Overview

• National police commissioner Fannie Masemola began testifying to Parliament’s ad hoc committee and confirmed the operation at suspended deputy commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s home was a search for electronic gadgets, not an arrest.
• Police seized Sibiya’s laptop and multiple cellphones during a Centurion search‑and‑seizure; he called the move harassment ahead of his appearances at the Madlanga commission and the parliamentary inquiry and said he expects to face charges.
• Cedric Nkabinde, chief of staff to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, said a balaclava‑clad unit assaulted his brother in a raid seeking his devices and claimed officers said they were sent by Masemola; he also said an attempt to enter Mchunu’s residence was rebuffed.
• Masemola told MPs that Sibiya and Nkabinde pushed for the Political Killings Task Team to be disbanded and for 121 dockets to be returned to stations, a stance he opposed as duplicating the team’s work.
• Press body SANEF condemned KwaZulu‑Natal commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s call for state security investigations of journalists and his remarks urging prison terms for reporting errors, as Mkhwanazi insisted he is a police officer, not a political actor.