EXPOSED: R2.7 MILLION FOR MCHUNU’S LAWYERS WHILE TAXPAYERS FUND TWO POLICE MINISTERS Taxpayers have already paid R2.7 million for Senzo Mchunu’s lawyers. That comes on top of R3.16 million in remuneration for Mchunu while on special leave, and another R3.02 million for Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia. Approximately R8.89 million in disclosed remuneration and legal costs. The salary figures only run to August 2026. And the latest parliamentary reply still does not disclose how much more legal funding has been approved or committed. At SAPS’s advertised 2026 constable salary, that total equals more than 35 annual basic salaries, before benefits, training and operational costs. During my May oversight visit, Khayelitsha’s Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit had 21 officials against an identified ideal of 43. President Ramaphosa could relieve Mchunu of his Cabinet post while he remains an MP. Any entitlement to legal representation is a separate issue. Keeping two ministerial pay packages running for one portfolio is a reckless use of taxpayers’ money. Citing policy does not make it responsible. Ramaphosa must end this arrangement. Police and Justice must disclose the full bill and the limits on further legal spending. IC

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