Overview

• KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi closed three days of evidence by presenting WhatsApp and document screenshots that he says show businessman Brown Mogotsi had sensitive SAPS material and advance knowledge of key decisions.
• He testified that suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s letter disbanding the KZN Political Killings Task Team was dated 31 December 2024 and that Mogotsi told Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala the unit had been dissolved and 121 dockets were being moved before police leadership knew.
• Mkhwanazi accused former minister Bheki Cele of trying to derail a disciplinary process by pressing for Major General Jabu Khumalo’s removal to Gauteng, a move Khumalo interpreted as pressure to back off a case involving Crime Intelligence head Feroz Khan, whom Mkhwanazi later cleared.
• He alleged judicial irregularities, citing a magistrate’s unusual bail condition barring accused officers from all Crime Intelligence premises, which he argued effectively stalled an ongoing counterintelligence investigation.
• Public hearings continue next week, and the ANC Youth League publicly backed the commission’s work as it weighs calling or subpoenaing high‑profile figures named in the evidence.