Overview
- Captain Maxwell Wanda testified that six to eight Hawks members arrived at Katiso “KT” Molefe’s Sandhurst home during a SAPS operation and behaved “aggressively,” raising concerns about interference.
- Wanda said the Hawks told him they came to verify reports of people impersonating police, then left after confirming the SAPS team’s legitimacy.
- Brigadier Lesiba Mokoena told the commission he dispatched only Captain Barry Kruger and one other member and denied taking part in a related WhatsApp group, despite screenshots showing messages from his profile.
- WhatsApp exchanges show Kruger created a group, reported the SAPS operation as legitimate, and was instructed to withdraw roughly an hour later, a delay commissioners questioned.
- Testimony detailed firearms, loaded rifle magazines, and pages of specimen signatures seized at the scene, while Kruger disputed Wanda’s claim that Hawks asked to see the J50 warrant.