Overview
- Testifying in Pretoria, Senzo Mchunu said civil society groups, whistleblowers and SAPS members reported alleged human-rights abuses by the PKTT and related governance failures.
- The commission noted evidence that roughly ten SAPS task teams exist and heard that the PKTT is the only one disbanded, with other teams falling under National Commissioner Fannie Masemola.
- Commission chair Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga questioned Mchunu’s legal authority to dissolve the unit and pressed him on not consulting Masemola.
- Mchunu maintained that ministerial oversight permits intervention in operational matters, arguing that unmonitored task teams enabled grave rights violations.
- After Mchunu handed over a confidential list of complainants, the commission returned it and asked him to seek legal advice on how to proceed, with cross-examination set to continue on Friday.