Police seize cellphone at Senzo Mchunu’s home

KwaZulu-Natal police seized a cellphone from Senzo Mchunu’s home on September 21 under a Johannesburg High Court warrant, saying the search was part of an ongoing investigation into cases including defeating the ends of justice and fraud. Mchunu, a suspended police minister, handed over the device in the presence of his lawyer, according to his spokesperson. Police said the cases were opened in 2025 at Durban Central police station. The warrant identified specific cellphone IMEI numbers, according to police and Mchunu’s spokesperson. Authorities have not publicly detailed the conduct under investigation, what information they are seeking from the cellphone or the findings to date. The seizure does not establish wrongdoing by Mchunu, who has denied wrongdoing. Mchunu’s spokesperson, Sithembiso Mshengu, said the handover complied with the court directive. He also described the latest seizure as the second time police had taken communication devices from Mchunu and said the first set had not been returned. That account of an earlier seizure and the devices’ status came from the spokesperson; the supplied reports did not provide separate confirmation.