Overview
- Captain Maxwell Wanda testified that multiple Hawks arrived at Molefe’s Sandhurst home with a hostile attitude and withdrew only after a J50 arrest warrant was shown.
- Hawks Captain Barry Kruger told the commission he was instructed to verify reports of supposed Hawks at the scene, created a WhatsApp group for coordination, and found the SAPS operation legitimate.
- Kruger said only two Hawks members reached the address and that he did not initially know whose house it was, while describing car and equipment constraints during his deployment.
- Brigadier Lesiba Mokoena denied dispatching more than two officers and initially denied being on the WhatsApp group, despite screenshots, as commissioners questioned why local police were not asked to verify.
- A security analyst noted contradictions between Kruger and Mokoena’s accounts, while prior testimony cited a circling helicopter and later pressure to alter dockets as the commission continues its probe; Molefe is charged in the April 2024 murder of Armand Swart.