Overview

• Testifying on day one before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, Senzo Mchunu said he lawfully ordered the PKTT’s closure on December 31, 2024, because task teams are temporary and the unit never formed part of the SAPS organogram.
• Mchunu asserted that National Commissioner Fannie Masemola was consulted in November 2024 and knew the PKTT was meant to shift into a Murder and Robbery Unit, accusing him of withholding a 2019 work study from the committee.
• Masemola’s earlier testimony that he was not consulted contradicts Mchunu’s account, with evidence leaders noting they have only received minutes for a November 1 meeting.
• Mchunu told MPs that PKTT members reported internal dysfunction, human‑resources problems and allegations of defeating the ends of justice, which he says contributed to his decision to issue the disestablishment letter.
• He argued the team continued without required annual approvals after former commissioner Khehla Sitole’s resignation, raising PFMA and resourcing concerns, while the committee’s fact‑finding continues and he remains suspended following July allegations by KZN commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.