds to Fadiel Adams: “Bring It On”

  • The South African Police Service's KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi responded to National Coloured Congress (NCC) President Fadiel Adams
  • Adams opened a case against Mkhwanazi after his testimony at the Ad hoc committee, in which he testified about former Police Minister Bheki Cele
  • Mkhwanazi apologised for the statements he made, and when Adms opened a case, he clapped back

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Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said he was ready for Fadiel Adam's case
Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi responded to Fadiel Adams' perjury case. Images: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images and Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images
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DURBAN KWAZULU-NATAL — The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, has responded to the case National Coloured Congress president Fadiel Adams opened against him.

According to Sunday World, Mkhwanazi addressed the media and answered questions about a recent statement about former Police Minister Bheki Cele. Mkhwaanzi apologised for alleging that Cele received money from attempted murder-accused Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala.

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Mkhwanazi responds to case

Mkhwanazi was speaking at the launch of the provincial safety festival season plan. He said that any error of omission during the submission was unintentional. He clarified that the statement he presented on 6 July 2025 was not of his doing. He said that he was unfazed by Adams' decision to open a case against him. He said that he harboured no fear of being prosecuted.

"Bring it on," he said.

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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena is the Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk and a current affairs writer at Briefly News. With a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON, he has a strong background in digital journalism, having completed training with the Google News Initiative. He began his career as a journalist at Daily Sun, where he worked for four years before becoming a sub-editor and journalist at Capricorn Post. He then joined Vutivi Business News in 2020 before moving to Briefly News in 2023.