Overview
- Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, on special leave, testified that complaints of human rights abuses and governance failures at the Political Killings Task Team came from civil society, SAPS members, MPs and the public.
- Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga challenged Mchunu for not consulting National Commissioner Fannie Masemola before issuing the December 31, 2024 directive, noting they met days earlier.
- Mchunu acknowledged the PKTT is the only one disbanded among roughly 10 task teams, saying others fall under the national commissioner's purview.
- The commission returned Mchunu’s confidential list of complainants and instructed him to seek legal advice on how to proceed with the names.
- Witnesses have alleged the disbandment shielded politically connected syndicates and raised links to Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala, which Mchunu denies.