Overview
- Mkhwanazi concluded three days of testimony alleging unlawful leaks, political interference and links between suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and associates who influenced policing decisions.
- Presented WhatsApp screenshots show Brown Mogotsi telling Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala the KZN political killings task team had been dissolved and referencing 121 case dockets being moved to Pretoria.
- Mkhwanazi testified that Mogotsi possessed a police occurrence-book extract from Empangeni and appeared to receive internal crime-intelligence material, which he says indicates improper access to sensitive information.
- He accused former minister Bheki Cele of trying to derail a disciplinary process by pressing for General Jabu Khumalo’s removal from a case involving General Feroz Khan; Mkhwanazi, who chaired the hearing, said he cleared Khan of wrongdoing.
- He cited a ‘bizarre’ bail condition imposed by Magistrate Vusimuzi Mahlangu that barred accused officers from crime-intelligence premises, which he alleges impeded an ongoing operation, as the commission signaled it may compel those named — including Mchunu — to respond.