Umholi we-Patriotic Alliance (PA) uGayton McKenzie ucele i-South African Police Service (SAPS) ukuthi ikhiphe ukuhlaziywa okugcwele kwabantu abaqashwe yi-SAPS, ethi umphakathi unelungelo lokwazi ukuthi obani abaqashwayo emsebenzini wamaphoyisa wezwe.

Isicelo sikaMcKenzie siza ngemuva koSuku Lokukhumbula amaphoyisa e-SAPS kazwelonke e-Union Buildings ePitoli ngeSonto, mhla ziyi-6 kuMandulo, lapho uMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa ejoyine khona imindeni kanye nozakwabo bamaphoyisa ashone emsebenzini.

Umcimbi waminyaka yonke uhloniphe amalungu e-SAPS ayi-12 ashone ngesikhathi esebenzela izwe phakathi komhla lu-1 kuMbasa 2025 nomhla zingama-31 kuNdasa 2026. Ngenkathi umcimbi ugxile ekukhumbuleni amaphoyisa ashonile, uMcKenzie usebenzise leli thuba ukubuza ukuthi ukwakheka kokuqashwa kwakamuva kwe-SAPS kukhombisa yini ukuhlukahluka kwabantu baseNingizimu Afrika.

“Aphi amakhalathi, amaNdiya kanye nabaMhlophe?” kubuza uMcKenzie.

Ucele i-SAPS ukuthi ishicilele inani eliqondile labasebenzi abaqashwayo ngokohlanga, isifundazwe kanye nobulili, kanye nezindlela ezisetshenziswa ukukhetha abafakizicelo abaphumelele.

Amazwana akhe eza njengoba uhulumeni ebhekene nokuhlolwa kabusha ngokuqashwa kwamaphoyisa kanye nokuqeqeshwa kwawo. Enkulumweni yakhe ngemuva kwesikhumbuzo, uRamaphosa uthe inani lakamuva lifaka abafakizicelo abaneziqu zobuphoyisa, umthetho kanye nophenyo lwe-forensic, nokuthi ukuhlolwa kwengqondo kanye nobuqotho kwakuyingxenye yesigaba sokuqala senqubo yokukhetha.

URamaphosa uthe ukuqashwa, ukukhushulwa kanye nokuqokwa ezikhundleni eziphezulu kufanele kusekelwe ekufanelekeni, emakhono kanye nobuqotho. Ihhovisi likaMongameli liphinde lagcizelela ukuthi ukuqinisa i-SAPS akukhona nje ukwandisa inani labasebenzi, kodwa ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abasebenzi bathola ukuqeqeshwa okufanele futhi bahlonyiselwe kahle umsebenzi.