Overview

• National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola testified that Senzo Mchunu’s December 31, 2024 directive to disband the KZN Political Killings Task Team, issued for immediate effect, encroached on the SAPS operational mandate.
• Masemola disputed Mchunu’s assertion that the unit “added no value,” pointing to approved budgets and progress after the team intervened in the Fort Hare cases, where arrests were made and matters are before court.
• KZN commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi previously alleged organised‑crime infiltration of law enforcement with links to political and business figures and said 121 dockets were shifted from the task team; the commission is now testing these claims.
• Chief evidence leader Terry Motau SC outlined a three‑phase process that will hear corroborating witnesses next and may call or compel implicated officials, including Mchunu, to testify.
• The commission’s broad mandate spans SAPS, metropolitan police, the NPA, the SSA, the judiciary and corrections, with interim and final reports due in three and six months respectively, and proceedings are public and livestreamed.