[Image: X @SAPoliceService]South Africa’s dirty laundry was dragged into the spotlight this week when a top cop doubled down on explosive claims that the country’s police and justice system have been hijacked by criminal syndicates. For a country already drowning in one of the world’s highest crime rates, whispers of police corruption are nothing new. He alleged that the pair pulled the plug on a crucial crime unit investigating politically linked killings in KwaZulu-Natal, a unit that had apparently cracked open unsolved musician murder cases and traced the blood trail back to crime cartels. Louise Edwards of the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum isn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet. Too often this is the weakness in the commission of inquiry approach,” she warned.